Head-To-Head Comparison: Brookdale Senior Living (NYSE:BKD) versus Orpea (OTCMKTS:ORPEF)

Orpea (OTCMKTS:ORPEF) and Brookdale Senior Living (NYSE:BKD) are both medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, valuation and institutional ownership.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Orpea and Brookdale Senior Living’s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Orpea	N/A	N/A	N/A	$1.83	7.77
Brookdale Senior Living	$3.07 billion	0.45	-$189.01 million	($0.77)	-9.23

Orpea has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Brookdale Senior Living. Brookdale Senior Living is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Orpea, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

This table compares Orpea and Brookdale Senior Living’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Orpea	N/A	N/A	N/A
Brookdale Senior Living	-5.71%	-44.72%	-3.55%

Insider and Institutional Ownership

25.0% of Orpea shares are held by institutional investors. 1.5% of Brookdale Senior Living shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations for Orpea and Brookdale Senior Living, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Orpea	0	0	0	0	N/A
Brookdale Senior Living	0	1	2	0	2.67

Brookdale Senior Living has a consensus price target of $7.50, suggesting a potential upside of 5.49%. Given Brookdale Senior Living’s higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Brookdale Senior Living is more favorable than Orpea.

Summary

Orpea beats Brookdale Senior Living on 6 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Orpea

ORPEA SA operates nursing homes, assisted-living facilities, post-acute and rehabilitation hospitals, and psychiatric hospitals. Its nursing home facilities provide personalized support services; and logistical and residential services, including accommodation, meals, and laundry and room cleaning, as well as various daily event, entertainment, and therapeutic workshop services. The company's post-acute and rehabilitation hospitals offer services for geriatrics, musculoskeletal, nervous system, cardiovascular, hematology, and oncology conditions, as well as patients in a persistent vegetative state or in a minimally conscious state. Its psychiatric hospitals provide services for the patients with mood disorders, anxiety disorders, obsessive-compulsive disorders, addictions, eating disorders, sleep disorders, personality disorders, ageing-related psychiatric disorders, psychosis, over exhaustion or burn-out, chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia, psychosomatic conditions, and post-traumatic stress disorder conditions, as well as geriatric, child, young adult, parent-child, and public/private patients psychiatry services. In addition, the company offers home care services, including housekeeping services, such as cleaning, meals, ironing, gardening, and household errands; daily life assistance services comprising day or night supervision, assistance with hygiene tasks, and meal-time assistance; and movement assistance services. The company operates in France, Belgium, Spain, Italy, Ireland, Switzerland, Austria, Germany, the Czech Republic, Poland, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Portugal, Brazil, Russia, Slovenia, Uruguay, Colombia, Mexico, Chile, Latvia, Croatia, and China. ORPEA SA was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in Puteaux, France.

About Brookdale Senior Living

Brookdale Senior Living Inc. owns, manages, and operates senior living communities in the United States. It operates in three segments: Independent Living, Assisted Living and Memory Care, and Continuing Care Retirement Communities (CCRCs). The Independent Living segment owns or leases communities comprising independent and assisted living units in a single community that are primarily designed for middle to upper income seniors. The Assisted Living and Memory Care segment owns or leases communities consisting of freestanding, multi-story communities and freestanding, single-story communities, which offer housing and 24-hour assistance with activities of daily living for the Company’s residents. This segment also operates memory care communities for residents with Alzheimer’s and other dementias. The CCRCs segment owns or leases communities that provides various living arrangements, such as independent and assisted living, memory care, and skilled nursing; and services to accommodate various levels of physical ability and healthcare needs. It also manages communities on behalf of others. Brookdale Senior Living Inc. was incorporated in 2005 and is headquartered in Brentwood, Tennessee.