AirSculpt Technologies (NASDAQ:AIRS – Get Free Report) and HCA Healthcare (NYSE:HCA – Get Free Report) are both healthcare companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings and profitability.
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of recent ratings for AirSculpt Technologies and HCA Healthcare, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| AirSculpt Technologies | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.50 |
| HCA Healthcare | 1 | 7 | 16 | 0 | 2.62 |
AirSculpt Technologies currently has a consensus target price of $4.50, suggesting a potential upside of 221.66%. HCA Healthcare has a consensus target price of $467.61, suggesting a potential downside of 0.05%. Given AirSculpt Technologies’ higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe AirSculpt Technologies is more favorable than HCA Healthcare.
Profitability
This table compares AirSculpt Technologies and HCA Healthcare’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| AirSculpt Technologies | -7.79% | -5.83% | -2.88% |
| HCA Healthcare | 8.77% | -244.79% | 11.10% |
Risk and Volatility
AirSculpt Technologies has a beta of 2.29, meaning that its stock price is 129% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HCA Healthcare has a beta of 1.1, meaning that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Insider and Institutional Ownership
91.5% of AirSculpt Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.7% of HCA Healthcare shares are owned by institutional investors. 44.6% of AirSculpt Technologies shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of HCA Healthcare shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Earnings & Valuation
This table compares AirSculpt Technologies and HCA Healthcare”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| AirSculpt Technologies | $150.72 million | 0.67 | -$11.67 million | ($0.18) | -7.77 |
| HCA Healthcare | $78.01 billion | 1.30 | $6.78 billion | $29.87 | 15.66 |
HCA Healthcare has higher revenue and earnings than AirSculpt Technologies. AirSculpt Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than HCA Healthcare, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
HCA Healthcare beats AirSculpt Technologies on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About AirSculpt Technologies
AirSculpt Technologies, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, focuses on operating as a holding company for EBS Intermediate Parent LLC that provides body contouring procedure services in the United States. The company offers AirSculpt, a next-generation body contouring procedure that removes unwanted fat and tightens skin in a minimally invasive procedure. It also provides AirSculpt+, a procedure that permanently removes fat and tightens the skin with unparalleled precision and finesse; and AirSculpt Smooth, an advanced cellulite removal tool. In addition, it provides fat removal procedures across treatment areas, such as the stomach, back, and buttocks; and fat transfer procedures that use the patient’s own fat cells to enhance the breasts, buttocks, hips, or other areas. The company’s body contouring procedures also include the Power BBL, a Brazilian butt lift procedure; the Up a Cup, a breast enhancement procedure; and the Hip Flip, an hourglass contouring procedure. It operates various centers. The company was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Miami Beach, Florida.
About HCA Healthcare
HCA Healthcare, Inc., through its subsidiaries, owns and operates hospitals and related healthcare entities in the United States. It operates general and acute care hospitals that offers medical and surgical services, including inpatient care, intensive care, cardiac care, diagnostic, and emergency services; and outpatient services, such as outpatient surgery, laboratory, radiology, respiratory therapy, cardiology, and physical therapy. The company also operates outpatient health care facilities consisting of freestanding ambulatory surgery centers, freestanding emergency care facilities, urgent care facilities, walk-in clinics, diagnostic and imaging centers, rehabilitation and physical therapy centers, radiation and oncology therapy centers, physician practices, and various other facilities. In addition, it operates behavioral hospitals, which provide therapeutic programs comprising child, adolescent and adult psychiatric care, adolescent and adult alcohol, drug abuse treatment, and counseling services. The company was formerly known as HCA Holdings, Inc. HCA Healthcare, Inc. was founded in 1968 and is headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee.
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