Enhabit (NYSE:EHAB) & BrightSpring Health Services (NASDAQ:BTSG) Financial Review

Enhabit (NYSE:EHAB) and BrightSpring Health Services (NASDAQ:BTSG) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, profitability, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation and institutional ownership.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Enhabit and BrightSpring Health Services’ gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Enhabit	$1.05 billion	0.51	-$80.50 million	($1.62)	-6.56
BrightSpring Health Services	$8.83 billion	0.21	N/A	N/A	N/A

BrightSpring Health Services has higher revenue and earnings than Enhabit.

Profitability

This table compares Enhabit and BrightSpring Health Services’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Enhabit	-7.69%	1.55%	0.76%
BrightSpring Health Services	N/A	N/A	N/A

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent recommendations for Enhabit and BrightSpring Health Services, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Enhabit	2	4	1	0	1.86
BrightSpring Health Services	0	0	11	0	3.00

Enhabit currently has a consensus price target of $12.08, indicating a potential upside of 13.67%. BrightSpring Health Services has a consensus price target of $15.75, indicating a potential upside of 49.01%. Given BrightSpring Health Services’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe BrightSpring Health Services is more favorable than Enhabit.

Summary

BrightSpring Health Services beats Enhabit on 5 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Enhabit

Enhabit, Inc. provides home health and hospice services in the United States. Its home health services include patient education, pain management, wound care and dressing changes, cardiac rehabilitation, infusion therapy, pharmaceutical administration, and skilled observation and assessment services; practices to treat chronic diseases and conditions, including diabetes, hypertension, arthritis, Alzheimer's disease, low vision, spinal stenosis, Parkinson's disease, osteoporosis, complex wound care and chronic pain, along with disease-specific plans for patients with diabetes, congestive heart failure, post-orthopedic surgery, or injury and respiratory diseases; and physical, occupational and speech therapists provide therapy services. The company offers hospice services, including pain and symptom management, palliative and dietary counseling, social worker visits, spiritual counseling, and bereavement counseling services to meet the individual physical, emotional, spiritual, and psychosocial needs of terminally ill patients and their families. The company was formerly known as Encompass Health Home Health Holdings, Inc. and changed its name to Enhabit, Inc. in March 2022. Enhabit, Inc. was founded in 1998 and is based in Dallas, Texas.

About BrightSpring Health Services

BrightSpring Health Services, Inc. operates a home and community-based healthcare services platform in the United States. The company's platform focuses on delivering pharmacy and provider services, including clinical and supportive care in home and community settings to Medicare, Medicaid, and insured populations. It serves patients through clinical providers and pharmacists. BrightSpring Health Services, Inc. was formerly known as Phoenix Parent Holdings Inc. and changed its name to BrightSpring Health Services, Inc. in May 2021. The company was founded in 1974 and is based in Louisville, Kentucky.