Comparing Raffles Medical Group (OTCMKTS:RAFLF) and Sienna Senior Living (OTCMKTS:LWSCF)

Sienna Senior Living (OTCMKTS:LWSCF) and Raffles Medical Group (OTCMKTS:RAFLF) are both medical companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, profitability and valuation.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and price targets for Sienna Senior Living and Raffles Medical Group, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Sienna Senior Living	0	0	2	0	3.00
Raffles Medical Group	0	0	0	0	0.00

Sienna Senior Living presently has a consensus target price of $15.50, indicating a potential upside of 36.68%. Given Sienna Senior Living’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Sienna Senior Living is more favorable than Raffles Medical Group.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

11.9% of Sienna Senior Living shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.1% of Raffles Medical Group shares are held by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Dividends

Sienna Senior Living pays an annual dividend of $0.90 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.9%. Raffles Medical Group pays an annual dividend of $0.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.2%. Sienna Senior Living pays out -141.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Raffles Medical Group pays out 34.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Sienna Senior Living and Raffles Medical Group”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Sienna Senior Living	N/A	N/A	N/A	($0.64)	-17.77
Raffles Medical Group	N/A	N/A	N/A	$0.16	3.80

Sienna Senior Living is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Raffles Medical Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

This table compares Sienna Senior Living and Raffles Medical Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Sienna Senior Living	N/A	N/A	N/A
Raffles Medical Group	N/A	N/A	N/A

About Sienna Senior Living

Sienna Senior Living Inc. provides senior living and long-term care (LTC) services in Canada. The company operates through Retirement and LTC segments. It offers independent supportive and assisted living, memory care, and long-term care services; and management services to senior living residences. The company was formerly known as Leisureworld Senior Care Corporation and changed its name to Sienna Senior Living Inc. in May 2015. Sienna Senior Living Inc. was founded in 1972 and is headquartered in Markham, Canada.

About Raffles Medical Group

Raffles Medical Group Ltd provides integrated private healthcare services primarily in Singapore, Greater China, Vietnam, Cambodia, and Japan. The company operates through Healthcare Services, Hospital Services, Investment Holdings, and Insurance Services segments. Its Raffles Hospital, a tertiary care hospital that offers a range of medical and surgical facilities include day angiography suites, operating theatres, delivery suites, intensive care unit, neonatal intensive care unit, radiology, clinical laboratory, and dental services. In addition, the company offers emergency services, family medicine services, health screening, minor surgery, and various specialist clinic services. Further, it trades in pharmaceutical and nutraceutical products, and diagnostic equipment; and provides management and consultancy services. Additionally, the company engages in the operation of medical and dental clinics and other general medical services; provides medical examination and treatment services; operation of medical laboratory and imaging centre; and provision of health insurance services. Raffles Medical Group Ltd was founded in 1976 and is based in Singapore. The company operates as a subsidiary of Raffles Medical Holdings Pte Ltd.