PNTG vs. INNV, WGS, TALK, DCGO, SHCR, PIII, USPH, PRVA, GHRS, and OLMA
Should you be buying The Pennant Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of The Pennant Group include InnovAge (INNV), GeneDx (WGS), Talkspace (TALK), DocGo (DCGO), Sharecare (SHCR), P3 Health Partners (PIII), U.S. Physical Therapy (USPH), Privia Health Group (PRVA), GH Research (GHRS), and Olema Pharmaceuticals (OLMA). These companies are all part of the "medical" sector.
InnovAge (NASDAQ:INNV) and The Pennant Group (NASDAQ:PNTG) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings and valuation.
InnovAge has a beta of 0.24, suggesting that its stock price is 76% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The Pennant Group has a beta of 2.01, suggesting that its stock price is 101% more volatile than the S&P 500.
The Pennant Group received 34 more outperform votes than InnovAge when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 44.74% of users gave The Pennant Group an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave InnovAge an outperform vote.
The Pennant Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than InnovAge. InnovAge is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than The Pennant Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
InnovAge presently has a consensus price target of $6.50, suggesting a potential upside of 75.68%. The Pennant Group has a consensus price target of $24.00, suggesting a potential upside of 4.26%. Given The Pennant Group's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe InnovAge is more favorable than The Pennant Group.
The Pennant Group has a net margin of 2.86% compared to The Pennant Group's net margin of -4.16%. InnovAge's return on equity of 13.42% beat The Pennant Group's return on equity.
In the previous week, The Pennant Group had 5 more articles in the media than InnovAge. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for The Pennant Group and 4 mentions for InnovAge. InnovAge's average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat The Pennant Group's score of 0.32 indicating that The Pennant Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
12.3% of InnovAge shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.9% of The Pennant Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of InnovAge shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.8% of The Pennant Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
The Pennant Group beats InnovAge on 16 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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