Surgery Partners (NASDAQ:SGRY – Get Free Report) and Ryman Healthcare (OTCMKTS:RYHTY – Get Free Report) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, risk and earnings.
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares Surgery Partners and Ryman Healthcare”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Surgery Partners | $3.34 billion | 0.53 | -$77.90 million | ($0.60) | -22.78 |
| Ryman Healthcare | $451.64 million | 2.75 | -$259.39 million | N/A | N/A |
Profitability
This table compares Surgery Partners and Ryman Healthcare’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Surgery Partners | -2.28% | 1.04% | 0.41% |
| Ryman Healthcare | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of current ratings for Surgery Partners and Ryman Healthcare, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Surgery Partners | 1 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 2.58 |
| Ryman Healthcare | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
Surgery Partners presently has a consensus target price of $22.18, indicating a potential upside of 62.27%. Given Surgery Partners’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Surgery Partners is more favorable than Ryman Healthcare.
Risk & Volatility
Surgery Partners has a beta of 1.99, indicating that its stock price is 99% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ryman Healthcare has a beta of 0.74, indicating that its stock price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Surgery Partners beats Ryman Healthcare on 8 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Surgery Partners
Surgery Partners, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, owns and operates a network of surgical facilities and ancillary services in the United States. The company provides ambulatory surgery centers and surgical hospitals that offer non-emergency surgical procedures in various specialties, including orthopedics and pain management, ophthalmology, gastroenterology, and general surgery. It offers diagnostic imaging, laboratory, obstetrics, oncology, pharmacy, physical therapy, and wound care; and ancillary services, including multi-specialty physician practices, urgent care facilities, and anesthesia services. In addition, it offers single- and multi-specialty facilities. Surgery Partners, Inc. was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Brentwood, Tennessee.
About Ryman Healthcare
Ryman Healthcare Limited develops, owns, and operates integrated retirement villages, rest homes, and hospitals for the elderly in New Zealand and Australia. The company's villages provide a range of retirement living and care options, such as independent townhouses and apartments, and serviced apartments, as well as a care center, which offers rest homes, hospitals, dementia-level care, and respite and day care services. Its villages also provide all-weather bowling green, indoor heated swimming pool and spa, gym, internal atrium, beauty and hair salons, library, dining area, bar, lounges, croquet laws, shops, and movie theatre facilities. The company owns and operates retirement village units and care units. The company was founded in 1984 and is based in Christchurch, New Zealand.
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