Financial Analysis: Agilon Health (NYSE:AGL) versus Amplifon (OTCMKTS:AMFPF)

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

Analyst Ratings

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

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Amplifon	0	0	2	0	3.00
Agilon Health	2	12	4	0	2.11

Agilon Health has a consensus price target of $2.71, indicating a potential upside of 288.57%. Given Agilon Health’s higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Agilon Health is more favorable than Amplifon.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Amplifon	4.74%	14.28%	3.89%
Agilon Health	-5.24%	-75.92%	-18.35%

Risk & Volatility

Amplifon has a beta of 0.45, indicating that its stock price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Agilon Health has a beta of 0.06, indicating that its stock price is 94% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Amplifon and Agilon Health”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Amplifon	$2.61 billion	1.35	$157.31 million	$0.56	27.78
Agilon Health	$6.06 billion	0.05	-$260.15 million	($0.75)	-0.93

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

Summary

Amplifon beats Agilon Health on 9 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Amplifon

Amplifon S.p.A. engages in the distribution of hearing solutions and the fitting of customized products that help people rediscover various emotions of sound in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Americas, and the Asia Pacific. The company offers Ampli-easy, Ampli-connect, Ampli-energy, and Ampli-mini hearing devices. It also operates Ampli-care, a platform to deliver audiological care experience; and Amplifon App to manage the device functions in real-time directly from smartphone. Amplifon S.p.A. was founded in 1950 and is headquartered in Milan, Italy. Amplifon S.p.A.

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.