Clover Health Investments (NASDAQ:CLOV – Get Free Report) and Privia Health Group (NASDAQ:PRVA – Get Free Report) are both medical companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, profitability and analyst recommendations.
Risk & Volatility
Clover Health Investments has a beta of 2.07, meaning that its share price is 107% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Privia Health Group has a beta of 0.83, meaning that its share price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for Clover Health Investments and Privia Health Group, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Clover Health Investments | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2.50 |
| Privia Health Group | 0 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 2.81 |
Profitability
This table compares Clover Health Investments and Privia Health Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Clover Health Investments | -3.29% | -16.79% | -9.95% |
| Privia Health Group | 0.89% | 2.52% | 1.47% |
Insider & Institutional Ownership
19.8% of Clover Health Investments shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.5% of Privia Health Group shares are held by institutional investors. 24.1% of Clover Health Investments shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.7% of Privia Health Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares Clover Health Investments and Privia Health Group”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Clover Health Investments | $1.37 billion | 0.93 | -$43.01 million | ($0.11) | -22.45 |
| Privia Health Group | $1.74 billion | 1.66 | $14.39 million | $0.13 | 180.38 |
Privia Health Group has higher revenue and earnings than Clover Health Investments. Clover Health Investments is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Privia Health Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Privia Health Group beats Clover Health Investments on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Clover Health Investments
Clover Health Investments, Corp. provides medicare advantage plans in the United States. It operates through two segments: Insurance and Non-Insurance. It also offers Clover Assistant, a cloud-based software platform, that enables physicians to detect, identify, and manage chronic diseases earlier; and access to data-driven and personalized insights for the patients they treat. Clover Health Investments, Corp. is based in Franklin, Tennessee.
About Privia Health Group
Privia Health Group, Inc. operates as a national physician-enablement company in the United States. The company collaborates with medical groups, health plans, and health systems to optimize physician practices, enhance patient experiences, and reward doctors for delivering care in-person and virtual settings. It offers technology and population health tools to enhance independent providers' workflows; management services organization that enable providers to focus on their patients by reducing administrative work; single-TIN medical group that facilitates payer negotiation, clinical integration and alignment of financial incentives; accountable care organization, which engage patients, reduce inappropriate utilization, and enhance coordination and patient quality metrics to drive value-based care; and network for purchasers and payers that enable providers to connect with new patient populations and create custom contracts. The company was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Arlington, Virginia.
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