Analyzing 111 (NASDAQ:YI) & Pediatrix Medical Group (NYSE:MD)

Pediatrix Medical Group (NYSE:MD) and 111 (NASDAQ:YI) are both healthcare companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, risk, dividends, earnings and institutional ownership.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

97.7% of Pediatrix Medical Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 21.3% of 111 shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.8% of Pediatrix Medical Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 43.9% of 111 shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Pediatrix Medical Group and 111’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Pediatrix Medical Group	8.96%	20.05%	8.15%
111	-0.76%	N/A	-3.80%

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Pediatrix Medical Group and 111″s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Pediatrix Medical Group	$1.91 billion	1.13	$165.39 million	$2.09	12.77
111	$1.80 billion	0.02	-$9.65 million	($1.40)	-2.46

Pediatrix Medical Group has higher revenue and earnings than 111. 111 is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Pediatrix Medical Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for Pediatrix Medical Group and 111, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Pediatrix Medical Group	0	5	1	0	2.17
111	1	0	0	0	1.00

Pediatrix Medical Group presently has a consensus target price of $26.60, indicating a potential downside of 0.30%. Given Pediatrix Medical Group’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Pediatrix Medical Group is more favorable than 111.

Risk and Volatility

Pediatrix Medical Group has a beta of 0.64, suggesting that its stock price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, 111 has a beta of 0.64, suggesting that its stock price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Pediatrix Medical Group beats 111 on 12 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Pediatrix Medical Group

Pediatrix Medical Group, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides newborn, maternal-fetal, pediatric cardiology, and other pediatric subspecialty care services in the United States. It offers neonatal care services, such as clinical care to babies born prematurely or with complications within specific units at hospitals through neonatal physician subspecialists, neonatal nurse practitioners, and other pediatric clinicians. The company also provides maternal-fetal care services, including inpatient and office-based clinical care to expectant mothers and unborn babies through affiliated maternal-fetal medicine subspecialists, as well as obstetricians and other clinicians, including maternal-fetal nurse practitioners, certified nurse mid-wives, sonographers, and genetic counselors. In addition, it offers pediatric cardiology care services comprising inpatient and office-based pediatric cardiology care of the fetus, infant, child, and adolescent patient with congenital heart defects and acquired heart disease, as well as adults with congenital heart defects through affiliated pediatric cardiologist subspecialists and other related clinical professionals, including pediatric nurse practitioners, echocardiographers, other diagnostic technicians, and exercise physiologists; and specialized cardiac care to the fetus, neonatal and pediatric patients. Further, the company provides other pediatric subspecialty care services, such as pediatric intensivists, pediatric hospitalists, pediatric surgeons, and pediatric ophthalmologists, as well as pediatric ear, nose, and throat physicians, pediatric gastroenterologists; and support services in the areas of hospitals, primarily in the pediatric emergency rooms, labor and delivery areas, and nursery and pediatric departments. The company was formerly known as MEDNAX, Inc. and changed its name to Pediatrix Medical Group, Inc. in July 2022. Pediatrix Medical Group, Inc. was founded in 1979 and is based in Sunrise, Florida.

About 111

111, Inc. engages in the provision of pharmaceutical products and medical services through online retail pharmacy and indirectly through offline pharmacy network. It operates through the B2C and B2B segments. The B2C segment engages in the sale of pharmaceutical and other health and wellness products directly to consumers through 1 Drugstore and its offline pharmacies. The B2B segment includes the sale of pharmaceutical products to pharmacy customers through 1 Drug Mall. The company was founded by Gang Yu and Jun Ling Liu in May 2013 and is headquartered in Shanghai, China.