Head-To-Head Analysis: Sonic Healthcare (OTCMKTS:SKHHY) & Nutex Health (NASDAQ:NUTX)

Sonic Healthcare (OTCMKTS:SKHHY) and Nutex Health (NASDAQ:NUTX) are both medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership and dividends.

Risk & Volatility

Sonic Healthcare has a beta of 0.72, suggesting that its share price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nutex Health has a beta of 0.26, suggesting that its share price is 74% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Sonic Healthcare and Nutex Health’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Sonic Healthcare	N/A	N/A	N/A
Nutex Health	10.95%	23.50%	10.47%

Insider and Institutional Ownership

0.0% of Sonic Healthcare shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 5.3% of Nutex Health shares are owned by institutional investors. 44.7% of Nutex Health shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Sonic Healthcare and Nutex Health”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Sonic Healthcare	$6.25 billion	1.12	$332.61 million	N/A	N/A
Nutex Health	$875.26 million	1.17	$70.79 million	$12.94	11.52

Sonic Healthcare has higher revenue and earnings than Nutex Health.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for Sonic Healthcare and Nutex Health, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Sonic Healthcare	1	1	0	0	1.50
Nutex Health	0	1	2	0	2.67

Nutex Health has a consensus price target of $220.00, indicating a potential upside of 47.55%. Given Nutex Health’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Nutex Health is more favorable than Sonic Healthcare.

Summary

Nutex Health beats Sonic Healthcare on 9 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Sonic Healthcare

Sonic Healthcare Limited offers medical diagnostic services to medical practitioners, hospitals, community health services, and their collective patients. The company provides laboratory medicine/pathology testing services, such as biochemistry, cytopathology, genetics, haematology, histopathology, immunoserology, microbiology, molecular pathology, prenatal testing, toxicology, and ancillary functions; and radiology services, including magnetic resonance imaging, computed tomography (CT), ultrasound, X-ray, mammography, nuclear medicine, PET CT, interventional procedures, and bone mineral densitometry. It offers primary care medical services comprising general practice clinics, occupational health services, skin cancer clinics, after-hours general practice services, general practice IT solutions, and community-based healthcare services. The company operates in Australia, the United Kingdom, Ireland, the United States, Germany, Switzerland, New Zealand, Belgium, and internationally. Sonic Healthcare Limited was incorporated in 1934 and is headquartered in Sydney, Australia.

About Nutex Health

Nutex Health Inc. operates as a physician-led, healthcare services, and operations company. It operates through three segments: Hospital, Population Health Management (PHM), and Real Estate. The PHM segment establishes and operates independent physician associations; and offers a cloud-based platform for healthcare organizations to provide value-based care and population health management. The Real Estate segment owns and owns and leases land and hospital building. The Hospital segment develops and operates a network of micro-hospitals, specialty hospitals and hospital outpatient departments which offers 24/7 care. It also provides operational and managerial services, including management, billing, collections, human resources and recruiting, legal, accounting, and marketing. In addition, the company offers healthcare services, including emergency room care, inpatient care, and behavioral health, as well as onsite imaging, such as CT scan, X-ray, MRI, ultrasound, etc.; certified and accredited laboratories; and onsite inpatient pharmacies. The company was founded in 2011 and is based in Houston, Texas.