Ramsay Health Care (OTCMKTS:RMYHY) versus Alignment Healthcare (NASDAQ:ALHC) Head-To-Head Comparison

Alignment Healthcare (NASDAQ:ALHC) and Ramsay Health Care (OTCMKTS:RMYHY) are both mid-cap medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation and dividends.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for Alignment Healthcare and Ramsay Health Care, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Alignment Healthcare	1	3	8	1	2.69
Ramsay Health Care	0	2	0	0	2.00

Alignment Healthcare currently has a consensus price target of $21.25, indicating a potential upside of 1.58%. Given Alignment Healthcare’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Alignment Healthcare is more favorable than Ramsay Health Care.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

86.2% of Alignment Healthcare shares are held by institutional investors. 6.6% of Alignment Healthcare shares are held 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.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Alignment Healthcare	-0.57%	-16.23%	-2.20%
Ramsay Health Care	N/A	N/A	N/A

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Alignment Healthcare and Ramsay Health Care”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Alignment Healthcare	$2.70 billion	1.55	-$128.04 million	($0.12)	-174.33
Ramsay Health Care	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Ramsay Health Care has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Alignment Healthcare.

Volatility and Risk

Alignment Healthcare has a beta of 1.16, indicating that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ramsay Health Care has a beta of 0.06, indicating that its stock price is 94% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Alignment Healthcare beats Ramsay Health Care on 8 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Alignment Healthcare

Alignment Healthcare, Inc., a tech-enabled Medicare advantage company, operates consumer-centric health care platform for seniors in the United States. It provides customized health care designed to meet the needs of a diverse array of seniors through its Medicare advantage plans. The company was founded in 2013 and is based in Orange, California.

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.