Financial Contrast: ALT5 Sigma (NASDAQ:AIFC) vs. Voya Financial (NYSE:VOYA)

Voya Financial (NYSE:VOYA) and ALT5 Sigma (NASDAQ:AIFC) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, profitability, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation and institutional ownership.

Volatility and Risk

Voya Financial has a beta of 0.9, meaning that its share price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ALT5 Sigma has a beta of 1.93, meaning that its share price is 93% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Voya Financial and ALT5 Sigma’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Voya Financial	7.45%	12.31%	0.46%
ALT5 Sigma	-4,021.65%	-51.87%	-48.30%

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Voya Financial and ALT5 Sigma”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Voya Financial	$8.19 billion	1.09	$654.00 million	$5.93	16.57
ALT5 Sigma	$20.07 million	3.25	-$344.51 million	$0.42	1.11

Voya Financial has higher revenue and earnings than ALT5 Sigma. ALT5 Sigma is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Voya Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent recommendations for Voya Financial and ALT5 Sigma, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Voya Financial	1	3	8	1	2.69
ALT5 Sigma	1	0	0	0	1.00

Voya Financial currently has a consensus price target of $103.85, indicating a potential upside of 5.69%. Given Voya Financial’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Voya Financial is more favorable than ALT5 Sigma.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

96.1% of Voya Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.3% of ALT5 Sigma shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.6% of Voya Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of ALT5 Sigma shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Voya Financial beats ALT5 Sigma on 13 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Voya Financial

Voya Financial, Inc. engages in the provision of workplace benefits and savings products in the United States and internationally. The company operates through three segments: Wealth Solutions, Health Solutions, and Investment Management. The Wealth Solutions segment offers full-service retirement products; recordkeeping services; stable value and fixed general account investment products; non-qualified plan administration services; and tools, guidance, and services to promote the financial well-being and retirement security of employees. The segment also provides wealth management services, such as individual retirement, managed, and brokerage accounts, as well as financial guidance and advisory services. This segment serves corporate, public and private school systems, higher education institutions, hospitals and healthcare facilities, other non-profit organizations, and state and local governments, as well as institutional and individual customers. The Health Solutions segment offers various insurance products comprising stop loss, group life, group disability, whole life, critical illness, accident, and hospital indemnity insurance. The segment also provides worksite employee benefits, health account solutions, leave management, benefits administration, health plan enrollment, financial wellness, and decision support products and services to mid-size and large corporate employers and professional associations. The Investment Management segment provides fixed income, equity, multi-asset, and alternative products and solutions to individual investors and institutional clients through its direct sales force, consultant channel, banks, broker-dealers, and independent financial advisers. The company was formerly known as ING U.S., Inc. and changed its name to Voya Financial, Inc. in April 2014. Voya Financial, Inc. was founded in 1975 and is based in New York, New York.

About ALT5 Sigma

ALT5 Sigma Corp. is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, which engages in identifying, acquiring, licensing, developing, partnering, and commercializing novel, non-opioid, and non-addictive therapies to address the large unmet medical need for the treatment of pain and addiction. It operates under the Biotechnology and Recycling segments. The Biotechnology segment focuses on finding treatments for conditions that cause severe pain and bringing to market drugs with non-addictive pain-relieving properties. The Recycling segment is involved in a turnkey appliance recycling program. The company was founded by Edward R. Cameron in 1976 and is headquartered in Las Vegas, NV.