Head to Head Contrast: Auna (NYSE:AUNA) vs. Oncology Institute (NASDAQ:TOI)

Auna (NYSE:AUNA) and Oncology Institute (NASDAQ:TOI) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk and earnings.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Auna and Oncology Institute’s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Auna	$3.88 billion	0.13	N/A	N/A	N/A
Oncology Institute	$324.24 million	0.26	-$83.07 million	($0.92)	-1.25

Auna has higher revenue and earnings than Oncology Institute.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

36.9% of Oncology Institute shares are owned by institutional investors. 13.1% of Oncology Institute shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for Auna and Oncology Institute, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Auna	0	0	4	0	3.00
Oncology Institute	0	0	1	0	3.00

Auna presently has a consensus price target of $14.15, indicating a potential upside of 100.42%. Oncology Institute has a consensus price target of $2.25, indicating a potential upside of 95.65%. Given Auna’s higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Auna is more favorable than Oncology Institute.

Profitability

This table compares Auna and Oncology Institute’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Auna	N/A	N/A	N/A
Oncology Institute	-24.56%	-80.46%	-28.14%

Summary

Auna beats Oncology Institute on 6 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Auna

Auna S.A., a healthcare service provider, operates hospitals and clinics in Mexico, Peru, and Colombia. The company provides prepaid healthcare plans in Peru; and dental and vision plans in Mexico. The company was founded in 1989 and is based in Luxembourg, Luxembourg.

About Oncology Institute

The Oncology Institute, Inc., an oncology company, provides various medical oncology services in the United States. The company operates through three segments: Dispensary, Patient Services, and Clinical Trials & Other. It offers physician services, in-house infusion and dispensary, clinical trial, radiation, outpatient blood product transfusion, and patient support services, as well as educational seminars, support groups, and counseling services. The company also provides managing clinical trials, palliative care programs, stem cell transplants services, and other care delivery models associated with non-community-based academic and tertiary care settings; and conducts clinical trials for a range of pharmaceutical and medical device companies. It serves adult and senior cancer patients. The company has a strategic collaboration with Healthly Forge to offer cancer care services to patients in Southern California. The Oncology Institute, Inc. was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Cerritos, California.