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LifeStance Health Group (LFST) Competitors

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LFST vs. GH, RDNT, OPCH, SHC, BTSG, WGS, CON, SGRY, PRVA, and HTFL

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

LifeStance Health Group vs. Its Competitors

LifeStance Health Group (NASDAQ:LFST) and Guardant Health (NASDAQ:GH) are both mid-cap medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership and valuation.

LifeStance Health Group has a beta of 1.17, indicating that its share price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Guardant Health has a beta of 1.46, indicating that its share price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500.

LifeStance Health Group has a net margin of -1.23% compared to Guardant Health's net margin of -49.93%. Guardant Health's return on equity of 0.00% beat LifeStance Health Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
LifeStance Health Group-1.23% -1.11% -0.76%
Guardant Health -49.93%N/A -28.95%

LifeStance Health Group presently has a consensus price target of $8.50, indicating a potential upside of 54.97%. Guardant Health has a consensus price target of $57.50, indicating a potential downside of 11.69%. Given LifeStance Health Group's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe LifeStance Health Group is more favorable than Guardant Health.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
LifeStance Health Group
1 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.86
Guardant Health
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
16 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.06

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
LifeStance Health Group$1.25B1.71-$57.44M-$0.05-109.70
Guardant Health$739.02M10.99-$436.37M-$3.35-19.44

In the previous week, Guardant Health had 6 more articles in the media than LifeStance Health Group. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Guardant Health and 5 mentions for LifeStance Health Group. LifeStance Health Group's average media sentiment score of 1.51 beat Guardant Health's score of 1.25 indicating that LifeStance Health Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
LifeStance Health Group
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
Guardant Health
9 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

85.5% of LifeStance Health Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.6% of Guardant Health shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.6% of LifeStance Health Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 6.1% of Guardant Health shares are owned by 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

LifeStance Health Group and Guardant Health tied by winning 8 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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LFST vs. The Competition

MetricLifeStance Health GroupMED IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$2.13B$4.07B$5.74B$9.82B
Dividend YieldN/A1.26%6.66%4.48%
P/E Ratio-109.7028.6482.4226.50
Price / Sales1.7124.46528.35108.91
Price / Cash138.2027.1625.7028.92
Price / Book1.452.8710.626.55
Net Income-$57.44M$189.47M$3.28B$266.04M
7 Day Performance-0.09%-1.32%-0.27%-0.63%
1 Month Performance44.72%18.57%10.09%6.20%
1 Year Performance-15.49%15.19%48.83%22.24%

LifeStance Health Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LFST
LifeStance Health Group
3.4856 of 5 stars
$5.49
-2.6%
$8.50
+55.0%
-10.8%$2.13B$1.25B-109.7010,218Positive News
GH
Guardant Health
3.7301 of 5 stars
$67.42
+4.6%
$57.50
-14.7%
+160.0%$8.41B$739.02M-20.132,021Positive News
RDNT
RadNet
4.0457 of 5 stars
$71.76
0.0%
$71.60
-0.2%
+6.1%$5.52B$1.83B-358.7811,021Positive News
Analyst Forecast
OPCH
Option Care Health
4.9391 of 5 stars
$28.68
-0.2%
$35.75
+24.7%
-11.2%$4.65B$5.00B22.948,088Positive News
SHC
Sotera Health
2.2688 of 5 stars
$16.37
+1.0%
$16.00
-2.3%
+4.7%$4.65B$1.10B204.653,000Positive News
BTSG
BrightSpring Health Services
1.7769 of 5 stars
$23.69
-0.2%
$25.67
+8.3%
+90.3%$4.20B$11.27B76.4235,000Positive News
WGS
GeneDx
1.8461 of 5 stars
$129.49
+0.4%
$101.63
-21.5%
+301.3%$3.72B$305.45M2,589.801,200
CON
Concentra Group Holdings Parent
2.345 of 5 stars
$23.78
+0.2%
$27.50
+15.7%
-2.8%$3.05B$1.90B19.9811,250News Coverage
Positive News
SGRY
Surgery Partners
3.3456 of 5 stars
$22.69
-0.1%
$33.00
+45.4%
-29.3%$2.91B$3.11B-15.8715,000News Coverage
Positive News
PRVA
Privia Health Group
3.8808 of 5 stars
$23.04
+5.6%
$28.08
+21.9%
+15.1%$2.83B$1.74B209.471,140Analyst Revision
HTFL
Heartflow
N/A$31.50
-2.0%
N/AN/A$2.56BN/A0.00699News Coverage
Analyst Forecast

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