SBC Medical Group (SBC) Competitors

SBC Medical Group (NASDAQ:SBC) and Aveanna Healthcare (NASDAQ:AVAH) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in SBC or AVAH?

60.8% of SBC Medical Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.0% of Aveanna Healthcare shares are held by institutional investors. 89.5% of SBC Medical Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 7.0% of Aveanna Healthcare shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, SBC or AVAH?

SBC Medical Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Aveanna Healthcare. SBC Medical Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Aveanna Healthcare, 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
SBC Medical Group	$205.42M	2.39	$46.61M	$0.32	14.78
Aveanna Healthcare	$2.02B	0.85	-$10.93M	$0.08	103.25

Do analysts recommend SBC or AVAH?

Aveanna Healthcare has a consensus price target of $7.50, indicating a potential downside of 9.20%. Given Aveanna Healthcare's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Aveanna Healthcare is more favorable than SBC Medical Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
SBC Medical Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Aveanna Healthcare	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60

Is SBC or AVAH more profitable?

SBC Medical Group has a net margin of 17.71% compared to Aveanna Healthcare's net margin of 0.85%. SBC Medical Group's return on equity of 20.76% beat Aveanna Healthcare's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
SBC Medical Group	17.71%	20.76%	15.56%
Aveanna Healthcare	0.85%	-54.56%	3.17%

Which has more risk & volatility, SBC or AVAH?

SBC Medical Group has a beta of 1.27, meaning that its share price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Aveanna Healthcare has a beta of 2.04, meaning that its share price is 104% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor SBC or AVAH?

In the previous week, SBC Medical Group had 1 more articles in the media than Aveanna Healthcare. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for SBC Medical Group and 3 mentions for Aveanna Healthcare. Aveanna Healthcare's average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat SBC Medical Group's score of 0.07 indicating that Aveanna Healthcare is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
SBC Medical Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Aveanna Healthcare	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

SBC Medical Group and Aveanna Healthcare tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.