Clover Health Investments (NASDAQ:CLOV – Get Free Report) and Agilon Health (NYSE:AGL – Get Free Report) are both healthcare companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation and risk.
Earnings & Valuation
This table compares Clover Health Investments and Agilon Health”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Clover Health Investments | $2.48 billion | 1.03 | -$85.55 million | ($0.05) | -96.40 |
| Agilon Health | $5.92 billion | 0.25 | -$391.35 million | ($14.27) | -6.28 |
Volatility & Risk
Clover Health Investments has a beta of 2.47, meaning that its share price is 147% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Agilon Health has a beta of 3.02, meaning that its share price is 202% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for Clover Health Investments and Agilon Health, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Clover Health Investments | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2.17 |
| Agilon Health | 2 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2.21 |
Clover Health Investments presently has a consensus price target of $4.75, indicating a potential downside of 1.45%. Agilon Health has a consensus price target of $97.70, indicating a potential upside of 9.05%. Given Agilon Health’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Agilon Health is more favorable than Clover Health Investments.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
19.8% of Clover Health Investments shares are owned by institutional investors. 23.5% of Clover Health Investments shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.5% of Agilon Health shares are owned by company 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.
Profitability
This table compares Clover Health Investments and Agilon Health’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Clover Health Investments | -0.74% | -4.20% | -2.28% |
| Agilon Health | -3.92% | -119.38% | -16.85% |
Summary
Clover Health Investments beats Agilon Health on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Clover Health Investments
Clover Health Investments, Corp. provides medicare advantage plans in the United States. It operates through two segments: Insurance and Non-Insurance. It also offers Clover Assistant, a cloud-based software platform, that enables physicians to detect, identify, and manage chronic diseases earlier; and access to data-driven and personalized insights for the patients they treat. Clover Health Investments, Corp. is based in Franklin, Tennessee.
About Agilon Health
agilon health, inc. provides healthcare services for seniors through primary care physicians in the communities of the United States. It offers a platform that manages the total healthcare needs of the patients by subscription-like per-member per-month. The company was formerly known as Agilon Health Topco, Inc. and changed its name to agilon health, inc. in March 2021. agilon health, inc. was founded in 2016 and is based in Austin, Texas.
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