Financial Contrast: Auna (AUNA) and Its Peers

Auna (NYSE:AUNA) is one of 95 public companies in the “Medical Services” industry, but how does it contrast to its peers? We will compare Auna to similar companies based on the strength of its institutional ownership, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends and profitability.

Risk & Volatility

Auna has a beta of 2.25, suggesting that its stock price is 125% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Auna’s peers have a beta of 1.66, suggesting that their average stock price is 66% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Auna and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Auna	3.67%	10.39%	2.38%
Auna Competitors	-760.08%	-30.10%	-13.70%

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and recommmendations for Auna and its peers, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Auna	0	2	1	0	2.33
Auna Competitors	420	2241	4803	152	2.62

Auna currently has a consensus price target of $10.70, suggesting a potential upside of 69.04%. As a group, “Medical Services” companies have a potential upside of 431.49%. Given Auna’s peers stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Auna has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

57.3% of shares of all “Medical Services” companies are owned by institutional investors. 12.9% of shares of all “Medical Services” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Auna and its peers top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Auna	$1.17 billion	$29.39 million	10.91
Auna Competitors	$12.81 billion	$234.98 million	1.63

Auna’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than Auna. Auna is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Summary

Auna peers beat Auna on 8 of the 13 factors compared.

Auna Company Profile

Auna S.A., a healthcare service provider, operates hospitals and clinics in Mexico, Peru, and Colombia. The company provides prepaid healthcare plans in Peru; and dental and vision plans in Mexico. The company was founded in 1989 and is based in Luxembourg, Luxembourg.