Option Care Health (NASDAQ:OPCH – Get Free Report) and Ontrak (NASDAQ:OTRK – Get Free Report) are both medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, risk, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings and institutional ownership.
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares Option Care Health and Ontrak”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Option Care Health | $5.00 billion | 0.87 | $211.82 million | $1.25 | 21.46 |
| Ontrak | $10.18 million | 0.01 | -$25.49 million | ($15.81) | 0.00 |
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of current recommendations and price targets for Option Care Health and Ontrak, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Option Care Health | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 2.89 |
| Ontrak | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.00 |
Option Care Health presently has a consensus price target of $35.75, suggesting a potential upside of 33.30%. Ontrak has a consensus price target of $3.00, suggesting a potential upside of 11,438.46%. Given Ontrak’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Ontrak is more favorable than Option Care Health.
Risk and Volatility
Option Care Health has a beta of 0.82, meaning that its stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ontrak has a beta of 1.97, meaning that its stock price is 97% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Institutional & Insider Ownership
98.1% of Option Care Health shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 12.9% of Ontrak shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Option Care Health shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of Ontrak shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Profitability
This table compares Option Care Health and Ontrak’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Option Care Health | 3.93% | 17.53% | 7.17% |
| Ontrak | -274.20% | -269.88% | -128.35% |
Summary
Option Care Health beats Ontrak on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Option Care Health
Option Care Health, Inc. offers home and alternate site infusion services in the United States. The company provides anti-infective therapies; home infusion services to treat heart failures; home parenteral nutrition and enteral nutrition support services for numerous acute and chronic conditions, such as stroke, cancer, and gastrointestinal diseases; immunoglobulin infusion therapies for the treatment of immune deficiencies; and treatments for chronic inflammatory disorders, including crohn’s disease, plaque psoriasis, psoriatic arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, ulcerative colitis, and other chronic inflammatory disorders. It also offers treatments to manage the progression of neurological disorders, such as multiple sclerosis, duchenne muscular dystrophy, and other neurological disorder; infusion therapies for bleeding disorders, such as hemophilia and von Willebrand diseases; therapies for women with high-risk pregnancies; and other infusion therapies to treat various conditions, including pain management, chemotherapy, and respiratory medications, as well as nursing services. The company markets its services through patient referrals, including physicians, hospital discharge planners, hospital personnel, health maintenance organizations, and preferred provider organizations. Option Care Health, Inc. is headquartered in Bannockburn, Illinois.
About Ontrak
Ontrak, Inc. operates as an artificial intelligence powered, telehealth-enabled, and virtualized healthcare company that provides in-person services to third-party payors in the United States. Its technology-enabled platform predicts people whose chronic disease will improve with behavior change, recommends effective care pathways that people are willing to follow, and engages and guides them to and through the care they need. The company's technology enabled OnTrak program provides healthcare solutions to members with behavioral conditions that cause or exacerbate chronic medical conditions, such as diabetes, hypertension, coronary artery disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and congestive heart failure. The OnTrak integrates evidence-based psychosocial and medical interventions delivered in-person or via telehealth along with care coaching and in-market community care coordinators, who address the social and environmental determinants of health. The company was formerly known as Catasys, Inc. and changed its name to Ontrak, Inc. in July 2020. Ontrak, Inc. was incorporated in 2003 and is headquartered in Miami, Florida.
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