Agilon Health (NYSE:AGL) and Astrana Health (NASDAQ:ASTH) Critical Survey

Agilon Health (NYSE:AGL) and Astrana Health (NASDAQ:ASTH) are both healthcare companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership and profitability.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

52.8% of Astrana Health shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.5% of Agilon Health shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 20.3% of Astrana Health shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Risk and Volatility

Agilon Health has a beta of 2.98, indicating that its share price is 198% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Astrana Health has a beta of 1.03, indicating that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings for Agilon Health and Astrana Health, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Agilon Health	2	7	6	0	2.27
Astrana Health	0	2	8	0	2.80

Agilon Health presently has a consensus price target of $102.25, indicating a potential upside of 20.21%. Astrana Health has a consensus price target of $49.88, indicating a potential upside of 35.49%. Given Astrana Health’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Astrana Health is more favorable than Agilon Health.

Profitability

This table compares Agilon Health and Astrana Health’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Agilon Health	-3.92%	-119.38%	-16.85%
Astrana Health	1.05%	10.30%	3.67%

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Agilon Health and Astrana Health”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Agilon Health	$5.93 billion	0.24	-$391.35 million	($14.27)	-5.96
Astrana Health	$3.18 billion	0.64	$22.49 million	$0.82	44.89

Astrana Health has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Agilon Health. Agilon Health is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Astrana Health, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

Astrana Health beats Agilon Health on 12 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Agilon Health

agilon health, inc. provides healthcare services for seniors through primary care physicians in the communities of the United States. It offers a platform that manages the total healthcare needs of the patients by subscription-like per-member per-month. The company was formerly known as Agilon Health Topco, Inc. and changed its name to agilon health, inc. in March 2021. agilon health, inc. was founded in 2016 and is based in Austin, Texas.

About Astrana Health

Astrana Health, Inc., Inc., a physician-centric technology-powered healthcare management company, provides medical care services in the United States. It operates through three segments: Care Partners, Care Delivery, and Care Enablement. The company is leveraging its proprietary population health management and healthcare delivery platform, operates an integrated, value-based healthcare model which empowers the providers in its network to deliver care to its patients. It offers care coordination services to patients, families, primary care physicians, specialists, acute care hospitals, alternative sites of inpatient care, physician groups, and health plans. The company's physician network consists of primary care physicians, specialist physicians and extenders, and hospitalists. It serves patients, primarily covered by private or public insurance, such as Medicare, Medicaid, and health maintenance organization plans; and non-insured patients. The company was formerly known as Apollo Medical Holdings, Inc. and changed its name to Astrana Health, Inc. in February 2024. Astrana Health, Inc. was incorporated in 1985 and is headquartered in Alhambra, California.