Head-To-Head Analysis: Teladoc Health (NYSE:TDOC) & Agilon Health (NYSE:AGL)

Teladoc Health (NYSE:TDOC) and Agilon Health (NYSE:AGL) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations and earnings.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

76.8% of Teladoc Health shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Teladoc Health shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.6% of Agilon Health shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Risk and Volatility

Teladoc Health has a beta of 2.04, suggesting that its share price is 104% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Agilon Health has a beta of 0.06, suggesting that its share price is 94% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for Teladoc Health and Agilon Health, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Teladoc Health	1	12	5	0	2.22
Agilon Health	2	12	4	0	2.11

Teladoc Health presently has a consensus price target of $9.60, indicating a potential upside of 32.87%. Agilon Health has a consensus price target of $2.71, indicating a potential upside of 288.57%. Given Agilon Health’s higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Agilon Health is more favorable than Teladoc Health.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Teladoc Health and Agilon Health”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Teladoc Health	$2.53 billion	0.51	-$1.00 billion	($1.28)	-5.64
Agilon Health	$6.06 billion	0.05	-$260.15 million	($0.75)	-0.93

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

Profitability

This table compares Teladoc Health and Agilon Health’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Teladoc Health	-8.84%	-10.59%	-4.77%
Agilon Health	-5.24%	-75.92%	-18.35%

About Teladoc Health

Teladoc Health, Inc. provides virtual healthcare services worldwide. The company operates through Teladoc Health Integrated Care and BetterHelp segments. The Integrated Care segment offers virtual medical services, including general medical, expert medical, specialty medical, chronic condition management, and mental health, as well as enabling technologies and enterprise telehealth solutions for hospitals and health systems. The BetterHelp segment operates a mental health platform that provides online counseling and therapy services through website, mobile applications, phones, and text-based interactions by its licensed clinicians. The company offers its products and services under the Teladoc, Livongo, and BetterHelp brands. It serves employers, health plans, hospitals and health systems, and insurance and financial services companies, as well as individual members. The company was formerly known as Teladoc, Inc. and changed its name to Teladoc Health, Inc. in August 2018. Teladoc Health, Inc. was incorporated in 2002 and is headquartered in Purchase, New York.

About Agilon Health

agilon health, inc. provides healthcare services for seniors through primary care physicians in the communities of the United States. It offers a platform that manages the total healthcare needs of the patients by subscription-like per-member per-month. The company was formerly known as Agilon Health Topco, Inc. and changed its name to agilon health, inc. in March 2021. agilon health, inc. was founded in 2016 and is based in Austin, Texas.