Comparing Ardent Health Partners (NYSE:ARDT) & Surgery Partners (NASDAQ:SGRY)

Ardent Health Partners (NYSE:ARDT) and Surgery Partners (NASDAQ:SGRY) are both mid-cap medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, risk, institutional ownership and earnings.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for Ardent Health Partners and Surgery Partners, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ardent Health Partners	0	1	9	1	3.00
Surgery Partners	0	1	6	0	2.86

Ardent Health Partners currently has a consensus price target of $21.70, indicating a potential upside of 18.58%. Surgery Partners has a consensus price target of $39.86, indicating a potential upside of 24.87%. Given Surgery Partners’ higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Surgery Partners is more favorable than Ardent Health Partners.

Profitability

This table compares Ardent Health Partners and Surgery Partners’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ardent Health Partners	N/A	N/A	N/A
Surgery Partners	-1.17%	2.96%	1.29%

Valuation and Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Ardent Health Partners	$5.63 billion	0.46	N/A	N/A	N/A
Surgery Partners	$2.74 billion	1.48	-$11.90 million	N/A	N/A

Ardent Health Partners has higher revenue and earnings than Surgery Partners.

Summary

Ardent Health Partners beats Surgery Partners on 5 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Ardent Health Partners

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 Surgery Partners

Surgery Partners, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, owns and operates a network of surgical facilities and ancillary services in the United States. The company provides ambulatory surgery centers and surgical hospitals that offer non-emergency surgical procedures in various specialties, including orthopedics and pain management, ophthalmology, gastroenterology, and general surgery. It offers diagnostic imaging, laboratory, obstetrics, oncology, pharmacy, physical therapy, and wound care; and ancillary services, including multi-specialty physician practices, urgent care facilities, and anesthesia services. In addition, it offers single- and multi-specialty facilities. Surgery Partners, Inc. was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Brentwood, Tennessee.