Oscar Health (OSCR) Competitors

Equitable (NYSE:EQH) and Oscar Health (NYSE:OSCR) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, dividends, community ranking, risk, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Which has more risk & volatility, EQH or OSCR?

Equitable has a beta of 1.15, suggesting that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Oscar Health has a beta of 1.75, suggesting that its stock price is 75% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate EQH or OSCR?

Equitable currently has a consensus target price of $61.08, suggesting a potential upside of 14.05%. Oscar Health has a consensus target price of $20.08, suggesting a potential upside of 14.66%. Given Oscar Health's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Oscar Health is more favorable than Equitable.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Equitable	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	11 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.92
Oscar Health	2 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.29

Does the media favor EQH or OSCR?

In the previous week, Equitable had 3 more articles in the media than Oscar Health. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Equitable and 19 mentions for Oscar Health. Equitable's average media sentiment score of 1.25 beat Oscar Health's score of 1.05 indicating that Equitable is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Equitable	19 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Oscar Health	15 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, EQH or OSCR?

Equitable has higher revenue and earnings than Oscar Health. Equitable is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Oscar Health, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Equitable	$14.78B	1.10	$1.31B	$3.68	14.55
Oscar Health	$10.08B	0.44	$25.43M	$0.28	62.55

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in EQH or OSCR?

Equitable received 248 more outperform votes than Oscar Health when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.09% of users gave Equitable an outperform vote while only 55.22% of users gave Oscar Health an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Equitable	Outperform Votes 285 62.09%	Underperform Votes 174 37.91%
Oscar Health	Outperform Votes 37 55.22%	Underperform Votes 30 44.78%

Is EQH or OSCR more profitable?

Equitable has a net margin of 10.51% compared to Oscar Health's net margin of 0.28%. Equitable's return on equity of 85.70% beat Oscar Health's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Equitable	10.51%	85.70%	0.69%
Oscar Health	0.28%	2.28%	0.55%

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of EQH or OSCR?

92.7% of Equitable shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.7% of Oscar Health shares are held by institutional investors. 1.1% of Equitable shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 24.4% of Oscar Health shares are held by 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

Equitable beats Oscar Health on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.