Head to Head Analysis: Teladoc Health (NYSE:TDOC) & Agilon Health (NYSE:AGL)

Agilon Health (NYSE:AGL) and Teladoc Health (NYSE:TDOC) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation and profitability.

Volatility and Risk

Agilon Health has a beta of 0.06, suggesting that its share price is 94% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Teladoc Health has a beta of 2.04, suggesting that its share price is 104% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

76.8% of Teladoc Health shares are held by institutional investors. 3.6% of Agilon Health shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Teladoc Health shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and target prices for Agilon Health and Teladoc Health, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Agilon Health	2	12	4	0	2.11
Teladoc Health	1	12	5	0	2.22

Agilon Health presently has a consensus price target of $2.71, indicating a potential upside of 267.53%. Teladoc Health has a consensus price target of $9.60, indicating a potential upside of 32.96%. Given Agilon Health’s higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Agilon Health is more favorable than Teladoc Health.

Profitability

This table compares Agilon Health and Teladoc Health’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%
Teladoc Health	-8.84%	-10.59%	-4.77%

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Agilon Health and Teladoc Health”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Agilon Health	$6.06 billion	0.05	-$260.15 million	($0.75)	-0.98
Teladoc Health	$2.53 billion	0.51	-$1.00 billion	($1.28)	-5.64

Agilon Health has higher revenue and earnings than Teladoc Health. Teladoc Health is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Agilon Health, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of 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 Teladoc Health

Teladoc Health, Inc. provides virtual healthcare services worldwide. The company operates through Teladoc Health Integrated Care and BetterHelp segments. The Integrated Care segment offers virtual medical services, including general medical, expert medical, specialty medical, chronic condition management, and mental health, as well as enabling technologies and enterprise telehealth solutions for hospitals and health systems. The BetterHelp segment operates a mental health platform that provides online counseling and therapy services through website, mobile applications, phones, and text-based interactions by its licensed clinicians. The company offers its products and services under the Teladoc, Livongo, and BetterHelp brands. It serves employers, health plans, hospitals and health systems, and insurance and financial services companies, as well as individual members. The company was formerly known as Teladoc, Inc. and changed its name to Teladoc Health, Inc. in August 2018. Teladoc Health, Inc. was incorporated in 2002 and is headquartered in Purchase, New York.