Pacific Health Care Organization (OTCMKTS:PFHO – Get Free Report) and Beauty Health (NASDAQ:SKIN – Get Free Report) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation and profitability.
Profitability
This table compares Pacific Health Care Organization and Beauty Health’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Pacific Health Care Organization | 21.71% | 11.80% | 11.21% |
| Beauty Health | -3.87% | -19.70% | -1.97% |
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares Pacific Health Care Organization and Beauty Health”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Pacific Health Care Organization | $6.07 million | 2.74 | $880,000.00 | $0.11 | 11.82 |
| Beauty Health | $334.30 million | 0.53 | -$29.10 million | ($0.22) | -6.36 |
Pacific Health Care Organization has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Beauty Health. Beauty Health is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Pacific Health Care Organization, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
93.3% of Beauty Health shares are owned by institutional investors. 61.6% of Pacific Health Care Organization shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 41.0% of Beauty Health shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of recent recommendations for Pacific Health Care Organization and Beauty Health, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Pacific Health Care Organization | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Beauty Health | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 |
Beauty Health has a consensus target price of $2.81, indicating a potential upside of 100.89%. Given Beauty Health’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Beauty Health is more favorable than Pacific Health Care Organization.
Volatility and Risk
Pacific Health Care Organization has a beta of 0.12, indicating that its share price is 88% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Beauty Health has a beta of 1.16, indicating that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Pacific Health Care Organization beats Beauty Health on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Pacific Health Care Organization
Pacific Health Care Organization, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a specialty workers' compensation cost containment company in the United States. It is involved in managing and administering health care organizations (HCOs) and medical provider networks (MPNs). The company also provides claims-related services, including utilization review, medical case management, medical bill review, employee advocate services, workers' compensation carve-outs, expert witness testimony, and Medicare set-aside services. It serves insurers, third party administrators, self-administered employers, municipalities, and other industries. The company was formerly known as Clear Air, Inc. and changed its name to Pacific Health Care Organization, Inc. in January 2001. Pacific Health Care Organization, Inc. was incorporated in 1970 and is based in Irvine, California.
About Beauty Health
The Beauty Health Company designs, develops, manufactures, markets, and sells aesthetic technologies and products worldwide. The company's flagship product includes HydraFacial that enhance the skin to cleanse, extract, and hydrate the skin with proprietary solutions and serums. Its products also comprise Syndeo, a Delivery System designs to connects providers to the consumer's preferences to create a more personalized experience; consumables, such as single-use tips, solutions, and serums used to provide a hydrafacial treatment; SkinStylus SteriLock Microsystem, a microneedling device used for the treatment of enhancing appearance of surgical or traumatic hypertrophic scars on the abdomen and facial acne scarring in Fitzpatrick skin types I, II, and III; and Keravive, a treatment for scalp health. The company was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Long Beach, California.
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