Comparing BrightSpring Health Services (BTSG) and Its Competitors

BrightSpring Health Services (NASDAQ:BTSG) is one of 94 publicly-traded companies in the “Medical Services” industry, but how does it compare to its competitors? We will compare BrightSpring Health Services to similar businesses based on the strength of its earnings, risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends and valuation.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

58.1% of shares of all “Medical Services” companies are held by institutional investors. 3.4% of BrightSpring Health Services shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 13.1% of shares of all “Medical Services” companies 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.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares BrightSpring Health Services and its competitors top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
BrightSpring Health Services	$11.27 billion	-$18.06 million	72.39
BrightSpring Health Services Competitors	$13.14 billion	$238.11 million	47.98

BrightSpring Health Services’ competitors have higher revenue and earnings than BrightSpring Health Services. BrightSpring Health Services is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and price targets for BrightSpring Health Services and its competitors, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
BrightSpring Health Services	0	1	10	0	2.91
BrightSpring Health Services Competitors	432	2304	4910	164	2.62

BrightSpring Health Services currently has a consensus price target of $25.6667, indicating a potential upside of 14.38%. As a group, “Medical Services” companies have a potential upside of 413.12%. Given BrightSpring Health Services’ competitors higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe BrightSpring Health Services has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Risk and Volatility

BrightSpring Health Services has a beta of 2.25, indicating that its share price is 125% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BrightSpring Health Services’ competitors have a beta of 1.63, indicating that their average share price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares BrightSpring Health Services and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
BrightSpring Health Services	0.55%	9.29%	2.64%
BrightSpring Health Services Competitors	-771.62%	-49.78%	-10.33%

Summary

BrightSpring Health Services beats its competitors on 7 of the 13 factors compared.

BrightSpring Health Services Company Profile

BrightSpring Health Services, Inc. operates a home and community-based healthcare services platform in the United States. The company's platform focuses on delivering pharmacy and provider services, including clinical and supportive care in home and community settings to Medicare, Medicaid, and insured populations. It serves patients through clinical providers and pharmacists. The company was formerly known as Phoenix Parent Holdings Inc. and changed its name to BrightSpring Health Services, Inc. in May 2021. BrightSpring Health Services, Inc. was founded in 1974 and is headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky.