Head to Head Survey: CochLear (OTCMKTS:CHEOY) & Agilon Health (NYSE:AGL)

Agilon Health (NYSE:AGL) and CochLear (OTCMKTS:CHEOY) are both medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, risk and valuation.

Volatility & Risk

Agilon Health has a beta of 0.05, suggesting that its stock price is 95% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CochLear has a beta of 0.95, suggesting that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for Agilon Health and CochLear, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Agilon Health	2	12	4	0	2.11
CochLear	0	3	0	2	2.80

Agilon Health currently has a consensus target price of $2.73, indicating a potential upside of 408.52%. Given Agilon Health’s higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Agilon Health is more favorable than CochLear.

Profitability

This table compares Agilon Health and CochLear’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Agilon Health	-5.24%	-75.92%	-18.35%
CochLear	N/A	N/A	N/A

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Agilon Health and CochLear”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Agilon Health	$6.06 billion	0.04	-$260.15 million	($0.75)	-0.72
CochLear	$1.53 billion	7.52	$251.85 million	N/A	N/A

CochLear has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Agilon Health.

Summary

CochLear beats Agilon Health on 8 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Agilon Health

agilon health, inc. provides healthcare services for seniors through primary care physicians in the communities of the United States. It offers a platform that manages the total healthcare needs of the patients by subscription-like per-member per-month. The company was formerly known as Agilon Health Topco, Inc. and changed its name to agilon health, inc. in March 2021. agilon health, inc. was founded in 2016 and is based in Austin, Texas.

About CochLear

Cochlear Limited provides implantable hearing solutions for children and adults worldwide. It offers cochlear implant systems, sound processor upgrades, bone conduction systems, accessories, and other products. Cochlear Limited was founded in 1981 and is headquartered in Sydney, Australia.