Alignment Healthcare (NASDAQ:ALHC – Get Free Report) and LifeStance Health Group (NASDAQ:LFST – Get Free Report) are both healthcare companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings and analyst recommendations.
Profitability
This table compares Alignment Healthcare and LifeStance Health Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Alignment Healthcare | 0.59% | 12.46% | 2.36% |
| LifeStance Health Group | 3.19% | 3.39% | 2.33% |
Institutional and Insider Ownership
86.2% of Alignment Healthcare shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.5% of LifeStance Health Group shares are held by institutional investors. 5.2% of Alignment Healthcare shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.5% of LifeStance Health Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares Alignment Healthcare and LifeStance Health Group”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Alignment Healthcare | $3.95 billion | 0.40 | -$720,000.00 | $0.13 | 58.15 |
| LifeStance Health Group | $1.42 billion | 3.61 | $9.66 million | $0.13 | 103.45 |
LifeStance Health Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Alignment Healthcare. Alignment Healthcare is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than LifeStance Health Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Risk & Volatility
Alignment Healthcare has a beta of 1.07, meaning that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, LifeStance Health Group has a beta of 1.35, meaning that its share price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of recent ratings for Alignment Healthcare and LifeStance Health Group, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Alignment Healthcare | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 2.38 |
| LifeStance Health Group | 0 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2.73 |
Alignment Healthcare currently has a consensus target price of $14.00, indicating a potential upside of 85.19%. LifeStance Health Group has a consensus target price of $13.38, indicating a potential downside of 0.55%. Given Alignment Healthcare’s higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Alignment Healthcare is more favorable than LifeStance Health Group.
Summary
LifeStance Health Group beats Alignment Healthcare on 7 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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.
About LifeStance Health Group
LifeStance Health Group, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides outpatient mental health services to children, adolescents, adults, and geriatrics in the United States. The company offers patients a suite of mental health services, including psychiatric evaluations and treatment, psychological, and neuropsychological testing, as well as individual, family, and group therapy. It treats a range of mental health conditions, including anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, eating disorders, psychotic disorders, and post-traumatic stress disorder. In addition, the company operates an outpatient mental health platform, as well as offers patient care virtually through its online delivery platform or in-person at its centers. LifeStance Health Group, Inc. was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona.
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