Head to Head Analysis: Ramsay Health Care (OTCMKTS:RMYHY) & Beauty Health (NASDAQ:SKIN)

Beauty Health (NASDAQ:SKIN) and Ramsay Health Care (OTCMKTS:RMYHY) are both medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability and earnings.

Risk & Volatility

Beauty Health has a beta of 1.16, suggesting that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ramsay Health Care has a beta of 0.05, suggesting that its share price is 95% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Beauty Health and Ramsay Health Care”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Beauty Health	$334.30 million	0.40	-$29.10 million	($0.22)	-4.73
Ramsay Health Care	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Ramsay Health Care has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Beauty Health.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for Beauty Health and Ramsay Health Care, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Beauty Health	2	4	1	0	1.86
Ramsay Health Care	1	2	0	0	1.67

Beauty Health presently has a consensus price target of $2.40, indicating a potential upside of 130.77%. Given Beauty Health’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Beauty Health is more favorable than Ramsay Health Care.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

93.3% of Beauty Health shares are owned by institutional investors. 41.0% of Beauty Health shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares Beauty Health and Ramsay Health Care’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Beauty Health	-3.87%	-19.70%	-1.97%
Ramsay Health Care	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

Beauty Health beats Ramsay Health Care on 7 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Beauty Health

The Beauty Health Company designs, develops, manufactures, markets, and sells aesthetic technologies and products worldwide. The company's flagship product includes HydraFacial that enhance the skin to cleanse, extract, and hydrate the skin with proprietary solutions and serums. Its products also comprise Syndeo, a Delivery System designs to connects providers to the consumer's preferences to create a more personalized experience; consumables, such as single-use tips, solutions, and serums used to provide a hydrafacial treatment; SkinStylus SteriLock Microsystem, a microneedling device used for the treatment of enhancing appearance of surgical or traumatic hypertrophic scars on the abdomen and facial acne scarring in Fitzpatrick skin types I, II, and III; and Keravive, a treatment for scalp health. The company was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Long Beach, California.

About Ramsay Health Care

Ramsay Health Care Limited owns and operates hospitals. The company offers health care services to public and private patients. It operates facilities in approximately 530 locations in the Asia Pacific, the United Kingdom, France, and Nordics. Ramsay Health Care Limited was founded in 1964 and is based in Sydney, Australia.