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

Should you be buying Sotera Health stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sotera Health include Hims & Hers Health (HIMS), Option Care Health (OPCH), Guardant Health (GH), RadNet (RDNT), BrightSpring Health Services (BTSG), Privia Health Group (PRVA), Surgery Partners (SGRY), Concentra Group Holdings Parent (CON), Veracyte (VCYT), and LifeStance Health Group (LFST). 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 superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, valuation, earnings, community ranking, risk and institutional ownership.

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

Sotera Health received 8 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 35.16% of users gave Hims & Hers Health an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Hims & Hers HealthOutperform Votes
45
35.16%
Underperform Votes
83
64.84%
Sotera HealthOutperform Votes
53
58.89%
Underperform Votes
37
41.11%

In the previous week, Hims & Hers Health had 25 more articles in the media than Sotera Health. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for Hims & Hers Health and 5 mentions for Sotera Health. Sotera Health's average media sentiment score of 1.49 beat Hims & Hers Health's score of 0.68 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
15 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
9 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Sotera Health
3 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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%

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, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Hims & Hers Health currently has a consensus price target of $37.67, indicating a potential downside of 29.52%. Sotera Health has a consensus price target of $15.80, indicating a potential upside of 29.51%. Given Sotera Health's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly 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

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$1.78B6.70-$23.55M$0.6977.45
Sotera Health$1.11B3.13$51.38M$0.08152.50

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$3.46B$2.01B$5.34B$8.46B
Dividend YieldN/A7.16%5.28%4.18%
P/E Ratio48.8015.9926.8819.78
Price / Sales3.134.29398.47138.44
Price / Cash10.279.3238.2534.64
Price / Book7.773.976.764.54
Net Income$51.38M$87.49M$3.22B$247.85M
7 Day Performance-1.13%12.33%1.50%1.68%
1 Month Performance8.35%-0.57%7.29%8.76%
1 Year Performance10.51%-18.74%20.28%9.69%

Sotera Health Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SHC
Sotera Health
2.7177 of 5 stars
$12.20
-1.9%
$15.80
+29.5%
+10.5%$3.46B$1.11B48.803,000Positive News
HIMS
Hims & Hers Health
2.3759 of 5 stars
$62.35
-3.6%
$37.67
-39.6%
+179.7%$13.96B$1.78B141.71650Insider Trade
OPCH
Option Care Health
4.2644 of 5 stars
$33.09
-0.4%
$35.50
+7.3%
+6.7%$5.42B$5.19B27.815,600Positive News
GH
Guardant Health
4.5932 of 5 stars
$40.24
-1.1%
$52.32
+30.0%
+46.0%$4.99B$774.00M-11.301,790Positive News
Short Interest ↑
RDNT
RadNet
4.3299 of 5 stars
$60.66
-0.8%
$69.75
+15.0%
-6.9%$4.55B$1.87B-866.458,970Positive News
BTSG
BrightSpring Health Services
1.4181 of 5 stars
$24.11
-1.3%
$23.56
-2.3%
+105.7%$4.20B$11.86B-92.7335,000Positive News
Short Interest ↑
PRVA
Privia Health Group
3.4887 of 5 stars
$25.00
-0.1%
$27.38
+9.5%
+33.5%$3.05B$1.80B250.03810Positive News
Analyst Forecast
SGRY
Surgery Partners
2.5386 of 5 stars
$23.60
-1.4%
$34.75
+47.2%
-10.3%$3.02B$3.17B-49.1712,200Analyst Forecast
CON
Concentra Group Holdings Parent
N/A$22.54
-0.8%
$28.50
+26.4%
N/A$2.87B$1.93B16.8211,000Positive News
VCYT
Veracyte
4.3822 of 5 stars
$29.00
-0.7%
$40.90
+41.0%
+24.6%$2.27B$463.39M-193.33790Positive News
LFST
LifeStance Health Group
2.3514 of 5 stars
$5.84
flat
$8.30
+42.1%
+5.0%$2.27B$1.28B-22.466,640News Coverage
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This page (NASDAQ:SHC) was last updated on 5/29/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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