New York Health Care (OTCMKTS:BBAL) vs. Elanco Animal Health (NYSE:ELAN) Financial Comparison

New York Health Care (OTCMKTS:BBAL) and Elanco Animal Health (NYSE:ELAN) are both medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership and risk.

Profitability

This table compares New York Health Care and Elanco Animal Health’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
New York Health Care	N/A	N/A	N/A
Elanco Animal Health	9.68%	7.04%	3.45%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for New York Health Care and Elanco Animal Health, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
New York Health Care	0	0	0	0	0.00
Elanco Animal Health	0	3	6	2	2.91

Elanco Animal Health has a consensus price target of $20.00, suggesting a potential downside of 9.80%. Given New York Health Care’s higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe New York Health Care is more favorable than Elanco Animal Health.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares New York Health Care and Elanco Animal Health”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
New York Health Care	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Elanco Animal Health	$4.44 billion	2.48	$338.00 million	$0.86	25.78

Elanco Animal Health has higher revenue and earnings than New York Health Care.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

97.5% of Elanco Animal Health shares are held by institutional investors. 6.7% of New York Health Care shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Elanco Animal Health shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Elanco Animal Health beats New York Health Care on 8 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About New York Health Care

New York Health Care, Inc. operates as a home care services agency primarily in New York. The company offers various home care services, such as companionship services, homemaker/housekeeper staff, professional and practical nurses, home health aides, care givers, geriatric care, and dementia and alzheimer care services. It also provides insurance services. The company was founded in 1983 and is based in Valley Stream, New York.

About Elanco Animal Health

Elanco Animal Health Incorporated, an animal health company, innovates, develops, manufactures, and markets products for pets and farm animals. It offers pet health disease prevention products, such as parasiticide and vaccine products that protect pets from worms, fleas, and ticks under the Seresto, Advantage, Advantix, and Advocate brands; pet health therapeutics for pain, osteoarthritis, ear infections, cardiovascular, and dermatology indications in canines and felines under the Galliprant and Claro brands; vaccines, antibiotics, parasiticides, and other products for use in poultry and aquaculture production, as well as nutritional health products, including enzymes, probiotics, and prebiotics; and a range of vaccines, antibiotics, implants, parasiticides, and other products used in ruminant and swine production under the Rumensin and Baytril brands. The company sells its products to third-party distributors; veterinarians; and farm animal producers, including beef and dairy farmers, as well as pork, poultry, and aquaculture operations. Elanco Animal Health Incorporated was founded in 1954 and is headquartered in Greenfield, Indiana.