Head-To-Head Contrast: Ardent Health (NYSE:ARDT) versus Amplifon (OTCMKTS:AMFPF)

Ardent Health (NYSE:ARDT) and Amplifon (OTCMKTS:AMFPF) are both medical companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, profitability and valuation.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and price targets for Ardent Health and Amplifon, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ardent Health	2	4	6	0	2.33
Amplifon	0	0	2	0	3.00

Ardent Health presently has a consensus target price of $14.67, indicating a potential upside of 58.88%. Given Ardent Health’s higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Ardent Health is more favorable than Amplifon.

Volatility and Risk

Ardent Health has a beta of 0.77, indicating that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Amplifon has a beta of 0.45, indicating that its share price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Ardent Health and Amplifon”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Ardent Health	$5.97 billion	0.22	$210.34 million	$1.45	6.37
Amplifon	$2.61 billion	1.35	$157.31 million	$0.56	27.78

Ardent Health has higher revenue and earnings than Amplifon. Ardent Health is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Amplifon, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

This table compares Ardent Health and Amplifon’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ardent Health	3.24%	19.02%	6.04%
Amplifon	4.74%	14.28%	3.89%

Summary

Ardent Health beats Amplifon on 8 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Ardent Health

Ardent Health Partners, Inc. owns and operates a network of hospitals and clinics that provides a range of healthcare services in the United States. It operates acute care hospitals, including rehabilitation hospitals and surgical hospitals. The company was founded in 2001 and is based in Brentwood, Tennessee. Ardent Health Partners, Inc. is a subsidiary of EGI-AM Investments, L.L.C.

About Amplifon

Amplifon S.p.A. engages in the distribution of hearing solutions and the fitting of customized products that help people rediscover various emotions of sound in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Americas, and the Asia Pacific. The company offers Ampli-easy, Ampli-connect, Ampli-energy, and Ampli-mini hearing devices. It also operates Ampli-care, a platform to deliver audiological care experience; and Amplifon App to manage the device functions in real-time directly from smartphone. Amplifon S.p.A. was founded in 1950 and is headquartered in Milan, Italy. Amplifon S.p.A.