Critical Comparison: Concentra Group Holdings Parent (NYSE:CON) and Pheton (NASDAQ:PTHL)

Concentra Group Holdings Parent (NYSE:CON) and Pheton (NASDAQ:PTHL) are both medical companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, valuation, risk and earnings.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current recommendations for Concentra Group Holdings Parent and Pheton, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Concentra Group Holdings Parent	0	1	6	0	2.86
Pheton	1	0	0	0	1.00

Concentra Group Holdings Parent presently has a consensus price target of $30.20, indicating a potential upside of 7.32%. Given Concentra Group Holdings Parent’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Concentra Group Holdings Parent is more favorable than Pheton.

Volatility & Risk

Concentra Group Holdings Parent has a beta of 0.82, indicating that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pheton has a beta of 5.4, indicating that its share price is 440% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Concentra Group Holdings Parent and Pheton’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Concentra Group Holdings Parent	7.97%	47.14%	6.48%
Pheton	N/A	N/A	N/A

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Concentra Group Holdings Parent and Pheton”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Concentra Group Holdings Parent	$2.23 billion	1.61	$166.41 million	$1.39	20.24
Pheton	$305,215.00	7.33	-$660,000.00	N/A	N/A

Concentra Group Holdings Parent has higher revenue and earnings than Pheton.

Summary

Concentra Group Holdings Parent beats Pheton on 8 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Concentra Group Holdings Parent

Concentra Group Holdings Parent, Inc. provides occupational health services in the United States. The company offers occupational and consumer health services, including workers’ compensation injury care, urgent care, clinical testing, preventative care, and employer services, as well as wellness programs through occupational health centers and onsite clinics. It also provides Concentra Telemed, a telemedicine solution for the treatment of work-related injuries and illnesses, and employer services; pharmacy solution under the Concentra Pharmacy name; and Concentra Medical Compliance Administration, a third-party administrator that helps to manage abuse testing programs for employers with regulated or non-regulated workforces. The company was founded in 1979 and is based in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania. Concentra Group Holdings Parent, Inc. is a subsidiary of Select Medical Corporation.

About Pheton

Pheton Holdings Ltd. operates as a holding company with interests in providing healthcare solutions. The firm through its subsidiaries engages in the development and commercialization of brachytherapy TPS specifically used for radioactive particle implantation, a type of radiotherapy used in treating cancer patients by placing radioactive sources inside the patient that kill cancer cells and shrink tumors. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Beijing, China.