Privia Health Group (NASDAQ:PRVA) versus Zhongchao (NASDAQ:ZCMD) Financial Survey

Privia Health Group (NASDAQ:PRVA) and Zhongchao (NASDAQ:ZCMD) are both medical companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, dividends and institutional ownership.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings for Privia Health Group and Zhongchao, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Privia Health Group	0	3	13	0	2.81
Zhongchao	1	0	0	0	1.00

Privia Health Group currently has a consensus price target of $31.13, suggesting a potential upside of 45.14%. Given Privia Health Group’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Privia Health Group is more favorable than Zhongchao.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

94.5% of Privia Health Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.7% of Zhongchao shares are held by institutional investors. 10.7% of Privia Health Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 28.6% of Zhongchao shares are held by company 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.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Privia Health Group and Zhongchao”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Privia Health Group	$2.12 billion	1.25	$22.92 million	$0.17	126.18
Zhongchao	$15.86 million	0.43	-$640,000.00	N/A	N/A

Privia Health Group has higher revenue and earnings than Zhongchao.

Risk & Volatility

Privia Health Group has a beta of 0.87, suggesting that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Zhongchao has a beta of -0.06, suggesting that its stock price is 106% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Privia Health Group and Zhongchao’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Privia Health Group	1.08%	3.06%	1.77%
Zhongchao	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

Privia Health Group beats Zhongchao on 11 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Privia Health Group

Privia Health Group, Inc. operates as a national physician-enablement company in the United States. The company collaborates with medical groups, health plans, and health systems to optimize physician practices, enhance patient experiences, and reward doctors for delivering care in-person and virtual settings. It offers technology and population health tools to enhance independent providers' workflows; management services organization that enable providers to focus on their patients by reducing administrative work; single-TIN medical group that facilitates payer negotiation, clinical integration and alignment of financial incentives; accountable care organization, which engage patients, reduce inappropriate utilization, and enhance coordination and patient quality metrics to drive value-based care; and network for purchasers and payers that enable providers to connect with new patient populations and create custom contracts. The company was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Arlington, Virginia.

About Zhongchao

Zhongchao Inc. provides healthcare information, education, and training services in the People's Republic of China. The company offers online and onsite health information services, healthcare education programs, and healthcare training products, including clinical practice training, open classes of popular medical topics, interactive case studies, academic conference and workshops, continuing education courses, and articles and short videos with educational healthcare content. It also provides customized medical courses and medical training services; and patient management services through online platform under the Zhongxun brand. The company operates through its mdmooc.org online platform under the MDMOOC brand; and Sunshine Health Forums, a Wechat subscription account and mobile app. It serves enterprises, non-for-profit organizations, and medical journals, as well as healthcare professionals, nurses, doctors, and other healthcare workers. The company was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Shanghai, China.