Option Care Health (OPCH) Competitors

Option Care Health (NASDAQ:OPCH) and Hims & Hers Health (NYSE:HIMS) are both medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Is OPCH or HIMS more profitable?

Hims & Hers Health has a net margin of 9.63% compared to Option Care Health's net margin of 3.93%. Hims & Hers Health's return on equity of 26.26% beat Option Care Health's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Option Care Health	3.93%	17.53%	7.17%
Hims & Hers Health	9.63%	26.26%	13.06%

Do institutionals & insiders believe in OPCH or HIMS?

98.1% of Option Care Health shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.5% of Hims & Hers Health shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Option Care Health shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 13.7% of Hims & Hers Health shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts prefer OPCH or HIMS?

Option Care Health presently has a consensus target price of $35.75, indicating a potential upside of 26.24%. Hims & Hers Health has a consensus target price of $39.83, indicating a potential downside of 13.57%. Given Option Care Health's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Option Care Health is more favorable than Hims & Hers Health.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Option Care Health	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.89
Hims & Hers Health	3 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.92

Does the media favor OPCH or HIMS?

In the previous week, Hims & Hers Health had 59 more articles in the media than Option Care Health. MarketBeat recorded 73 mentions for Hims & Hers Health and 14 mentions for Option Care Health. Option Care Health's average media sentiment score of 1.73 beat Hims & Hers Health's score of 0.30 indicating that Option Care Health is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Option Care Health	11 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Hims & Hers Health	19 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	43 Neutral mention(s)	4 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has better earnings & valuation, OPCH or HIMS?

Option Care Health has higher revenue and earnings than Hims & Hers Health. Option Care Health is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hims & Hers Health, 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
Option Care Health	$5.00B	0.92	$211.82M	$1.25	22.66
Hims & Hers Health	$1.48B	6.99	$126.04M	$0.80	57.61

Which has more risk and volatility, OPCH or HIMS?

Option Care Health has a beta of 0.79, suggesting that its stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hims & Hers Health has a beta of 2.08, suggesting that its stock price is 108% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Option Care Health and Hims & Hers Health tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.