Pediatrix Medical Group (NYSE:MD – Get Free Report) and So-Young International (NASDAQ:SY – Get Free Report) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation and earnings.
Risk and Volatility
Pediatrix Medical Group has a beta of 0.7, meaning that its stock price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, So-Young International has a beta of 2.1, meaning that its stock price is 110% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares Pediatrix Medical Group and So-Young International”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Pediatrix Medical Group | $1.91 billion | 0.99 | $165.39 million | $1.94 | 11.71 |
| So-Young International | $217.84 million | 1.40 | -$34.65 million | ($0.33) | -9.09 |
Pediatrix Medical Group has higher revenue and earnings than So-Young International. So-Young International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Pediatrix Medical Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Insider & Institutional Ownership
97.7% of Pediatrix Medical Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 35.3% of So-Young International shares are held by institutional investors. 1.8% of Pediatrix Medical Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 16.7% of So-Young International shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Profitability
This table compares Pediatrix Medical Group and So-Young International’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Pediatrix Medical Group | 8.64% | 19.59% | 7.75% |
| So-Young International | -15.97% | -12.54% | -8.55% |
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of recent ratings for Pediatrix Medical Group and So-Young International, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Pediatrix Medical Group | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2.29 |
| So-Young International | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 |
Pediatrix Medical Group currently has a consensus target price of $21.33, indicating a potential downside of 6.08%. So-Young International has a consensus target price of $5.50, indicating a potential upside of 83.33%. Given So-Young International’s higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe So-Young International is more favorable than Pediatrix Medical Group.
Summary
Pediatrix Medical Group beats So-Young International on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Pediatrix Medical Group
Pediatrix Medical Group, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides newborn, maternal-fetal, pediatric cardiology, and other pediatric subspecialty care services in the United States. It offers neonatal care services, such as clinical care to babies born prematurely or with complications within specific units at hospitals through neonatal physician subspecialists, neonatal nurse practitioners, and other pediatric clinicians. The company also provides maternal-fetal care services, including inpatient and office-based clinical care to expectant mothers and unborn babies through affiliated maternal-fetal medicine subspecialists, as well as obstetricians and other clinicians, including maternal-fetal nurse practitioners, certified nurse mid-wives, sonographers, and genetic counselors. In addition, it offers pediatric cardiology care services comprising inpatient and office-based pediatric cardiology care of the fetus, infant, child, and adolescent patient with congenital heart defects and acquired heart disease, as well as adults with congenital heart defects through affiliated pediatric cardiologist subspecialists and other related clinical professionals, including pediatric nurse practitioners, echocardiographers, other diagnostic technicians, and exercise physiologists; and specialized cardiac care to the fetus, neonatal and pediatric patients. Further, the company provides other pediatric subspecialty care services, such as pediatric intensivists, pediatric hospitalists, pediatric surgeons, and pediatric ophthalmologists, as well as pediatric ear, nose, and throat physicians, pediatric gastroenterologists; and support services in the areas of hospitals, primarily in the pediatric emergency rooms, labor and delivery areas, and nursery and pediatric departments. The company was formerly known as MEDNAX, Inc. and changed its name to Pediatrix Medical Group, Inc. in July 2022. Pediatrix Medical Group, Inc. was founded in 1979 and is based in Sunrise, Florida.
About So-Young International
So-Young International Inc. operates an online platform for consumption healthcare services in the People's Republic of China. The company offers So-Young Mobile App that offers users medical aesthetic knowledge and experience to reach an informed medical aesthetic treatment decision and make reservations for treatment with medical professionals and medical aesthetic institutions; So-Young Beauty which provides similar interfaces and functions as the mobile app, as well as serves as additional access points to the platform; and medical aesthetic community content through its website soyoung.com. It provides content in various media formats on its online platform generated by users, including professional generated, content from in-house editorial team that shares opinions on specific new medical procedures and trends; user generated content comprising Beauty Diaries that provides details about medical institution, doctor, price, and other information on the treatment; professional user generated, contents from the medical aesthetic influencers; and doctor generated, content from doctors to generate knowledge. In addition, the company offers consumption healthcare services, including dermatology, dentistry and orthodontics, physical examinations, gynecology, and postnatal care; reservation services; and software as a service. Further, it engages in research and development, production, sales, and agency of laser and other optoelectronic medical beauty equipment; manufacture and sells light therapy device, surgical laser device and other equipment; internet information and technology advisory; online medical treatment and consultation; management consulting; internet culture; micro finance services, as well as sells cosmetics products. The company was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Beijing, China.
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