Life Healthcare Group (OTCMKTS:LTGHY – Get Free Report) and SBC Medical Group (NASDAQ:SBC – Get Free Report) are both small-cap healthcare companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, profitability, valuation and analyst recommendations.
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Life Healthcare Group and SBC Medical Group, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Life Healthcare Group | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.00 |
| SBC Medical Group | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2.33 |
SBC Medical Group has a consensus price target of $8.50, indicating a potential upside of 165.62%. Given SBC Medical Group’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe SBC Medical Group is more favorable than Life Healthcare Group.
Profitability
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Life Healthcare Group | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| SBC Medical Group | 24.09% | 15.90% | 11.61% |
Earnings & Valuation
This table compares Life Healthcare Group and SBC Medical Group”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Life Healthcare Group | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| SBC Medical Group | $169.34 million | 1.94 | $50.99 million | $0.39 | 8.21 |
SBC Medical Group has higher revenue and earnings than Life Healthcare Group.
Insider & Institutional Ownership
60.8% of SBC Medical Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 81.7% of SBC Medical Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
SBC Medical Group beats Life Healthcare Group on 9 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Life Healthcare Group
Life Healthcare Group Holdings Limited, together with its subsidiaries, operates private hospitals in South Africa, Canada, the United Kingdom, rest of Europe, and Internationally. It operates through two segments, Hospitals and Complementary Services; and Healthcare Services. The company provides range of acute hospitals and complementary services; Life Esidimeni services, such as chronic mental healthcare, frail care rehabilitation, step-down care, correctional services, and primary healthcare and substance abuse recovery programs; and life employee health solutions, including on-site occupational and primary healthcare services and employee wellness programs. It also offers services in the areas of diagnostics, mental health, acute rehabilitation, renal dialysis, oncology, cardiology, neurology, orthopedic, pediatric, dermatology, ophthalmology, gynecology, and obstetric. In addition, the company provides diagnostic imaging services; magnetic resonance imaging and computerized tomography scanners; develops, manufactures, and distributes radiopharmaceuticals for use in positron emission tomography-computerized tomography (PET-CT) diagnostics. The company was formerly known as Afrox Healthcare Limited and changed its name to Life Healthcare Group Holdings Limited in January 2005. Life Healthcare Group Holdings Limited was founded in 1983 and is headquartered in Johannesburg, South Africa.
About SBC Medical Group
SBC Medical Group Holdings Incorporated, through its subsidiaries, provides services to support the operation of clinics which deliver specialized medical services in the areas of cosmetic medicine, esthetic dentistry and Androgenetic Alopecia or AGA, primarily in Japan and centered on the SBC Shonan Beauty Clinic Brand. SBC Medical Group Holdings Incorporated, formerly known as Pono Capital Two Inc., is based in TOKYO.
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