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GRAL vs. SHC, OPCH, BTSG, NAKA, WGS, CON, SGRY, PRVA, VCYT, and HTFL

Should you be buying GRAIL stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of GRAIL include Sotera Health (SHC), Option Care Health (OPCH), BrightSpring Health Services (BTSG), KindlyMD (NAKA), GeneDx (WGS), Concentra Group Holdings Parent (CON), Surgery Partners (SGRY), Privia Health Group (PRVA), Veracyte (VCYT), and Heartflow (HTFL). These companies are all part of the "healthcare" industry.

GRAIL vs. Its Competitors

Sotera Health (NASDAQ:SHC) and GRAIL (NASDAQ:GRAL) are both medical companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment and valuation.

Sotera Health has a net margin of 2.14% compared to GRAIL's net margin of -329.86%. Sotera Health's return on equity of 39.42% beat GRAIL's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Sotera Health2.14% 39.42% 5.66%
GRAIL -329.86%-16.64%-14.02%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Sotera Health$1.12B3.91$44.34M$0.08193.25
GRAIL$134.29M8.69-$2.03B-$13.11-2.47

Sotera Health has a beta of 1.84, suggesting that its stock price is 84% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, GRAIL has a beta of 3.18, suggesting that its stock price is 218% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Sotera Health currently has a consensus price target of $16.00, indicating a potential upside of 3.49%. GRAIL has a consensus price target of $31.50, indicating a potential downside of 2.69%. Given Sotera Health's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Sotera Health is more favorable than GRAIL.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Sotera Health
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.80
GRAIL
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.25

In the previous week, Sotera Health had 2 more articles in the media than GRAIL. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Sotera Health and 9 mentions for GRAIL. Sotera Health's average media sentiment score of 1.41 beat GRAIL's score of 1.17 indicating that Sotera Health is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Sotera Health
8 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
GRAIL
6 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

91.0% of Sotera Health shares are held by institutional investors. 47.5% of Sotera Health shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of GRAIL shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Sotera Health beats GRAIL on 14 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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GRAL vs. The Competition

MetricGRAILMED IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1.16B$3.12B$5.77B$9.72B
Dividend YieldN/A2.28%6.66%4.49%
P/E Ratio-2.4621.1082.6126.60
Price / Sales8.69364.08504.06158.88
Price / Cash1.1443.5325.7028.92
Price / Book0.508.1310.876.56
Net Income-$2.03B-$53.35M$3.28B$266.04M
7 Day Performance-5.10%0.73%0.10%-0.89%
1 Month Performance-2.59%7.76%8.93%4.34%
1 Year Performance142.84%11.97%51.11%24.06%

GRAIL Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GRAL
GRAIL
1.3354 of 5 stars
$32.37
-0.2%
$31.50
-2.7%
+144.5%$1.16B$134.29M-2.461,360Positive News
SHC
Sotera Health
2.344 of 5 stars
$16.39
-0.2%
$16.00
-2.4%
+4.0%$4.67B$1.10B204.903,000Positive News
OPCH
Option Care Health
4.773 of 5 stars
$28.06
-2.4%
$35.75
+27.4%
-10.6%$4.66B$5.37B22.458,088Positive News
BTSG
BrightSpring Health Services
1.6725 of 5 stars
$24.08
-3.2%
$25.67
+6.6%
+92.3%$4.41B$11.27B77.6835,000Positive News
NAKA
KindlyMD
2.2602 of 5 stars
$9.17
-9.5%
N/AN/A$3.81B$2.72M-10.66N/ANews Coverage
Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
WGS
GeneDx
1.8766 of 5 stars
$121.87
-5.3%
$101.63
-16.6%
+314.0%$3.70B$305.45M2,437.401,200
CON
Concentra Group Holdings Parent
2.4057 of 5 stars
$23.36
-1.2%
$27.50
+17.7%
-0.6%$3.03B$1.90B19.6311,250Positive News
SGRY
Surgery Partners
3.3566 of 5 stars
$23.04
-2.5%
$33.00
+43.2%
-28.4%$3.03B$3.11B-16.1115,000News Coverage
Positive News
PRVA
Privia Health Group
3.983 of 5 stars
$21.40
-2.7%
$28.00
+30.8%
+20.1%$2.70B$1.74B194.561,140Analyst Revision
VCYT
Veracyte
3.2013 of 5 stars
$29.55
-4.7%
$40.90
+38.4%
+1.1%$2.44B$445.76M89.55790Positive News
HTFL
Heartflow
N/A$29.84
+2.3%
N/AN/A$2.37BN/A0.00699News Coverage
Analyst Forecast

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