MODV vs. LFMD, ACB, ANRO, TERN, ANIK, CERS, ORGO, SLDB, AMRN, and AURA
Should you be buying ModivCare stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ModivCare include LifeMD (LFMD), Aurora Cannabis (ACB), Alto Neuroscience (ANRO), Terns Pharmaceuticals (TERN), Anika Therapeutics (ANIK), Cerus (CERS), Organogenesis (ORGO), Solid Biosciences (SLDB), Amarin (AMRN), and Aura Biosciences (AURA). These companies are all part of the "medical" sector.
LifeMD (NASDAQ:LFMD) and ModivCare (NASDAQ:MODV) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations and earnings.
LifeMD has higher earnings, but lower revenue than ModivCare. LifeMD is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ModivCare, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, LifeMD had 2 more articles in the media than ModivCare. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for LifeMD and 2 mentions for ModivCare. ModivCare's average media sentiment score of 0.48 beat LifeMD's score of 0.00 indicating that LifeMD is being referred to more favorably in the media.
35.5% of LifeMD shares are owned by institutional investors. 18.9% of LifeMD shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.9% of ModivCare shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
LifeMD presently has a consensus price target of $11.60, suggesting a potential upside of 49.29%. ModivCare has a consensus price target of $49.25, suggesting a potential upside of 79.03%. Given LifeMD's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe ModivCare is more favorable than LifeMD.
LifeMD received 12 more outperform votes than ModivCare when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.27% of users gave LifeMD an outperform vote while only 40.00% of users gave ModivCare an outperform vote.
ModivCare has a net margin of -8.02% compared to ModivCare's net margin of -14.75%. LifeMD's return on equity of 34.93% beat ModivCare's return on equity.
LifeMD has a beta of 1.38, meaning that its share price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ModivCare has a beta of 0.41, meaning that its share price is 59% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
LifeMD beats ModivCare on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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