Contrasting Numinus Wellness (OTCMKTS:NUMIF) and UnitedHealth Group (NYSE:UNH)

UnitedHealth Group (NYSE:UNH) and Numinus Wellness (OTCMKTS:NUMIF) are both healthcare companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation and risk.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares UnitedHealth Group and Numinus Wellness”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
UnitedHealth Group	$449.71 billion	0.84	$12.06 billion	$15.54	26.69
Numinus Wellness	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

UnitedHealth Group has higher revenue and earnings than Numinus Wellness.

Profitability

This table compares UnitedHealth Group and Numinus Wellness’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
UnitedHealth Group	3.14%	16.53%	5.43%
Numinus Wellness	N/A	N/A	N/A

Institutional and Insider Ownership

87.9% of UnitedHealth Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of UnitedHealth Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and price targets for UnitedHealth Group and Numinus Wellness, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
UnitedHealth Group	0	5	20	2	2.89
Numinus Wellness	0	0	0	0	0.00

UnitedHealth Group presently has a consensus target price of $455.92, indicating a potential upside of 9.91%. Given UnitedHealth Group’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe UnitedHealth Group is more favorable than Numinus Wellness.

Summary

UnitedHealth Group beats Numinus Wellness on 10 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About UnitedHealth Group

UnitedHealth Group Incorporated operates as a diversified health care company in the United States. The company operates through four segments: UnitedHealthcare, Optum Health, Optum Insight, and Optum Rx. The UnitedHealthcare segment offers consumer-oriented health benefit plans and services for national employers, public sector employers, mid-sized employers, small businesses, and individuals; health care coverage, and health and well-being services to individuals age 50 and older addressing their needs; Medicaid plans, children's health insurance and health care programs; and health and dental benefits, and hospital and clinical services, as well as health care benefits products and services to state programs caring for the economically disadvantaged, medically underserved, and those without the benefit of employer-funded health care coverage. The Optum Health segment provides care delivery, care management, wellness and consumer engagement, and health financial services patients, consumers, care delivery systems, providers, employers, payers, and public-sector entities. The Optum Insight segment offers software and information products, advisory consulting arrangements, and managed services outsourcing contracts to hospital systems, physicians, health plans, governments, life sciences companies, and other organizations. The Optum Rx segment provides pharmacy care services and programs, including retail network contracting, home delivery, specialty and community health pharmacy services, infusion, and purchasing and clinical capabilities, as well as develops programs in the areas of step therapy, formulary management, drug adherence, and disease/drug therapy management. UnitedHealth Group Incorporated was founded in 1974 and is based in Minnetonka, Minnesota.

About Numinus Wellness

Numinus Wellness Inc. provides psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy products and services in Canada and the United States. The company operates through Clinical Research Operations, Canadian Clinic Network, and U.S Clinic Network segments. The Clinical Research Operations segment offers clinical research management services to academic institutions and biotechnology companies. The Canadian Clinic Network segment provides clinical services, including traditional therapy and counseling, ketamine-assisted therapies for depression, psychedelic-assisted therapies, mindfulness programs, and virtual psychotherapy services, as well as neurological care services. The US clinic network segment offers psychedelic-assisted therapies, transcranial magnetic stimulation, and psychiatric and medical model management services. The company also offers laboratory services, such as the cultivation, production, and extraction of natural Psilocybe and other psychoactive fungi species, the development of proprietary processes and products, methods for controlled psychedelics and development of a pipeline for product development, and protocol development and safety and efficacy studies; lab testing services; and psychedelic-assisted therapy training services. The company was incorporated in 1964 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.