BrightSpring Health Services (NASDAQ:BTSG – Get Free Report) and Guardian Pharmacy Services (NYSE:GRDN – Get Free Report) are both healthcare companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, profitability, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
Volatility and Risk
BrightSpring Health Services has a beta of 1.84, meaning that its share price is 84% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Guardian Pharmacy Services has a beta of 0.06, meaning that its share price is 94% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Profitability
This table compares BrightSpring Health Services and Guardian Pharmacy Services’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| BrightSpring Health Services | 2.55% | 16.73% | 5.24% |
| Guardian Pharmacy Services | 4.50% | 29.97% | 16.18% |
Valuation and Earnings
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| BrightSpring Health Services | $12.91 billion | 0.85 | $190.67 million | $1.66 | 33.60 |
| Guardian Pharmacy Services | $1.45 billion | 1.49 | $49.22 million | $1.03 | 41.94 |
BrightSpring Health Services has higher revenue and earnings than Guardian Pharmacy Services. BrightSpring Health Services is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Guardian Pharmacy Services, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of recent ratings and recommmendations for BrightSpring Health Services and Guardian Pharmacy Services, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| BrightSpring Health Services | 0 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 3.10 |
| Guardian Pharmacy Services | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 3.00 |
BrightSpring Health Services currently has a consensus price target of $70.71, suggesting a potential upside of 26.76%. Guardian Pharmacy Services has a consensus price target of $45.57, suggesting a potential upside of 5.49%. Given BrightSpring Health Services’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe BrightSpring Health Services is more favorable than Guardian Pharmacy Services.
Summary
BrightSpring Health Services beats Guardian Pharmacy Services on 8 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
About BrightSpring Health Services
BrightSpring Health Services, Inc. operates a home and community-based healthcare services platform in the United States. The company's platform focuses on delivering pharmacy and provider services, including clinical and supportive care in home and community settings to Medicare, Medicaid, and insured populations. It serves patients through clinical providers and pharmacists. The company was formerly known as Phoenix Parent Holdings Inc. and changed its name to BrightSpring Health Services, Inc. in May 2021. BrightSpring Health Services, Inc. was founded in 1974 and is headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky.
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.
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