LifeMD (LFMD) Competitors

LifeMD (NASDAQ:LFMD) and LifeStance Health Group (NASDAQ:LFST) are both medical companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment and valuation.

Is LFMD or LFST more profitable?

LifeStance Health Group has a net margin of -7.90% compared to LifeMD's net margin of -12.06%. LifeMD's return on equity of 0.00% beat LifeStance Health Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
LifeMD	-12.06%	N/A	-36.34%
LifeStance Health Group	-7.90%	-6.66%	-4.51%

Does the media favor LFMD or LFST?

In the previous week, LifeMD had 6 more articles in the media than LifeStance Health Group. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for LifeMD and 3 mentions for LifeStance Health Group. LifeMD's average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat LifeStance Health Group's score of 0.90 indicating that LifeMD is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
LifeMD	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
LifeStance Health Group	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has better valuation and earnings, LFMD or LFST?

LifeMD has higher earnings, but lower revenue than LifeStance Health Group. LifeStance Health Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than LifeMD, 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
LifeMD	$234.01M	2.42	-$20.60M	-$0.34	-36.62
LifeStance Health Group	$1.28B	1.78	-$186.26M	-$0.10	-58.80

Which has more risk & volatility, LFMD or LFST?

LifeMD has a beta of 2.42, indicating that its share price is 142% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, LifeStance Health Group has a beta of 1.22, indicating that its share price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in LFMD or LFST?

35.5% of LifeMD shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.5% of LifeStance Health Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 18.4% of LifeMD shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.2% of LifeStance Health Group shares are owned by 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.

Do analysts recommend LFMD or LFST?

LifeMD presently has a consensus price target of $11.00, suggesting a potential downside of 11.65%. LifeStance Health Group has a consensus price target of $8.50, suggesting a potential upside of 44.56%. Given LifeStance Health Group's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe LifeStance Health Group is more favorable than LifeMD.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
LifeMD	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
LifeStance Health Group	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.83

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer LFMD or LFST?

LifeMD received 24 more outperform votes than LifeStance Health Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 76.92% of users gave LifeMD an outperform vote while only 34.04% of users gave LifeStance Health Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
LifeMD	Outperform Votes 40 76.92%	Underperform Votes 12 23.08%
LifeStance Health Group	Outperform Votes 16 34.04%	Underperform Votes 31 65.96%

Summary

LifeMD beats LifeStance Health Group on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.