Reviewing Tenet Healthcare (NYSE:THC) & SBC Medical Group (NASDAQ:SBC)

Tenet Healthcare (NYSE:THC) and SBC Medical Group (NASDAQ:SBC) are both healthcare companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation and risk.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Tenet Healthcare and SBC Medical Group”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Tenet Healthcare	$21.31 billion	1.01	$1.41 billion	$25.93	10.31
SBC Medical Group	$173.61 million	1.87	$50.99 million	$0.39	8.13

Tenet Healthcare has higher revenue and earnings than SBC Medical Group. SBC Medical Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Tenet Healthcare, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

This table compares Tenet Healthcare and SBC Medical Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Tenet Healthcare	10.27%	26.76%	5.55%
SBC Medical Group	24.09%	15.90%	11.61%

Institutional and Insider Ownership

95.4% of Tenet Healthcare shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 60.8% of SBC Medical Group shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Tenet Healthcare shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 81.7% of SBC Medical Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Volatility and Risk

Tenet Healthcare has a beta of 1.23, indicating that its share price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SBC Medical Group has a beta of 0.59, indicating that its share price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and price targets for Tenet Healthcare and SBC Medical Group, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Tenet Healthcare	0	2	17	1	2.95
SBC Medical Group	1	0	2	0	2.33

Tenet Healthcare presently has a consensus target price of $272.25, indicating a potential upside of 1.81%. SBC Medical Group has a consensus target price of $8.50, indicating a potential upside of 167.97%. Given SBC Medical Group’s higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe SBC Medical Group is more favorable than Tenet Healthcare.

Summary

Tenet Healthcare beats SBC Medical Group on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Tenet Healthcare

Tenet Healthcare Corporation operates as a diversified healthcare services company in the United States. The company operates through two segments: Hospital Operations and Services, and Ambulatory Care. Its general hospitals offer acute care services, operating and recovery rooms, radiology and respiratory therapy services, clinical laboratories, and pharmacies. The company also provides intensive and critical care, and/or coronary care units; cardiovascular, digestive disease, neurosciences, musculoskeletal, and obstetrics services; outpatient services, including physical therapy; tertiary care services, such as cardiothoracic surgery, complex spinal surgery, neonatal intensive care, and neurosurgery services; quaternary care services in heart and kidney transplants; and limb salvaging vascular procedure, acute level 1 trauma, intravascular stroke care, minimally invasive cardiac valve replacement, imaging, surgical robotic, and telemedicine access services. In addition, it offers a range of procedures and services, such as orthopedics, total joint replacement, and spinal and other musculoskeletal procedures; gastroenterology; pain management; otolaryngology; ophthalmology; and urology. It operates hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers, imaging centers, surgical hospitals, off-campus emergency departments, and micro-hospitals. Tenet Healthcare Corporation was founded in 1967 and is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.

About SBC Medical Group

SBC Medical Group Holdings Incorporated, through its subsidiaries, provides services to support the operation of clinics which deliver specialized medical services in the areas of cosmetic medicine, esthetic dentistry and Androgenetic Alopecia or AGA, primarily in Japan and centered on the SBC Shonan Beauty Clinic Brand. SBC Medical Group Holdings Incorporated, formerly known as Pono Capital Two Inc., is based in TOKYO.