PNTG vs. TALK, INNV, WGS, DCGO, SHCR, PIII, USPH, PRVA, LFST, and DNTH
Should you be buying The Pennant Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of The Pennant Group include Talkspace (TALK), InnovAge (INNV), GeneDx (WGS), DocGo (DCGO), Sharecare (SHCR), P3 Health Partners (PIII), U.S. Physical Therapy (USPH), Privia Health Group (PRVA), LifeStance Health Group (LFST), and Dianthus Therapeutics (DNTH). These companies are all part of the "medical" sector.
Talkspace (NASDAQ:TALK) and The Pennant Group (NASDAQ:PNTG) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, risk, dividends and earnings.
In the previous week, Talkspace had 1 more articles in the media than The Pennant Group. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Talkspace and 17 mentions for The Pennant Group. The Pennant Group's average media sentiment score of 0.71 beat Talkspace's score of 0.53 indicating that Talkspace is being referred to more favorably in the media.
The Pennant Group has higher revenue and earnings than Talkspace. Talkspace is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than The Pennant Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Talkspace has a beta of 1.29, meaning that its stock price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The Pennant Group has a beta of 2.01, meaning that its stock price is 101% more volatile than the S&P 500.
The Pennant Group has a net margin of 2.86% compared to The Pennant Group's net margin of -12.78%. Talkspace's return on equity of 13.42% beat The Pennant Group's return on equity.
Talkspace presently has a consensus target price of $3.00, suggesting a potential upside of 6.76%. The Pennant Group has a consensus target price of $23.00, suggesting a potential upside of 1.59%. Given The Pennant Group's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Talkspace is more favorable than The Pennant Group.
57.4% of Talkspace shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.9% of The Pennant Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 18.4% of Talkspace shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 5.8% of The Pennant Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
The Pennant Group received 34 more outperform votes than Talkspace when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 45.33% of users gave The Pennant Group an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave Talkspace an outperform vote.
Summary
The Pennant Group beats Talkspace on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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