Ardent Health Partners (NYSE:ARDT – Get Free Report) and Tenet Healthcare (NYSE:THC – Get Free Report) are both medical companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability and risk.
Profitability
This table compares Ardent Health Partners and Tenet Healthcare’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
Ardent Health Partners | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Tenet Healthcare | 14.91% | 24.05% | 3.85% |
Earnings & Valuation
This table compares Ardent Health Partners and Tenet Healthcare”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
Ardent Health Partners | $5.41 billion | 0.43 | $53.90 million | N/A | N/A |
Tenet Healthcare | $20.55 billion | 0.76 | $611.00 million | $31.21 | 5.29 |
Institutional and Insider Ownership
95.4% of Tenet Healthcare shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of Tenet Healthcare shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of recent ratings for Ardent Health Partners and Tenet Healthcare, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
Ardent Health Partners | 0 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 3.00 |
Tenet Healthcare | 0 | 1 | 14 | 3 | 3.11 |
Ardent Health Partners presently has a consensus target price of $21.64, suggesting a potential upside of 32.49%. Tenet Healthcare has a consensus target price of $165.35, suggesting a potential upside of 0.12%. Given Ardent Health Partners’ higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Ardent Health Partners is more favorable than Tenet Healthcare.
Summary
Tenet Healthcare beats Ardent Health Partners on 11 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Ardent Health Partners
Ardent Health Partners, Inc. owns and operates a network of hospitals and clinics that provides a range of healthcare services in the United States. It operates acute care hospitals, including rehabilitation hospitals and surgical hospitals. The company was founded in 2001 and is based in Brentwood, Tennessee. Ardent Health Partners, Inc. is a subsidiary of EGI-AM Investments, L.L.C.
About Tenet Healthcare
Tenet Healthcare Corporation operates as a diversified healthcare services company in the United States. The company operates through two segments: Hospital Operations and Services, and Ambulatory Care. Its general hospitals offer acute care services, operating and recovery rooms, radiology and respiratory therapy services, clinical laboratories, and pharmacies. The company also provides intensive and critical care, and/or coronary care units; cardiovascular, digestive disease, neurosciences, musculoskeletal, and obstetrics services; outpatient services, including physical therapy; tertiary care services, such as cardiothoracic surgery, complex spinal surgery, neonatal intensive care, and neurosurgery services; quaternary care services in heart and kidney transplants; and limb salvaging vascular procedure, acute level 1 trauma, intravascular stroke care, minimally invasive cardiac valve replacement, imaging, surgical robotic, and telemedicine access services. In addition, it offers a range of procedures and services, such as orthopedics, total joint replacement, and spinal and other musculoskeletal procedures; gastroenterology; pain management; otolaryngology; ophthalmology; and urology. It operates hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers, imaging centers, surgical hospitals, off-campus emergency departments, and micro-hospitals. Tenet Healthcare Corporation was founded in 1967 and is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.
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