Alignment Healthcare (NASDAQ:ALHC) vs. Ramsay Health Care (OTCMKTS:RMYHY) Head to Head Contrast

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

Analyst Ratings

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

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

Alignment Healthcare has a consensus target price of $21.25, suggesting a potential upside of 2.26%. Given Alignment Healthcare’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Alignment Healthcare is more favorable than Ramsay Health Care.

Valuation & Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Ramsay Health Care	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Alignment Healthcare	$2.70 billion	1.54	-$128.04 million	($0.12)	-173.17

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

Risk & Volatility

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

Insider and Institutional Ownership

86.2% of Alignment Healthcare shares are held by institutional investors. 6.6% of Alignment Healthcare shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

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

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

Summary

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

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.

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.