Financial Contrast: TSS (OTCMKTS:TSSI) & Astrana Health (NASDAQ:ASTH)

TSS (OTCMKTS:TSSI) and Astrana Health (NASDAQ:ASTH) are both construction companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations and dividends.

Volatility & Risk

TSS has a beta of 0.57, indicating that its share price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Astrana Health has a beta of 1.09, indicating that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares TSS and Astrana Health’s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
TSS	$54.40 million	0.35	$70,000.00	($0.01)	-83.02
Astrana Health	$1.39 billion	1.50	$60.72 million	$1.32	28.39

Astrana Health has higher revenue and earnings than TSS. TSS is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Astrana Health, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

52.8% of Astrana Health shares are owned by institutional investors. 26.6% of TSS shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.5% of Astrana Health shares are owned 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.

Profitability

This table compares TSS and Astrana Health’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
TSS	0.13%	2.50%	0.21%
Astrana Health	4.49%	11.52%	6.67%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings for TSS and Astrana Health, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
TSS	0	0	0	0	N/A
Astrana Health	0	1	1	0	2.50

Astrana Health has a consensus target price of $47.00, indicating a potential upside of 25.40%. Given Astrana Health’s higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Astrana Health is more favorable than TSS.

Summary

Astrana Health beats TSS on 12 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About TSS

TSS, Inc. provides comprehensive services for the planning, design, deployment, maintenance, and refurbishment of end-user and enterprise systems, and mission-critical facilities in the United States. The company operates through two segments, Facilities and Systems Integration. It offers a single source solution for enabling technologies in data centers, operations centers, network facilities, server rooms, security operations centers, communications facilities, and the infrastructure systems. The company also provides technology consulting, design and engineering, project management, systems integration, systems installation, facilities management, and IT procurement and reseller services. It serves IT OEM equipment, technology, and service companies; private sector businesses; and government or commercial end users. The company was formerly known as Fortress International Group, Inc. and changed its name to TSS, Inc. in June 2013. TSS, Inc. was incorporated in 2004 and is headquartered in Round Rock, Texas.

About Astrana Health

Astrana Health, Inc., Inc., a physician-centric technology-powered healthcare management company, provides medical care services in the United States. It operates through three segments: Care Partners, Care Delivery, and Care Enablement. The company is leveraging its proprietary population health management and healthcare delivery platform, operates an integrated, value-based healthcare model which empowers the providers in its network to deliver care to its patients. It offers care coordination services to patients, families, primary care physicians, specialists, acute care hospitals, alternative sites of inpatient care, physician groups, and health plans. The company's physician network consists of primary care physicians, specialist physicians and extenders, and hospitalists. It serves patients, primarily covered by private or public insurance, such as Medicare, Medicaid, and health maintenance organization plans; and non-insured patients. The company was formerly known as Apollo Medical Holdings, Inc. and changed its name to Astrana Health, Inc. in February 2024. Astrana Health, Inc. was incorporated in 1985 and is headquartered in Alhambra, California.