Henry Schein (NASDAQ:HSIC) versus Ramsay Health Care (OTCMKTS:RMYHY) Critical Review

Ramsay Health Care (OTCMKTS:RMYHY) and Henry Schein (NASDAQ:HSIC) are both mid-cap healthcare companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings and institutional ownership.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Ramsay Health Care and Henry Schein”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Ramsay Health Care	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Henry Schein	$13.18 billion	0.76	$398.00 million	$3.43	26.10

Henry Schein has higher revenue and earnings than Ramsay Health Care.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

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

Volatility & Risk

Ramsay Health Care has a beta of -0.11, meaning that its stock price is 111% 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.

Profitability

This table compares Ramsay Health Care and Henry Schein’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ramsay Health Care	N/A	N/A	N/A
Henry Schein	2.96%	15.97%	5.56%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for Ramsay Health Care and Henry Schein, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ramsay Health Care	1	1	0	1	2.33
Henry Schein	1	5	9	0	2.53

Henry Schein has a consensus price target of $92.93, indicating a potential upside of 3.81%. Given Henry Schein’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Henry Schein is more favorable than Ramsay Health Care.

Summary

Henry Schein beats Ramsay Health Care on 10 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Ramsay Health Care

Ramsay Health Care Limited owns and operates hospitals. The company offers health care services to public and private patients. It operates facilities in approximately 530 locations in the Asia Pacific, the United Kingdom, France, and Nordics. Ramsay Health Care Limited was founded in 1964 and is based in Sydney, Australia.

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.