SBC Medical Group (NASDAQ:SBC) and Henry Schein (NASDAQ:HSIC) Head-To-Head Analysis

SBC Medical Group (NASDAQ:SBC) and Henry Schein (NASDAQ:HSIC) are both healthcare companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings and profitability.

Risk and Volatility

SBC Medical Group has a beta of 0.59, meaning that its stock price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Henry Schein has a beta of 0.8, meaning that its stock price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

60.8% of SBC Medical Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.6% of Henry Schein shares are owned by institutional investors. 81.7% of SBC Medical Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Henry Schein shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares SBC Medical Group and Henry Schein’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
SBC Medical Group	27.99%	18.81%	13.49%
Henry Schein	2.96%	15.97%	5.56%

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings for SBC Medical Group and Henry Schein, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
SBC Medical Group	1	0	2	0	2.33
Henry Schein	1	6	8	0	2.47

SBC Medical Group currently has a consensus target price of $8.50, suggesting a potential upside of 132.24%. Henry Schein has a consensus target price of $92.27, suggesting a potential upside of 2.78%. Given SBC Medical Group’s higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe SBC Medical Group is more favorable than Henry Schein.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares SBC Medical Group and Henry Schein”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
SBC Medical Group	$175.17 million	2.14	$50.99 million	$0.47	7.79
Henry Schein	$13.18 billion	0.76	$398.00 million	$3.43	26.17

Henry Schein has higher revenue and earnings than SBC Medical Group. SBC Medical Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Henry Schein, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

Henry Schein beats SBC Medical Group on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About SBC Medical Group

SBC Medical Group Holdings Incorporated, through its subsidiaries, provides services to support the operation of clinics which deliver specialized medical services in the areas of cosmetic medicine, esthetic dentistry and Androgenetic Alopecia or AGA, primarily in Japan and centered on the SBC Shonan Beauty Clinic Brand. SBC Medical Group Holdings Incorporated, formerly known as Pono Capital Two Inc., is based in TOKYO.

About Henry Schein

Henry Schein, Inc. provides health care products and services to dental practitioners, laboratories, physician practices, and ambulatory surgery centers, government, institutional health care clinics, and other alternate care clinics worldwide. It operates through two segments, Health Care Distribution, and Technology and Value-Added Services. The Health Care Distribution segment offers dental products, including infection-control products, handpieces, preventatives, impression materials, composites, anesthetics, teeth, dental implants, gypsum, acrylics, articulators, abrasives, dental chairs, delivery units and lights, X-ray supplies and equipment, personal protective equipment, and high-tech and digital restoration equipment, as well as equipment repair services. This segment also provides medical products, such as branded and generic pharmaceuticals, vaccines, surgical products, diagnostic tests, infection-control products, X-ray products, equipment, and vitamins. The Technology and Value-Added Services segment offers software, technology, and other value-added services that include practice management software systems for dental and medical practitioners; and value-added practice solutions comprising practice consultancy, education, revenue cycle management and financial services, e-services, practice technology, and network and hardware services, as well as consulting, and continuing education services. Henry Schein, Inc. was founded in 1932 and is headquartered in Melville, New York.