The Pennant Group (PNTG) Competitors

BrightSpring Health Services (NASDAQ:BTSG) and The Pennant Group (NASDAQ:PNTG) are both medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, valuation, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, BTSG or PNTG?

The Pennant Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than BrightSpring Health Services. The Pennant Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BrightSpring Health Services, 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
BrightSpring Health Services	$11.86B	0.35	-$154.60M	$0.28	85.07
The Pennant Group	$748.17M	1.36	$13.38M	$0.76	38.72

Do analysts prefer BTSG or PNTG?

BrightSpring Health Services currently has a consensus target price of $23.56, suggesting a potential downside of 1.11%. The Pennant Group has a consensus target price of $35.60, suggesting a potential upside of 20.97%. Given The Pennant Group's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe The Pennant Group is more favorable than BrightSpring Health Services.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
BrightSpring Health Services	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.90
The Pennant Group	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60

Does the media prefer BTSG or PNTG?

In the previous week, BrightSpring Health Services had 1 more articles in the media than The Pennant Group. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for BrightSpring Health Services and 11 mentions for The Pennant Group. BrightSpring Health Services' average media sentiment score of 1.32 beat The Pennant Group's score of 1.20 indicating that BrightSpring Health Services is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
BrightSpring Health Services	10 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
The Pennant Group	8 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more volatility and risk, BTSG or PNTG?

BrightSpring Health Services has a beta of 2.06, indicating that its share price is 106% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The Pennant Group has a beta of 1.56, indicating that its share price is 56% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in BTSG or PNTG?

The Pennant Group received 14 more outperform votes than BrightSpring Health Services when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 87.50% of users gave BrightSpring Health Services an outperform vote while only 46.15% of users gave The Pennant Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
BrightSpring Health Services	Outperform Votes 28 87.50%	Underperform Votes 4 12.50%
The Pennant Group	Outperform Votes 42 46.15%	Underperform Votes 49 53.85%

Is BTSG or PNTG more profitable?

The Pennant Group has a net margin of 3.24% compared to BrightSpring Health Services' net margin of -0.38%. The Pennant Group's return on equity of 13.47% beat BrightSpring Health Services' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
BrightSpring Health Services	-0.38%	4.16%	0.99%
The Pennant Group	3.24%	13.47%	3.81%

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in BTSG or PNTG?

85.9% of The Pennant Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.8% of The Pennant Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

The Pennant Group beats BrightSpring Health Services on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.