Molina Healthcare (NYSE:MOH – Get Free Report) and Cosmos Health (NASDAQ:COSM – Get Free Report) are both healthcare companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings and valuation.
Profitability
This table compares Molina Healthcare and Cosmos Health’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Molina Healthcare | -0.02% | 3.73% | 0.97% |
| Cosmos Health | -33.08% | -56.88% | -18.03% |
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of current ratings and target prices for Molina Healthcare and Cosmos Health, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Molina Healthcare | 2 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 2.06 |
| Cosmos Health | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
Insider and Institutional Ownership
98.5% of Molina Healthcare shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 12.6% of Cosmos Health shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of Molina Healthcare shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 26.2% of Cosmos Health shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares Molina Healthcare and Cosmos Health”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Molina Healthcare | $45.43 billion | 0.24 | $472.00 million | ($0.18) | -1,149.58 |
| Cosmos Health | $65.27 million | 0.43 | -$19.15 million | ($0.64) | -0.43 |
Molina Healthcare has higher revenue and earnings than Cosmos Health. Molina Healthcare is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cosmos Health, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Risk and Volatility
Molina Healthcare has a beta of 0.75, meaning that its share price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cosmos Health has a beta of 4.8, meaning that its share price is 380% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Molina Healthcare beats Cosmos Health on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Molina Healthcare
Molina Healthcare, Inc. provides managed healthcare services to low-income families and individuals under the Medicaid and Medicare programs and through the state insurance marketplaces. It operates in four segments: Medicaid, Medicare, Marketplace, and Other. The company served in across 19 states. The company was founded in 1980 and is headquartered in Long Beach, California.
About Cosmos Health
Cosmos Health Inc. manufactures, develops, and trades branded nutraceutical products in Greece, the United Kingdom, Croatia, Bulgaria, Cayman Islands, and Cyprus. It offers medicines, OTC medicines, nutraceutical products, vitamins, minerals and dietary, health care products, medical devices, baby products, and others under the Sky Premium Life and Mediterranation brand names. The company serves wholesale distributors and other healthcare providers, such as clinics, government agencies, independent retail and specialty pharmacies and independent specialty distributors. It sells its products through independent wholesale distributors. Cosmos Health Inc. was incorporated in 2009 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.
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