Auna (AUNA) Competitors

Auna (NYSE:AUNA) and Progyny (NASDAQ:PGNY) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, community ranking and institutional ownership.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of AUNA or PGNY?

94.9% of Progyny shares are held by institutional investors. 9.4% of Progyny shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, AUNA or PGNY?

Progyny has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Auna. Auna is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Progyny, 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
Auna	$4.35B	0.11	-$67.90M	$0.58	10.90
Progyny	$1.21B	1.52	$62.04M	$0.57	37.81

Do analysts rate AUNA or PGNY?

Auna presently has a consensus target price of $10.70, suggesting a potential upside of 69.30%. Progyny has a consensus target price of $23.45, suggesting a potential upside of 8.84%. Given Auna's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Auna is more favorable than Progyny.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Auna	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
Progyny	0 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.42

Does the media prefer AUNA or PGNY?

In the previous week, Progyny had 5 more articles in the media than Auna. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Progyny and 5 mentions for Auna. Progyny's average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat Auna's score of -0.21 indicating that Progyny is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Auna	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Progyny	3 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community favor AUNA or PGNY?

Progyny received 94 more outperform votes than Auna when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 72.73% of users gave Auna an outperform vote while only 70.34% of users gave Progyny an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Auna	Outperform Votes 8 72.73%	Underperform Votes 3 27.27%
Progyny	Outperform Votes 102 70.34%	Underperform Votes 43 29.66%

Is AUNA or PGNY more profitable?

Progyny has a net margin of 5.03% compared to Auna's net margin of 0.00%. Progyny's return on equity of 11.36% beat Auna's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Auna	N/A	N/A	N/A
Progyny	5.03%	11.36%	7.87%

Which has more volatility and risk, AUNA or PGNY?

Auna has a beta of 2.47, indicating that its share price is 147% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Progyny has a beta of 1.32, indicating that its share price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Progyny beats Auna on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.