Almost Family (NASDAQ: AFAM) and AdCare Health Systems (NYSE:ADK) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, dividends and profitability.
Profitability
This table compares Almost Family and AdCare Health Systems’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Almost Family | 2.43% | 7.09% | 4.25% |
| AdCare Health Systems | -8.79% | N/A | -1.91% |
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for Almost Family and AdCare Health Systems, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Almost Family | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2.50 |
| AdCare Health Systems | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A |
Almost Family presently has a consensus target price of $60.50, indicating a potential upside of 28.45%. Given Almost Family’s higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Almost Family is more favorable than AdCare Health Systems.
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares Almost Family and AdCare Health Systems’ top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | EBITDA | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Almost Family | $715.89 million | 0.84 | $40.38 million | $1.49 | 31.61 |
| AdCare Health Systems | $26.39 million | 0.71 | $10.75 million | N/A | N/A |
Almost Family has higher revenue and earnings than AdCare Health Systems.
Insider and Institutional Ownership
83.1% of Almost Family shares are held by institutional investors. 13.1% of Almost Family 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.
Summary
Almost Family beats AdCare Health Systems on 10 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.
Almost Family Company Profile
Almost Family, Inc. is a provider of home healthcare services. The Company has two divisions: Home Health and Healthcare Innovations (HCI). The Home Health division consists of two segments: Visiting Nurse Services (VN or Visiting Nurse) and Personal Care Services (PC or Personal Care). The VN segment provides a range of Medicare-certified home health nursing services to patients in need of recuperative care, following a period of hospitalization or care in another type of inpatient facility. The PC segment provides services in patients’ homes primarily on an as-needed, hourly basis. These services include personal care, medication management, meal preparation, caregiver respite and homemaking. The HCI segment includes its developmental activity outside of the home health business platform. HCI activities include technology, information, population health management, risk-sharing, enhanced patient engagement and informed clinical decision making.
AdCare Health Systems Company Profile
AdCare Health Systems, Inc., through its subsidiaries, is a self-managed real estate investment company that invests in real estate purposed for long-term care and senior living. The Company’s business principally consists of leasing and subleasing such facilities to third-party tenants, which operate the facilities. The Company owns, leases, or manages for third parties approximately 40 facilities mainly in the Southeast. Its portfolio consists of over 30 skilled nursing facilities, approximately two assisted living facilities and an independent living facility. The Company’s facilities provide a range of healthcare and related services to patients and residents, including skilled nursing and assisted living services, social services, various therapy services, and other rehabilitative and healthcare services for both long-term and short-stay patients and residents.
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