PRVA vs. LFST, USPH, ALHC, PHR, CYRX, PNTG, INNV, GH, STAA, and DYN
Should you be buying Privia Health Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Privia Health Group include LifeStance Health Group (LFST), U.S. Physical Therapy (USPH), Alignment Healthcare (ALHC), Phreesia (PHR), Cryoport (CYRX), The Pennant Group (PNTG), InnovAge (INNV), Guardant Health (GH), STAAR Surgical (STAA), and Dyne Therapeutics (DYN).
Privia Health Group (NASDAQ:PRVA) and LifeStance Health Group (NASDAQ:LFST) are both mid-cap medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, community ranking, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations and valuation.
94.5% of Privia Health Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.5% of LifeStance Health Group shares are held by institutional investors. 14.2% of Privia Health Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.6% of LifeStance Health Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Privia Health Group has higher revenue and earnings than LifeStance Health Group. LifeStance Health Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Privia Health Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Privia Health Group presently has a consensus price target of $25.67, indicating a potential upside of 42.83%. LifeStance Health Group has a consensus price target of $8.83, indicating a potential upside of 28.77%. Given Privia Health Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Privia Health Group is more favorable than LifeStance Health Group.
In the previous week, Privia Health Group had 4 more articles in the media than LifeStance Health Group. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Privia Health Group and 10 mentions for LifeStance Health Group. Privia Health Group's average media sentiment score of 0.33 beat LifeStance Health Group's score of 0.24 indicating that Privia Health Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Privia Health Group received 44 more outperform votes than LifeStance Health Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.97% of users gave Privia Health Group an outperform vote while only 26.32% of users gave LifeStance Health Group an outperform vote.
Privia Health Group has a net margin of 1.11% compared to LifeStance Health Group's net margin of -15.69%. Privia Health Group's return on equity of 3.13% beat LifeStance Health Group's return on equity.
Privia Health Group has a beta of 0.81, suggesting that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, LifeStance Health Group has a beta of 1.29, suggesting that its share price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Privia Health Group beats LifeStance Health Group on 16 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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