Contrasting AdaptHealth (NASDAQ:AHCO) and Semperit Ag Hld (OTCMKTS:SEIGY)

Semperit Ag Hld (OTCMKTS:SEIGY) and AdaptHealth (NASDAQ:AHCO) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, earnings, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Volatility & Risk

Semperit Ag Hld has a beta of 0.04, suggesting that its stock price is 96% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AdaptHealth has a beta of 1.72, suggesting that its stock price is 72% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for Semperit Ag Hld and AdaptHealth, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Semperit Ag Hld	0	0	0	0	0.00
AdaptHealth	0	2	4	0	2.67

AdaptHealth has a consensus target price of $14.25, suggesting a potential upside of 38.35%. Given AdaptHealth’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe AdaptHealth is more favorable than Semperit Ag Hld.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Semperit Ag Hld and AdaptHealth”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Semperit Ag Hld	$732.20 million	0.45	$12.44 million	($0.10)	-39.90
AdaptHealth	$3.26 billion	0.43	$90.42 million	$0.55	18.73

AdaptHealth has higher revenue and earnings than Semperit Ag Hld. Semperit Ag Hld is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AdaptHealth, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

82.7% of AdaptHealth shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.6% of AdaptHealth shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares Semperit Ag Hld and AdaptHealth’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Semperit Ag Hld	-0.58%	-0.89%	-0.42%
AdaptHealth	2.53%	4.85%	1.75%

Summary

AdaptHealth beats Semperit Ag Hld on 13 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Semperit Ag Hld

Semperit Aktiengesellschaft Holding develops, produces, and sells rubber products for the medical and industrial sectors worldwide. It operates through two segments: Semperit Industrial Applications and Semperit Engineered Applications. The company provides hydraulic and industrial hoses; conveyor belts; escalator handrails; profiles for windows, doors and facades, cable car rings, and ski foils; and products for railroad superstructures and toolmaking; and precision liquid silicone parts. It offers handrails; engineered solutions; and provides elastomer and sealing profiles for windows, doors, and facades; and elastomer and wear-resistant protective sheeting. It serves agriculture, bulk transportation systems, construction, manufacturing, health care, mining and port facilities, shipping, packing, household, renewable energy and power generation, process, steel, and automotive industries. Semperit Aktiengesellschaft Holding was founded in 1824 and is headquartered in Vienna, Austria.

About AdaptHealth

AdaptHealth Corp., together with its subsidiaries, sells home medical equipment (HME), medical supplies, and home and related services in the United States. The company provides sleep therapy equipment, supplies, and related services, such as CPAP and bi-PAP services to individuals suffering from obstructive sleep apnea; medical devices and supplies, including continuous glucose monitors and insulin pumps for the treatment of diabetes; HME to patients discharged from acute care and other facilities; oxygen and related chronic therapy services in the home; and other HME devices and supplies on behalf of chronically ill patients with wound care, urological, incontinence, ostomy, and nutritional supply needs. It also offers wheelchairs, hospital beds, oxygen concentrators, CPAP masks and related supplies, wound care supplies, diabetes management supplies, wheelchair cushion accessories, orthopedic bracing, breast pumps and supplies, walkers, commodes and canes, and nutritional and incontinence supplies. The company services beneficiaries of Medicare, Medicaid, and commercial insurance payors. The company is headquartered in Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania.