Critical Review: Astrana Health (NASDAQ:ASTH) & Aeries Technology (NASDAQ:AERT)

Aeries Technology (NASDAQ:AERT) and Astrana Health (NASDAQ:ASTH) are both business services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and dividends.

Risk and Volatility

Aeries Technology has a beta of -0.52, meaning that its share price is 152% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Astrana Health has a beta of 1.2, meaning that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and price targets for Aeries Technology and Astrana Health, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Aeries Technology	0	0	0	0	N/A
Astrana Health	0	0	4	1	3.20

Astrana Health has a consensus price target of $59.00, indicating a potential upside of 4.37%. Given Astrana Health’s higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Astrana Health is more favorable than Aeries Technology.

Profitability

This table compares Aeries Technology and Astrana Health’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Aeries Technology	N/A	N/A	-18.17%
Astrana Health	4.30%	10.71%	6.10%

Institutional and Insider Ownership

99.2% of Aeries Technology shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.8% of Astrana Health shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.5% of Aeries Technology shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 8.5% of Astrana Health shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Aeries Technology and Astrana Health”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Aeries Technology	$67.88 million	0.55	-$1.53 million	N/A	N/A
Astrana Health	$1.59 billion	1.99	$60.72 million	$1.32	42.83

Astrana Health has higher revenue and earnings than Aeries Technology.

Summary

Astrana Health beats Aeries Technology on 11 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Aeries Technology

Aeries Technology, Inc. operates as a professional services and consulting partner in the United States and internationally. The company offers management consultancy services for private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies, including software solutions, product management, IT infrastructure, information and cyber security, ERP and CRM platform management, business process management, and digital transformation services. The company was founded in 2012 and is based in Orem, Utah.

About Astrana Health

Astrana Health, Inc., Inc., a physician-centric technology-powered healthcare management company, provides medical care services in the United States. It operates through three segments: Care Partners, Care Delivery, and Care Enablement. The company is leveraging its proprietary population health management and healthcare delivery platform, operates an integrated, value-based healthcare model which empowers the providers in its network to deliver care to its patients. It offers care coordination services to patients, families, primary care physicians, specialists, acute care hospitals, alternative sites of inpatient care, physician groups, and health plans. The company's physician network consists of primary care physicians, specialist physicians and extenders, and hospitalists. It serves patients, primarily covered by private or public insurance, such as Medicare, Medicaid, and health maintenance organization plans; and non-insured patients. The company was formerly known as Apollo Medical Holdings, Inc. and changed its name to Astrana Health, Inc. in February 2024. Astrana Health, Inc. was incorporated in 1985 and is headquartered in Alhambra, California.