Guardian Pharmacy Services (NYSE:GRDN – Get Free Report) and Option Care Health (NASDAQ:OPCH – Get Free Report) are both mid-cap healthcare companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, risk, dividends, profitability and analyst recommendations.
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares Guardian Pharmacy Services and Option Care Health”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Guardian Pharmacy Services | $1.45 billion | 1.55 | $49.22 million | $1.03 | 43.83 |
| Option Care Health | $5.65 billion | 0.65 | $207.59 million | $1.33 | 18.44 |
Institutional and Insider Ownership
98.0% of Option Care Health shares are held by institutional investors. 33.0% of Guardian Pharmacy Services shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Option Care Health shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Volatility and Risk
Guardian Pharmacy Services has a beta of 0.06, meaning that its share price is 94% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Option Care Health has a beta of 0.61, meaning that its share price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Profitability
This table compares Guardian Pharmacy Services and Option Care Health’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Guardian Pharmacy Services | 4.50% | 29.97% | 16.18% |
| Option Care Health | 3.68% | 18.74% | 7.25% |
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of current ratings for Guardian Pharmacy Services and Option Care Health, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Guardian Pharmacy Services | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 2.89 |
| Option Care Health | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 2.50 |
Guardian Pharmacy Services currently has a consensus target price of $43.83, suggesting a potential downside of 2.91%. Option Care Health has a consensus target price of $29.92, suggesting a potential upside of 22.03%. Given Option Care Health’s higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Option Care Health is more favorable than Guardian Pharmacy Services.
Summary
Guardian Pharmacy Services beats Option Care Health on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Guardian Pharmacy Services
Guardian Pharmacy Services, Inc., a pharmacy service company, provides a suite of technology-enabled services designed to help residents of long-term health care facilities (LTCFs) in the United States. Its individualized clinical, drug dispensing, and administration capabilities are used to serve the needs of residents in lower acuity LTCFs, such as assisted living facilities and behavioral health facilities and group homes. The company’s Guardian Compass includes dashboards created using data from its data warehouse to help its local pharmacies plan, track, and optimize their business operations; and GuardianShield Programs for LTCFs. The company was founded in 2003 and is based in Atlanta, Georgia.
About Option Care Health
Option Care Health, Inc. offers home and alternate site infusion services in the United States. The company provides anti-infective therapies; home infusion services to treat heart failures; home parenteral nutrition and enteral nutrition support services for numerous acute and chronic conditions, such as stroke, cancer, and gastrointestinal diseases; immunoglobulin infusion therapies for the treatment of immune deficiencies; and treatments for chronic inflammatory disorders, including crohn’s disease, plaque psoriasis, psoriatic arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, ulcerative colitis, and other chronic inflammatory disorders. It also offers treatments to manage the progression of neurological disorders, such as multiple sclerosis, duchenne muscular dystrophy, and other neurological disorder; infusion therapies for bleeding disorders, such as hemophilia and von Willebrand diseases; therapies for women with high-risk pregnancies; and other infusion therapies to treat various conditions, including pain management, chemotherapy, and respiratory medications, as well as nursing services. The company markets its services through patient referrals, including physicians, hospital discharge planners, hospital personnel, health maintenance organizations, and preferred provider organizations. Option Care Health, Inc. is headquartered in Bannockburn, Illinois.
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