Enhabit (NYSE:EHAB) versus Agilon Health (NYSE:AGL) Head to Head Survey

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

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Enhabit and Agilon Health”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Enhabit	$1.06 billion	0.65	-$4.60 million	($0.09)	-151.28
Agilon Health	$5.93 billion	0.04	-$391.35 million	($0.95)	-0.68

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

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and recommmendations for Enhabit and Agilon Health, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Enhabit	1	6	2	0	2.11
Agilon Health	2	11	3	0	2.06

Enhabit currently has a consensus price target of $13.57, suggesting a potential downside of 0.32%. Agilon Health has a consensus price target of $2.18, suggesting a potential upside of 238.79%. Given Agilon Health’s higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Agilon Health is more favorable than Enhabit.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Enhabit	-0.43%	4.71%	2.23%
Agilon Health	-6.60%	-120.82%	-24.89%

Volatility & Risk

Enhabit has a beta of 1.56, meaning that its stock price is 56% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Agilon Health has a beta of 0.11, meaning that its stock price is 89% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Enhabit beats Agilon Health on 8 of the 12 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 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.