Financial Contrast: Aeon Global Health (OTCMKTS:AGHC) and Sotera Health (NASDAQ:SHC)

Sotera Health (NASDAQ:SHC) and Aeon Global Health (OTCMKTS:AGHC) are both medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, dividends and institutional ownership.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Sotera Health and Aeon Global Health”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Sotera Health	$1.10 billion	4.96	$44.34 million	$0.19	101.08
Aeon Global Health	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Sotera Health has higher revenue and earnings than Aeon Global Health.

Profitability

This table compares Sotera Health and Aeon Global Health’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Sotera Health	4.82%	43.69%	6.54%
Aeon Global Health	N/A	N/A	N/A

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings for Sotera Health and Aeon Global Health, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Sotera Health	0	2	7	1	2.90
Aeon Global Health	0	0	0	0	0.00

Sotera Health currently has a consensus target price of $20.00, suggesting a potential upside of 4.13%. Given Sotera Health’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Sotera Health is more favorable than Aeon Global Health.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

91.0% of Sotera Health shares are held by institutional investors. 47.6% of Sotera Health shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.5% of Aeon Global Health shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Sotera Health beats Aeon Global Health on 10 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Sotera Health

Sotera Health Company engages in the provision of sterilization, lab testing, and advisory services in the United States and internationally. The company operates through three segments: Sterigenics, Nordion, and Nelson Labs. It provides mission-critical end-to-end sterilization services, including gamma and electron beam irradiation, and ethylene oxide processing, as well as designs, installs, and maintains gamma irradiation systems. The company also provides microbiological and analytical chemistry testing, as well as technical assistance, regulatory consulting, and advisory services. It serves medical devices, pharmaceuticals, food safety, agricultural products, cancer treatment, and high-performance materials industries, as well as commercial, advanced, and specialty application industries. The company was formerly known as Sotera Health Topco, Inc. and changed its name to Sotera Health Company in October 2020. Sotera Health Company was incorporated in 2015 and is headquartered in Broadview Heights, Ohio.

About Aeon Global Health

AEON Global Health Corp. is a growth oriented provider of personalized, actionable medical informatics, and telemedicine. It offers a comprehensive menu of diagnostic and laboratory developed assays, as well as interpretive data for a range of inherited conditions. The company was founded by Hanif A. Roshan and Shawn Desai in August 1985 and is headquartered in Gainesville, GA.