Head to Head Contrast: Astrana Health (NASDAQ:ASTH) vs. Collective Audience (NASDAQ:CAUD)

Collective Audience (NASDAQ:CAUD) and Astrana Health (NASDAQ:ASTH) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, earnings, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk and institutional ownership.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Collective Audience and Astrana Health”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Collective Audience	$12.14 million	0.69	-$4.57 million	N/A	N/A
Astrana Health	$1.59 billion	2.01	$60.72 million	$1.32	43.18

Astrana Health has higher revenue and earnings than Collective Audience.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

60.8% of Collective Audience shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.8% of Astrana Health shares are held by institutional investors. 58.0% of Collective Audience shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.5% of Astrana Health shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Volatility & Risk

Collective Audience has a beta of -1.55, indicating that its share price is 255% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Astrana Health has a beta of 1.2, indicating that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for Collective Audience and Astrana Health, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Collective Audience	0	0	0	0	N/A
Astrana Health	0	0	4	1	3.20

Astrana Health has a consensus target price of $59.00, suggesting a potential upside of 3.51%. Given Astrana Health’s higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Astrana Health is more favorable than Collective Audience.

Profitability

This table compares Collective Audience and Astrana Health’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Collective Audience	N/A	N/A	N/A
Astrana Health	4.30%	10.71%	6.10%

Summary

Astrana Health beats Collective Audience on 10 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Collective Audience

Collective Audience, Inc. provides e-commerce and digital consumer acquisition solutions in the United States. Its digital marketing business enables brands and agencies to advertise across digital media and connected TV platforms. The company is headquartered in New York, New York. Collective Audience, Inc. is a subsidiary of Logiq, Inc.

About Astrana Health

Astrana Health, Inc., Inc., a physician-centric technology-powered healthcare management company, provides medical care services in the United States. It operates through three segments: Care Partners, Care Delivery, and Care Enablement. The company is leveraging its proprietary population health management and healthcare delivery platform, operates an integrated, value-based healthcare model which empowers the providers in its network to deliver care to its patients. It offers care coordination services to patients, families, primary care physicians, specialists, acute care hospitals, alternative sites of inpatient care, physician groups, and health plans. The company's physician network consists of primary care physicians, specialist physicians and extenders, and hospitalists. It serves patients, primarily covered by private or public insurance, such as Medicare, Medicaid, and health maintenance organization plans; and non-insured patients. The company was formerly known as Apollo Medical Holdings, Inc. and changed its name to Astrana Health, Inc. in February 2024. Astrana Health, Inc. was incorporated in 1985 and is headquartered in Alhambra, California.