Critical Contrast: Surgery Partners (NASDAQ:SGRY) versus Zicix (OTCMKTS:ZICXD)

Zicix (OTCMKTS:ZICXD) and Surgery Partners (NASDAQ:SGRY) are both medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings and risk.

Volatility and Risk

Zicix has a beta of 0.53, meaning that its share price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Surgery Partners has a beta of 1.89, meaning that its share price is 89% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current recommendations for Zicix and Surgery Partners, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Zicix	0	0	0	0	0.00
Surgery Partners	1	2	8	1	2.75

Surgery Partners has a consensus target price of $22.18, indicating a potential upside of 38.72%. Given Surgery Partners’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Surgery Partners is more favorable than Zicix.

Profitability

This table compares Zicix and Surgery Partners’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Zicix	N/A	N/A	N/A
Surgery Partners	-2.28%	1.04%	0.41%

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Zicix and Surgery Partners”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Zicix	N/A	N/A	N/A	($100.14)	-0.00
Surgery Partners	$3.31 billion	0.63	-$77.90 million	($0.60)	-26.65

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

Summary

Surgery Partners beats Zicix on 9 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Zicix

Zicix Corporation, through its subsidiary, Texas Mobile Health, Inc., provides diagnostic medical imaging services in Houston, Texas. It offers cardiac diagnostic services, including echocardiogram, stress testing, carotid ultrasound, and halter and event monitoring services; medical services, such as general medical care, medical care for home health patients, general and immigration physicals, weight reduction, cold laser pain relief treatment, physical therapy, and anti-aging treatment; and MRI, CT, and X-Ray services. The company was formerly known as Bederra Corporation and changed its name to Zicix Corporation on February 8, 2011. Zicix Corporation was founded in 1979 and is based in Houston, Texas.

About Surgery Partners

Surgery Partners, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, owns and operates a network of surgical facilities and ancillary services in the United States. The company provides ambulatory surgery centers and surgical hospitals that offer non-emergency surgical procedures in various specialties, including orthopedics and pain management, ophthalmology, gastroenterology, and general surgery. It offers diagnostic imaging, laboratory, obstetrics, oncology, pharmacy, physical therapy, and wound care; and ancillary services, including multi-specialty physician practices, urgent care facilities, and anesthesia services. In addition, it offers single- and multi-specialty facilities. Surgery Partners, Inc. was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Brentwood, Tennessee.