Tenet Healthcare (NYSE:THC – Get Free Report) and SBC Medical Group (NASDAQ:SBC – Get Free Report) are both healthcare companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, risk, profitability, institutional ownership and earnings.
Insider and Institutional Ownership
95.4% of Tenet Healthcare shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 60.8% of SBC Medical Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Tenet Healthcare shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 81.7% of SBC Medical Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares Tenet Healthcare and SBC Medical Group”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Tenet Healthcare | $21.31 billion | 1.03 | $1.41 billion | $25.93 | 10.56 |
| SBC Medical Group | $173.61 million | 2.17 | $50.99 million | $0.47 | 7.81 |
Tenet Healthcare has higher revenue and earnings than SBC Medical Group. SBC Medical Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Tenet Healthcare, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Volatility and Risk
Tenet Healthcare has a beta of 1.23, meaning that its share price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SBC Medical Group has a beta of 0.59, meaning that its share price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of current ratings for Tenet Healthcare and SBC Medical Group, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Tenet Healthcare | 0 | 2 | 18 | 1 | 2.95 |
| SBC Medical Group | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2.33 |
Tenet Healthcare presently has a consensus price target of $273.00, suggesting a potential downside of 0.27%. SBC Medical Group has a consensus price target of $8.50, suggesting a potential upside of 131.61%. Given SBC Medical Group’s higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe SBC Medical Group is more favorable than Tenet Healthcare.
Profitability
This table compares Tenet Healthcare and SBC Medical Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Tenet Healthcare | 10.27% | 26.76% | 5.55% |
| SBC Medical Group | 27.99% | 18.47% | 13.10% |
Summary
Tenet Healthcare beats SBC Medical Group on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Tenet Healthcare
Tenet Healthcare Corporation operates as a diversified healthcare services company in the United States. The company operates through two segments: Hospital Operations and Services, and Ambulatory Care. Its general hospitals offer acute care services, operating and recovery rooms, radiology and respiratory therapy services, clinical laboratories, and pharmacies. The company also provides intensive and critical care, and/or coronary care units; cardiovascular, digestive disease, neurosciences, musculoskeletal, and obstetrics services; outpatient services, including physical therapy; tertiary care services, such as cardiothoracic surgery, complex spinal surgery, neonatal intensive care, and neurosurgery services; quaternary care services in heart and kidney transplants; and limb salvaging vascular procedure, acute level 1 trauma, intravascular stroke care, minimally invasive cardiac valve replacement, imaging, surgical robotic, and telemedicine access services. In addition, it offers a range of procedures and services, such as orthopedics, total joint replacement, and spinal and other musculoskeletal procedures; gastroenterology; pain management; otolaryngology; ophthalmology; and urology. It operates hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers, imaging centers, surgical hospitals, off-campus emergency departments, and micro-hospitals. Tenet Healthcare Corporation was founded in 1967 and is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.
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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