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Sotera Health (SHC) Competitors

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$13.24 -0.26 (-1.93%)
As of 05/13/2025 04:00 PM Eastern

SHC vs. HIMS, GH, OPCH, RDNT, BTSG, SGRY, PRVA, CON, LFST, and VCYT

Should you be buying Sotera Health stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sotera Health include Hims & Hers Health (HIMS), Guardant Health (GH), Option Care Health (OPCH), RadNet (RDNT), BrightSpring Health Services (BTSG), Surgery Partners (SGRY), Privia Health Group (PRVA), Concentra Group Holdings Parent (CON), LifeStance Health Group (LFST), and Veracyte (VCYT). These companies are all part of the "healthcare" industry.

Sotera Health vs.

Hims & Hers Health (NYSE:HIMS) and Sotera Health (NASDAQ:SHC) are both medical companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, risk and analyst recommendations.

Sotera Health received 9 more outperform votes than Hims & Hers Health when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.89% of users gave Sotera Health an outperform vote while only 34.65% of users gave Hims & Hers Health an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Hims & Hers HealthOutperform Votes
44
34.65%
Underperform Votes
83
65.35%
Sotera HealthOutperform Votes
53
58.89%
Underperform Votes
37
41.11%

Hims & Hers Health has a beta of 1.84, meaning that its stock price is 84% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sotera Health has a beta of 1.88, meaning that its stock price is 88% more volatile than the S&P 500.

63.5% of Hims & Hers Health shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.0% of Sotera Health shares are owned by institutional investors. 13.7% of Hims & Hers 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 hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Hims & Hers Health has a net margin of 8.19% compared to Sotera Health's net margin of 6.31%. Sotera Health's return on equity of 42.27% beat Hims & Hers Health's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Hims & Hers Health8.19% 10.97% 8.29%
Sotera Health 6.31%42.27%6.02%

Sotera Health has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Hims & Hers Health. Hims & Hers 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Hims & Hers Health$1.78B8.03-$23.55M$0.6992.78
Sotera Health$1.11B3.40$51.38M$0.08165.50

Hims & Hers Health presently has a consensus price target of $37.67, indicating a potential downside of 41.16%. Sotera Health has a consensus price target of $15.80, indicating a potential upside of 19.34%. Given Sotera Health's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Sotera Health is more favorable than Hims & Hers Health.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Hims & Hers Health
2 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.08
Sotera Health
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.80

In the previous week, Hims & Hers Health had 43 more articles in the media than Sotera Health. MarketBeat recorded 54 mentions for Hims & Hers Health and 11 mentions for Sotera Health. Sotera Health's average media sentiment score of 1.20 beat Hims & Hers Health's score of 0.80 indicating that Sotera Health is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Hims & Hers Health
25 Very Positive mention(s)
11 Positive mention(s)
14 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Sotera Health
6 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Sotera Health beats Hims & Hers Health on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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SHC vs. The Competition

MetricSotera Healthhealth & allied services, not elsewhere classified IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$3.76B$2.06B$5.33B$8.42B
Dividend YieldN/A7.00%5.44%4.21%
P/E Ratio52.9615.0026.6819.79
Price / Sales3.403.72404.30119.91
Price / Cash10.279.3238.3134.62
Price / Book8.434.126.734.50
Net Income$51.38M$87.49M$3.22B$248.10M
7 Day Performance3.04%-3.21%2.22%5.92%
1 Month Performance25.98%8.64%10.12%14.00%
1 Year Performance16.34%-24.87%15.24%7.34%

Sotera Health Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SHC
Sotera Health
1.8508 of 5 stars
$13.24
-1.9%
$15.80
+19.3%
+16.3%$3.76B$1.11B52.963,000Gap Up
HIMS
Hims & Hers Health
2.4145 of 5 stars
$41.94
+2.7%
$36.92
-12.0%
+396.7%$9.32B$1.48B95.32650High Trading Volume
GH
Guardant Health
4.718 of 5 stars
$44.05
-6.0%
$51.86
+17.7%
+72.3%$5.46B$774.00M-12.371,790Positive News
OPCH
Option Care Health
4.4053 of 5 stars
$32.81
-0.4%
$35.50
+8.2%
+4.9%$5.37B$5.19B27.575,600Positive News
RDNT
RadNet
3.3105 of 5 stars
$53.13
-0.5%
$69.75
+31.3%
+8.6%$3.99B$1.83B-758.898,970Analyst Upgrade
BTSG
BrightSpring Health Services
1.6302 of 5 stars
$21.15
+1.3%
$22.33
+5.6%
+106.8%$3.70B$11.27B-81.3535,000Analyst Forecast
Positive News
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
SGRY
Surgery Partners
3.1363 of 5 stars
$23.47
+1.7%
$34.75
+48.1%
-11.4%$3.01B$3.11B-48.9012,200Earnings Report
News Coverage
PRVA
Privia Health Group
3.559 of 5 stars
$22.98
-1.5%
$27.38
+19.2%
+35.1%$2.79B$1.74B229.82810
CON
Concentra Group Holdings Parent
N/A$21.60
-0.8%
$28.50
+31.9%
N/A$2.75B$1.90B14.3011,000Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Gap Up
LFST
LifeStance Health Group
2.3982 of 5 stars
$6.62
-2.6%
$8.30
+25.4%
-18.1%$2.57B$1.25B-25.466,640
VCYT
Veracyte
3.8988 of 5 stars
$31.32
+3.2%
$42.60
+36.0%
+30.3%$2.45B$445.76M-208.80790Gap Up

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This page (NASDAQ:SHC) was last updated on 5/14/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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