Community Health Systems (NYSE:CYH – Get Free Report) and Ardent Health Partners (NYSE:ARDT – Get Free Report) are both medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, risk and dividends.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for Community Health Systems and Ardent Health Partners, as reported by MarketBeat.
Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
Community Health Systems | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2.33 |
Ardent Health Partners | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 3.08 |
Community Health Systems currently has a consensus price target of $5.18, suggesting a potential upside of 23.27%. Ardent Health Partners has a consensus price target of $21.91, suggesting a potential upside of 23.78%. Given Ardent Health Partners’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Ardent Health Partners is more favorable than Community Health Systems.
Profitability
Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
Community Health Systems | -3.18% | N/A | -0.95% |
Ardent Health Partners | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Institutional & Insider Ownership
85.0% of Community Health Systems shares are held by institutional investors. 9.9% of Community Health Systems shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Earnings & Valuation
This table compares Community Health Systems and Ardent Health Partners”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
Community Health Systems | $12.55 billion | 0.05 | -$133.00 million | ($3.02) | -1.39 |
Ardent Health Partners | $5.63 billion | 0.45 | $53.90 million | N/A | N/A |
Ardent Health Partners has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Community Health Systems.
Summary
Ardent Health Partners beats Community Health Systems on 8 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Community Health Systems
Community Health Systems, Inc. owns, leases, and operates general acute care hospitals in the United States. It offers general acute care, emergency room, general and specialty surgery, critical care, internal medicine, obstetrics, diagnostic, psychiatric, and rehabilitation services, as well as skilled nursing and home care services. The company also provides outpatient services at primary care practices, urgent care centers, free-standing emergency departments, ambulatory surgery centers, imaging and diagnostic centers, and direct-to-consumer virtual health visits. The company was incorporated in 1996 and is headquartered in Franklin, Tennessee.
About Ardent Health Partners
Ardent Health Partners, Inc. owns and operates a network of hospitals and clinics that provides a range of healthcare services in the United States. It operates acute care hospitals, including rehabilitation hospitals and surgical hospitals. The company was founded in 2001 and is based in Brentwood, Tennessee. Ardent Health Partners, Inc. is a subsidiary of EGI-AM Investments, L.L.C.
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