BrightSpring Health Services (NASDAQ:BTSG – Get Free Report) and Cosmos Health (NASDAQ:COSM – Get Free Report) are both healthcare companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, dividends and earnings.
Profitability
This table compares BrightSpring Health Services and Cosmos Health’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| BrightSpring Health Services | 2.55% | 16.73% | 5.24% |
| Cosmos Health | -33.08% | -56.88% | -18.03% |
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares BrightSpring Health Services and Cosmos Health”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| BrightSpring Health Services | $12.91 billion | 0.87 | $190.67 million | $1.66 | 34.20 |
| Cosmos Health | $65.27 million | 0.49 | -$19.15 million | ($0.64) | -0.50 |
BrightSpring Health Services has higher revenue and earnings than Cosmos Health. Cosmos Health is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BrightSpring Health Services, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Risk and Volatility
BrightSpring Health Services has a beta of 1.84, suggesting that its share price is 84% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cosmos Health has a beta of 4.8, suggesting that its share price is 380% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for BrightSpring Health Services and Cosmos Health, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| BrightSpring Health Services | 0 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 3.10 |
| Cosmos Health | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
BrightSpring Health Services currently has a consensus target price of $70.71, suggesting a potential upside of 24.53%. Given BrightSpring Health Services’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe BrightSpring Health Services is more favorable than Cosmos Health.
Insider and Institutional Ownership
12.6% of Cosmos Health shares are held by institutional investors. 2.8% of BrightSpring Health Services shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 26.2% of Cosmos Health shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
BrightSpring Health Services beats Cosmos Health on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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. The company was formerly known as Phoenix Parent Holdings Inc. and changed its name to BrightSpring Health Services, Inc. in May 2021. BrightSpring Health Services, Inc. was founded in 1974 and is headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky.
About Cosmos Health
Cosmos Health Inc. manufactures, develops, and trades branded nutraceutical products in Greece, the United Kingdom, Croatia, Bulgaria, Cayman Islands, and Cyprus. It offers medicines, OTC medicines, nutraceutical products, vitamins, minerals and dietary, health care products, medical devices, baby products, and others under the Sky Premium Life and Mediterranation brand names. The company serves wholesale distributors and other healthcare providers, such as clinics, government agencies, independent retail and specialty pharmacies and independent specialty distributors. It sells its products through independent wholesale distributors. Cosmos Health Inc. was incorporated in 2009 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.
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