OPKO Health (NASDAQ:OPK – Get Free Report) and Alignment Healthcare (NASDAQ:ALHC – Get Free Report) are both healthcare companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, profitability and valuation.
Insider & Institutional Ownership
64.6% of OPKO Health shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.2% of Alignment Healthcare shares are owned by institutional investors. 44.7% of OPKO Health shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.2% of Alignment Healthcare shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of recent ratings and price targets for OPKO Health and Alignment Healthcare, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| OPKO Health | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 |
| Alignment Healthcare | 0 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 2.64 |
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares OPKO Health and Alignment Healthcare”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| OPKO Health | $606.90 million | 1.67 | -$225.68 million | ($0.09) | -15.06 |
| Alignment Healthcare | $4.58 billion | 0.65 | -$720,000.00 | $0.19 | 75.93 |
Alignment Healthcare has higher revenue and earnings than OPKO Health. OPKO Health is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Alignment Healthcare, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Risk & Volatility
OPKO Health has a beta of 1.51, indicating that its stock price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alignment Healthcare has a beta of 1.05, indicating that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Profitability
This table compares OPKO Health and Alignment Healthcare’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| OPKO Health | -12.40% | -5.88% | -3.83% |
| Alignment Healthcare | 0.89% | 20.02% | 3.46% |
Summary
Alignment Healthcare beats OPKO Health on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About OPKO Health
OPKO Health, Inc., a healthcare company, engages in the diagnostics and pharmaceuticals businesses in the United States, Ireland, Chile, Spain, Israel, Mexico, and internationally. The company's Diagnostics segment operates BioReference Laboratories that offers laboratory testing services for the detection, diagnosis, evaluation, monitoring, and treatment of diseases, including esoteric testing, molecular diagnostics, anatomical pathology, genetics, women's health, and correctional healthcare to physician offices, clinics, hospitals, employers, and governmental units; and 4Kscore prostate cancer test. Its Pharmaceutical segment offers Rayaldee to treat secondary hyperparathyroidism in adults with stage 3 or 4 chronic kidney disease, and vitamin D insufficiency. This segment also develops multi-specific immune therapies focused on oncology, infectious diseases, vaccines, and immunology; OPK88004, an orally administered selective androgen receptor modulator; OPK88003, a once-weekly administered peptide for the treatment of type 2 diabetes and related obesity; Somatrogon (hGH-CTP), a once-weekly human growth hormone injection; and Factor VIIa-CTP, a novel long-acting coagulation factor being developed to treat hemophilia. In addition, it develops and commercializes longer-acting proprietary versions of already approved therapeutic proteins; develops and produces specialty APIs; develops, manufactures, markets, and sells pharmaceutical, nutraceutical, veterinary, and ophthalmic products; commercializes food supplements and over the counter products; manufactures and sells products primarily in the generics market; and markets, distributes, and sells pharmaceutical products in a range of indications, including cardiovascular products, vaccines, antibiotics, gastro-intestinal products, hormones, and others. The company also operates pharmaceutical platforms in Ireland, Chile, Spain, and Mexico. The company was founded in 1991 and is headquartered in Miami, Florida.
About Alignment Healthcare
Alignment Healthcare, Inc., a tech-enabled Medicare advantage company, operates consumer-centric health care platform for seniors in the United States. It provides customized health care designed to meet the needs of a diverse array of seniors through its Medicare advantage plans. The company was founded in 2013 and is based in Orange, California.
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