Head-To-Head Survey: Sotera Health (NASDAQ:SHC) & American Caresource (OTCMKTS:GNOW)

Sotera Health (NASDAQ:SHC) and American Caresource (OTCMKTS:GNOW) are both medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, risk and valuation.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Sotera Health and American Caresource”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Sotera Health	$1.12 billion	3.43	$51.38 million	$0.25	54.20
American Caresource	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Sotera Health has higher revenue and earnings than American Caresource.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings for Sotera Health and American Caresource, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Sotera Health	0	3	4	0	2.57
American Caresource	0	0	0	0	0.00

Sotera Health currently has a consensus target price of $16.08, indicating a potential upside of 18.70%. Given Sotera Health’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Sotera Health is more favorable than American Caresource.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

91.0% of Sotera Health shares are held by institutional investors. 55.1% of Sotera Health shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 51.5% of American Caresource shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Sotera Health and American Caresource’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Sotera Health	6.31%	42.27%	6.02%
American Caresource	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

Sotera Health beats American Caresource on 9 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Sotera Health

Sotera Health Company engages in the provision of sterilization, lab testing, and advisory services in the United States and internationally. The company operates through three segments: Sterigenics, Nordion, and Nelson Labs. It provides mission-critical end-to-end sterilization services, including gamma and electron beam irradiation, and ethylene oxide processing, as well as designs, installs, and maintains gamma irradiation systems. The company also provides microbiological and analytical chemistry testing, as well as technical assistance, regulatory consulting, and advisory services. It serves medical devices, pharmaceuticals, food safety, agricultural products, cancer treatment, and high-performance materials industries, as well as commercial, advanced, and specialty application industries. The company was formerly known as Sotera Health Topco, Inc. and changed its name to Sotera Health Company in October 2020. Sotera Health Company was incorporated in 2015 and is headquartered in Broadview Heights, Ohio.

About American Caresource

American CareSource Holdings, Inc. provides urgent and primary care services in the United States. The company operates healthcare centers that offer non-life-threatening out-patient medical care for the treatment of acute, episodic, and chronic medical conditions. Its healthcare centers provide treatment of general medical problems, including colds, flus, ear infections, hypertension, asthma, pneumonia, urinary tract infections, and other conditions; treatment of injuries, such as fractures, dislocations, sprains, bruises, and cuts; minor non-emergent surgical procedures; diagnostic tests, such as X-rays, electrocardiograms, complete blood counts, and urinalyses; and occupational and industrial medical services, including drug testing, workers’ compensation cases, and pre-employment physical examinations. It owns and operates 13 urgent and primary care centers, including 2 in Georgia, 2 in Florida, 3 in Alabama, 4 in North Carolina, and 2 in Virginia. The company was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.