Critical Survey: Sonida Senior Living (NYSE:SNDA) and CBA Florida (OTCMKTS:CBAI)

CBA Florida (OTCMKTS:CBAI) and Sonida Senior Living (NYSE:SNDA) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations and valuation.

Profitability

This table compares CBA Florida and Sonida Senior Living’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CBA Florida	N/A	N/A	N/A
Sonida Senior Living	-18.57%	-150.51%	-7.47%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and target prices for CBA Florida and Sonida Senior Living, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CBA Florida	0	0	0	0	0.00
Sonida Senior Living	0	3	2	0	2.40

Sonida Senior Living has a consensus target price of $35.75, suggesting a potential downside of 0.80%. Given Sonida Senior Living’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Sonida Senior Living is more favorable than CBA Florida.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

87.6% of Sonida Senior Living shares are held by institutional investors. 30.0% of CBA Florida shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.1% of Sonida Senior Living shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares CBA Florida and Sonida Senior Living”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
CBA Florida	N/A	N/A	-$40,000.00	N/A	N/A
Sonida Senior Living	$381.14 million	4.48	-$70.78 million	($4.21)	-8.56

CBA Florida has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Sonida Senior Living.

About CBA Florida

CBA Florida, Inc. does not have significant operations. Previously, the company provided private cord blood and cord tissue stem cell services. The company was formerly known as Cord Blood America, Inc. and changed its name to CBA Florida, Inc. in May 2018. CBA Florida, Inc. is based in Las Vegas, Nevada.

About Sonida Senior Living

Sonida Senior Living, Inc. develops, owns, operates, and manages senior housing communities in the United States. The company provides independent living services, which include daily meals, transportation, social and recreational activities, laundry, housekeeping, and 24-hour staffing; and access to health screenings, periodic special services, and dietary and similar programs, as well as exercise and fitness classes. It also offers assisted living services consist of personal care services, such as assistance with activities of daily living, including ambulation, bathing, dressing, eating, grooming, personal hygiene, and monitoring or assistance with medications; support services, such as meals, assistance with social and recreational activities, laundry, general housekeeping, maintenance, and transportation services; and supplemental services, which include extra transportation, personal maintenance, and extra laundry services, as well as special care services for residents with various forms of dementia. In addition, the company provides memory care services; and home care services through third-party providers. As of December 31, 2021, it operated 75 senior housing communities in 18 states with an aggregate capacity of approximately 9,500 residents, including 60 senior housing communities. The company was formerly known as Capital Senior Living Corporation and changed its name to Sonida Senior Living, Inc. in November 2021. Sonida Senior Living, Inc. was founded in 1990 and is based in Addison, Texas.