Celcuity (CELC) Competitors

Celcuity (NASDAQ:CELC) and Ardent Health Partners (NYSE:ARDT) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership and profitability.

Which has better earnings & valuation, CELC or ARDT?

Ardent Health Partners has higher revenue and earnings than Celcuity. Celcuity is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ardent Health Partners, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Celcuity	N/A	N/A	-$63.78M	-$3.03	-4.12
Ardent Health Partners	$6.02B	0.32	$53.90M	$1.63	8.17

Do analysts recommend CELC or ARDT?

Celcuity presently has a consensus price target of $30.80, indicating a potential upside of 146.60%. Ardent Health Partners has a consensus price target of $20.67, indicating a potential upside of 55.17%. Given Celcuity's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Celcuity is more favorable than Ardent Health Partners.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Celcuity	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.17
Ardent Health Partners	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is CELC or ARDT more profitable?

Ardent Health Partners' return on equity of 0.00% beat Celcuity's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Celcuity	N/A	-62.66%	-39.78%
Ardent Health Partners	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in CELC or ARDT?

63.3% of Celcuity shares are held by institutional investors. 15.8% of Celcuity shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Ardent Health Partners shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media refer more to CELC or ARDT?

In the previous week, Celcuity and Celcuity both had 4 articles in the media. Celcuity's average media sentiment score of 1.74 beat Ardent Health Partners' score of 1.23 indicating that Celcuity is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Celcuity	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Ardent Health Partners	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CELC or ARDT?

Celcuity received 317 more outperform votes than Ardent Health Partners when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 89.66% of users gave Ardent Health Partners an outperform vote while only 67.92% of users gave Celcuity an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Celcuity	Outperform Votes 343 67.92%	Underperform Votes 162 32.08%
Ardent Health Partners	Outperform Votes 26 89.66%	Underperform Votes 3 10.34%

Summary

Ardent Health Partners beats Celcuity on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.