Comparing Ageas (OTCMKTS:AGESY) & Oscar Health (NYSE:OSCR)

Oscar Health (NYSE:OSCR) and Ageas (OTCMKTS:AGESY) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, dividends, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Oscar Health and Ageas, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Oscar Health	5	4	0	0	1.44
Ageas	0	1	0	0	2.00

Oscar Health presently has a consensus target price of $12.07, suggesting a potential downside of 37.81%. Given Oscar Health’s higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Oscar Health is more favorable than Ageas.

Profitability

This table compares Oscar Health and Ageas’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Oscar Health	-1.50%	-13.78%	-2.99%
Ageas	N/A	N/A	N/A

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Oscar Health and Ageas”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Oscar Health	$9.18 billion	0.55	$25.43 million	($0.81)	-23.96
Ageas	$14.68 billion	0.93	$1.21 billion	N/A	N/A

Ageas has higher revenue and earnings than Oscar Health.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

75.7% of Oscar Health shares are held by institutional investors. 25.1% of Oscar Health shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Risk & Volatility

Oscar Health has a beta of 1.87, meaning that its share price is 87% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ageas has a beta of 0.64, meaning that its share price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Ageas beats Oscar Health on 7 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Oscar Health

Oscar Health, Inc. operates as a health insurance in the United States. The company offers health plans in individual and small group markets, as well as +Oscar, a technology driven platform that help providers and payors directly enable their shift to value-based care. It also provides reinsurance products. The company was formerly known as Mulberry Health Inc. and changed its name to Oscar Health, Inc. in January 2021. Oscar Health, Inc. was incorporated in 2012 and is headquartered in New York, New York.

About Ageas

ageas SA/NV, together with its subsidiaries, engages in insurance business. It operates in five segments: Belgium, Europe, Asia, Reinsurance, and General Account. The company offers property, casualty, and life insurance products, as well as pension products; and reinsurance products. It provides life insurance products include risks related to the life and death of individuals; and non-life insurance products comprise accident and health, motor, fire, and other property insurance products, as well as insurance services for other damages to property. The company serves private individuals, as well as small, medium-sized, and large companies through independent brokers and the bank channels. ageas SA/NV was founded in 1824 and is headquartered in Brussels, Belgium.