Concentra Group Holdings Parent (CON) Competitors

Guardant Health (NASDAQ:GH) and Concentra Group Holdings Parent (NYSE:CON) are both mid-cap medical companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations and dividends.

Is GH or CON more profitable?

Concentra Group Holdings Parent has a net margin of 7.44% compared to Guardant Health's net margin of -49.93%. Concentra Group Holdings Parent's return on equity of 50.84% beat Guardant Health's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Guardant Health	-49.93%	N/A	-28.95%
Concentra Group Holdings Parent	7.44%	50.84%	5.89%

Which has better valuation and earnings, GH or CON?

Concentra Group Holdings Parent has higher revenue and earnings than Guardant Health. Guardant Health is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Concentra Group Holdings Parent, 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
Guardant Health	$739.02M	9.63	-$436.37M	-$3.35	-17.04
Concentra Group Holdings Parent	$1.90B	1.52	$166.54M	$1.19	18.98

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in GH or CON?

92.6% of Guardant Health shares are held by institutional investors. 6.1% of Guardant Health shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.6% of Concentra Group Holdings Parent shares are held by company 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.

Does the media favor GH or CON?

In the previous week, Concentra Group Holdings Parent had 2 more articles in the media than Guardant Health. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Concentra Group Holdings Parent and 9 mentions for Guardant Health. Guardant Health's average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat Concentra Group Holdings Parent's score of 0.81 indicating that Guardant Health is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Guardant Health	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Concentra Group Holdings Parent	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts rate GH or CON?

Guardant Health presently has a consensus target price of $57.50, suggesting a potential upside of 0.72%. Concentra Group Holdings Parent has a consensus target price of $28.50, suggesting a potential upside of 26.19%. Given Concentra Group Holdings Parent's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Concentra Group Holdings Parent is more favorable than Guardant Health.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Guardant Health	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	16 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.06
Concentra Group Holdings Parent	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Summary

Concentra Group Holdings Parent beats Guardant Health on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.