agilon health (AGL) Competitors

agilon health (NYSE:AGL) and Sotera Health (NASDAQ:SHC) are both medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking and profitability.

Does the media refer more to AGL or SHC?

In the previous week, Sotera Health had 4 more articles in the media than agilon health. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Sotera Health and 4 mentions for agilon health. Sotera Health's average media sentiment score of 0.99 beat agilon health's score of 0.95 indicating that Sotera Health is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
agilon health	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Sotera Health	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk & volatility, AGL or SHC?

agilon health has a beta of 0.14, meaning that its stock price is 86% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sotera Health has a beta of 1.87, meaning that its stock price is 87% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in AGL or SHC?

91.0% of Sotera Health shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.6% of agilon health shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 47.5% of Sotera Health shares are owned by company 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer AGL or SHC?

agilon health received 3 more outperform votes than Sotera Health when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 58.24% of users gave Sotera Health an outperform vote while only 43.75% of users gave agilon health an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
agilon health	Outperform Votes 56 43.75%	Underperform Votes 72 56.25%
Sotera Health	Outperform Votes 53 58.24%	Underperform Votes 38 41.76%

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, AGL or SHC?

Sotera Health has lower revenue, but higher earnings than agilon health. agilon health is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sotera 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
agilon health	$5.99B	0.15	-$262.60M	-$0.59	-3.80
Sotera Health	$1.11B	3.07	$51.38M	$0.08	149.50

Is AGL or SHC more profitable?

Sotera Health has a net margin of 6.31% compared to agilon health's net margin of -6.88%. Sotera Health's return on equity of 42.27% beat agilon health's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
agilon health	-6.88%	-47.84%	-14.97%
Sotera Health	6.31%	42.27%	6.02%

Do analysts prefer AGL or SHC?

agilon health currently has a consensus target price of $4.79, indicating a potential upside of 113.65%. Sotera Health has a consensus target price of $15.80, indicating a potential upside of 32.11%. Given agilon health's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe agilon health is more favorable than Sotera Health.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
agilon health	2 Sell rating(s)	11 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.17
Sotera Health	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80

Summary

Sotera Health beats agilon health on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.