Reviewing Concentra Group Holdings Parent (NYSE:CON) and Nutex Health (NASDAQ:NUTX)

Nutex Health (NASDAQ:NUTX) and Concentra Group Holdings Parent (NYSE:CON) are both medical companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, risk and analyst recommendations.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

5.3% of Nutex Health shares are held by institutional investors. 36.9% of Nutex Health shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.6% of Concentra Group Holdings Parent shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings for Nutex Health and Concentra Group Holdings Parent, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Nutex Health	0	1	2	0	2.67
Concentra Group Holdings Parent	0	2	3	0	2.60

Nutex Health presently has a consensus price target of $252.50, suggesting a potential upside of 128.59%. Concentra Group Holdings Parent has a consensus price target of $29.00, suggesting a potential upside of 20.94%. Given Nutex Health’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Nutex Health is more favorable than Concentra Group Holdings Parent.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Nutex Health and Concentra Group Holdings Parent”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Nutex Health	$479.95 million	1.63	$52.10 million	$18.49	5.97
Concentra Group Holdings Parent	$2.16 billion	1.42	$166.41 million	$1.20	19.98

Concentra Group Holdings Parent has higher revenue and earnings than Nutex Health. Nutex Health is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Concentra Group Holdings Parent, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Volatility & Risk

Nutex Health has a beta of 0.04, suggesting that its stock price is 96% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Concentra Group Holdings Parent has a beta of 0.59, suggesting that its stock price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Nutex Health and Concentra Group Holdings Parent’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Nutex Health	11.62%	37.44%	14.16%
Concentra Group Holdings Parent	7.69%	48.46%	6.24%

Summary

Nutex Health beats Concentra Group Holdings Parent on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Nutex Health

Nutex Health Inc. operates as a physician-led, healthcare services, and operations company. It operates through three segments: Hospital, Population Health Management (PHM), and Real Estate. The PHM segment establishes and operates independent physician associations; and offers a cloud-based platform for healthcare organizations to provide value-based care and population health management. The Real Estate segment owns and owns and leases land and hospital building. The Hospital segment develops and operates a network of micro-hospitals, specialty hospitals and hospital outpatient departments which offers 24/7 care. It also provides operational and managerial services, including management, billing, collections, human resources and recruiting, legal, accounting, and marketing. In addition, the company offers healthcare services, including emergency room care, inpatient care, and behavioral health, as well as onsite imaging, such as CT scan, X-ray, MRI, ultrasound, etc.; certified and accredited laboratories; and onsite inpatient pharmacies. The company was founded in 2011 and is based in Houston, Texas.

About Concentra Group Holdings Parent

Concentra Group Holdings Parent, Inc. provides occupational health services in the United States. The company offers occupational and consumer health services, including workers’ compensation injury care, urgent care, clinical testing, preventative care, and employer services, as well as wellness programs through occupational health centers and onsite clinics. It also provides Concentra Telemed, a telemedicine solution for the treatment of work-related injuries and illnesses, and employer services; pharmacy solution under the Concentra Pharmacy name; and Concentra Medical Compliance Administration, a third-party administrator that helps to manage abuse testing programs for employers with regulated or non-regulated workforces. The company was founded in 1979 and is based in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania. Concentra Group Holdings Parent, Inc. is a subsidiary of Select Medical Corporation.