CYH vs. LXEO, CDNA, LFMD, PEPG, OCGN, OSUR, ADPT, ITOS, RVNC, and MXCT
Should you be buying Community Health Systems stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Community Health Systems include Lexeo Therapeutics (LXEO), CareDx (CDNA), LifeMD (LFMD), PepGen (PEPG), Ocugen (OCGN), OraSure Technologies (OSUR), Adaptive Biotechnologies (ADPT), iTeos Therapeutics (ITOS), Revance Therapeutics (RVNC), and MaxCyte (MXCT). These companies are all part of the "medical" sector.
Lexeo Therapeutics (NASDAQ:LXEO) and Community Health Systems (NYSE:CYH) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, risk and dividends.
Lexeo Therapeutics has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Lexeo Therapeutics' net margin of -0.99%. Community Health Systems' return on equity of 0.00% beat Lexeo Therapeutics' return on equity.
Community Health Systems received 539 more outperform votes than Lexeo Therapeutics when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Lexeo Therapeutics an outperform vote while only 53.27% of users gave Community Health Systems an outperform vote.
60.7% of Lexeo Therapeutics shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.0% of Community Health Systems shares are held by institutional investors. 9.9% of Community Health Systems shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Lexeo Therapeutics has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Community Health Systems.
In the previous week, Community Health Systems had 5 more articles in the media than Lexeo Therapeutics. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Community Health Systems and 14 mentions for Lexeo Therapeutics. Community Health Systems' average media sentiment score of 0.66 beat Lexeo Therapeutics' score of 0.32 indicating that Lexeo Therapeutics is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Lexeo Therapeutics currently has a consensus price target of $20.80, indicating a potential upside of 66.40%. Community Health Systems has a consensus price target of $4.05, indicating a potential upside of 19.47%. Given Community Health Systems' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Lexeo Therapeutics is more favorable than Community Health Systems.
Summary
Lexeo Therapeutics beats Community Health Systems on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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