Head-To-Head Review: Icon (NASDAQ:ICLR) and Ryman Healthcare (OTCMKTS:RYHTY)

Icon (NASDAQ:ICLR) and Ryman Healthcare (OTCMKTS:RYHTY) are both medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Icon and Ryman Healthcare”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Icon	$8.28 billion	1.89	$791.47 million	$9.72	19.95
Ryman Healthcare	$451.64 million	2.17	-$259.39 million	N/A	N/A

Icon has higher revenue and earnings than Ryman Healthcare.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and target prices for Icon and Ryman Healthcare, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Icon	0	9	9	2	2.65
Ryman Healthcare	0	0	0	0	0.00

Icon presently has a consensus target price of $217.33, suggesting a potential upside of 12.09%. Given Icon’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Icon is more favorable than Ryman Healthcare.

Profitability

This table compares Icon and Ryman Healthcare’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Icon	9.82%	10.95%	6.23%
Ryman Healthcare	N/A	N/A	N/A

Risk & Volatility

Icon has a beta of 1.23, indicating that its stock price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ryman Healthcare has a beta of 0.62, indicating that its stock price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

95.6% of Icon shares are held by institutional investors. 44.0% of Icon shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Icon beats Ryman Healthcare on 12 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Icon

ICON Public Limited Company, a clinical research organization, provides outsourced development and commercialization services in Ireland, rest of Europe, the United States, and internationally. The company specializes in the strategic development, management, and analysis of programs that support various stages of the clinical development process from compound selection to Phase I-IV clinical studies. It also offers clinical development services, including all phases of development, peri and post approval, data solutions, and site and patient access services; clinical trial management, consulting, and contract staffing services; and commercial services comprising clinical development strategy, planning and trial design, full study execution, and post-market commercialization. In addition, the company provides laboratory services, including bionanalytical, biomarker, vaccine, good manufacturing practice, and central laboratory services, as well as full-service and functional service partnerships to customers. Further, it offers adaptive trials, cardiac safety solutions, clinical and scientific operations, consulting and advisory, commercial positioning, decentralized and hybrid clinical trials, early clinical, laboratories, language services, medical imaging, real world intelligence, site and patient, and strategic solutions. The company serves pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical device industries, as well as government and public health organizations. ICON Public Limited Company was incorporated in 1990 and is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland.

About Ryman Healthcare

Ryman Healthcare Limited develops, owns, and operates integrated retirement villages, rest homes, and hospitals for the elderly in New Zealand and Australia. The company's villages provide a range of retirement living and care options, such as independent townhouses and apartments, and serviced apartments, as well as a care center, which offers rest homes, hospitals, dementia-level care, and respite and day care services. Its villages also provide all-weather bowling green, indoor heated swimming pool and spa, gym, internal atrium, beauty and hair salons, library, dining area, bar, lounges, croquet laws, shops, and movie theatre facilities. The company owns and operates retirement village units and care units. The company was founded in 1984 and is based in Christchurch, New Zealand.