Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA (NYSE:FMS) and Auna (NYSE:AUNA) Head to Head Analysis

Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA (NYSE:FMS) and Auna (NYSE:AUNA) are both healthcare companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations and risk.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA and Auna”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA	$22.20 billion	0.54	$1.11 billion	$1.93	11.52
Auna	$1.23 billion	0.30	$27.39 million	$0.07	71.43

Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA has higher revenue and earnings than Auna. Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Auna, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

This table compares Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA and Auna’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA	4.83%	9.28%	4.16%
Auna	0.44%	12.88%	3.24%

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current recommendations for Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA and Auna, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA	5	7	0	0	1.58
Auna	1	2	1	1	2.40

Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA presently has a consensus target price of $23.67, indicating a potential upside of 6.47%. Auna has a consensus target price of $6.97, indicating a potential upside of 39.33%. Given Auna’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Auna is more favorable than Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

8.4% of Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA shares are owned by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Volatility and Risk

Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA has a beta of 0.74, indicating that its stock price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Auna has a beta of 0.62, indicating that its stock price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA beats Auna on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA

Fresenius Medical Care AG provides dialysis and related services for individuals with renal diseases in Germany, North America, and internationally. The company offers dialysis treatment and related laboratory and diagnostic services through a network of outpatient dialysis clinics; materials, training, and patient support services comprising clinical monitoring, follow-up assistance, and arranging for delivery of the supplies to the patient's residence; and dialysis services under contract to hospitals in the United States for the hospitalized end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients and for patients suffering from acute kidney failure. It also develops, manufactures, and distributes various health care products, including polysulfone dialyzers, hemodialysis machines, peritoneal dialysis cyclers, peritoneal dialysis solutions, hemodialysis concentrates, solutions and granulates, bloodlines, renal pharmaceuticals, systems for water treatment, and acute cardiopulmonary and apheresis products. In addition, the company develops, acquires, and in-licenses renal pharmaceuticals; offers renal medications and supplies to patients at homes or to dialysis clinics; and provides vascular, cardiovascular, endovascular specialty, vascular care ambulatory surgery center, and physician nephrology and cardiology services. The company sells its products to dialysis clinics, hospitals, and specialized treatment clinics directly, as well as through local sales forces, independent distributors, dealers, and sales agents. Fresenius Medical Care AG was incorporated in 1996 and is headquartered in Bad Homburg, Germany.

About Auna

Auna S.A., a healthcare service provider, operates hospitals and clinics in Mexico, Peru, and Colombia. The company provides prepaid healthcare plans in Peru; and dental and vision plans in Mexico. The company was founded in 1989 and is based in Luxembourg, Luxembourg.