Head-To-Head Survey: Elevance Health (NYSE:ELV) vs. SBC Medical Group (NASDAQ:SBC)

Elevance Health (NYSE:ELV) and SBC Medical Group (NASDAQ:SBC) are both medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, risk and valuation.

Risk & Volatility

Elevance Health has a beta of 0.66, meaning that its share price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SBC Medical Group has a beta of 0.61, meaning that its share price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Elevance Health and SBC Medical Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Elevance Health	2.62%	15.58%	5.57%
SBC Medical Group	24.09%	15.90%	11.61%

Insider and Institutional Ownership

89.2% of Elevance Health shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 60.8% of SBC Medical Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Elevance Health shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 89.5% of SBC Medical Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current recommendations for Elevance Health and SBC Medical Group, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Elevance Health	0	9	14	0	2.61
SBC Medical Group	0	1	2	0	2.67

Elevance Health presently has a consensus target price of $396.16, indicating a potential upside of 1.80%. SBC Medical Group has a consensus target price of $8.50, indicating a potential upside of 174.19%. Given SBC Medical Group’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe SBC Medical Group is more favorable than Elevance Health.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Elevance Health and SBC Medical Group”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Elevance Health	$199.13 billion	0.42	$5.66 billion	$23.51	16.55
SBC Medical Group	$173.61 million	1.83	$50.99 million	$0.39	7.95

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

About Elevance Health

Elevance Health, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a health benefits company in the United States. The company operates through four segments: Health Benefits, CarelonRx, Carelon Services, and Corporate & Other. It offers a variety of health plans and services to program members; health products; an array of fee-based administrative managed care services; and specialty and other insurance products and services, such as stop loss, dental, vision, life, disability, and supplemental health insurance benefits. The company operates in the pharmacy services business; and markets and offers pharmacy services, including pharmacy benefit management, as well as home delivery and specialty pharmacies, claims adjudication, formulary management, pharmacy networks, rebate administration, a prescription drug database, and member services. In addition, it provides healthcare-related services and capabilities, including utilization management, behavioral health, integrated care delivery, palliative care, payment integrity services, subrogation services, and health and wellness programs, as well as services related to data management, information technology, and business operations. Further, the company is involved in the National Government Services business. The company provides its services under the Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield, Wellpoint, and Carelon brand names. The company was formerly known as Anthem, Inc. and changed its name to Elevance Health, Inc. in June 2022. Elevance Health, Inc. was incorporated in 2001 and is headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana.

About SBC Medical Group

SBC Medical Group Holdings Incorporated, through its subsidiaries, provides services to support the operation of clinics which deliver specialized medical services in the areas of cosmetic medicine, esthetic dentistry and Androgenetic Alopecia or AGA, primarily in Japan and centered on the SBC Shonan Beauty Clinic Brand. SBC Medical Group Holdings Incorporated, formerly known as Pono Capital Two Inc., is based in TOKYO.