Analyzing First Choice Healthcare Solutions (OTCMKTS:FCHS) and Beauty Health (NASDAQ:SKIN)
by Doug Wharley · The Cerbat GemBeauty Health (NASDAQ:SKIN – Get Free Report) and First Choice Healthcare Solutions (OTCMKTS:FCHS – Get Free Report) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings and risk.
Risk and Volatility
Beauty Health has a beta of 1.24, indicating that its stock price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Choice Healthcare Solutions has a beta of 0.33, indicating that its stock price is 67% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
93.3% of Beauty Health shares are owned by institutional investors. 41.0% of Beauty Health shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 30.8% of First Choice Healthcare Solutions shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Profitability
This table compares Beauty Health and First Choice Healthcare Solutions’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Beauty Health | -3.16% | -15.40% | -1.74% |
| First Choice Healthcare Solutions | N/A | N/A | -165.98% |
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of current recommendations for Beauty Health and First Choice Healthcare Solutions, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Beauty Health | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 |
| First Choice Healthcare Solutions | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
Beauty Health presently has a consensus target price of $2.42, indicating a potential upside of 173.97%. Given Beauty Health’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Beauty Health is more favorable than First Choice Healthcare Solutions.
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares Beauty Health and First Choice Healthcare Solutions”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Beauty Health | $300.79 million | 0.38 | -$9.52 million | ($0.20) | -4.42 |
| First Choice Healthcare Solutions | $10,000.00 | 12.20 | -$6.96 million | ($0.20) | -0.02 |
First Choice Healthcare Solutions has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Beauty Health. Beauty Health is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than First Choice Healthcare Solutions, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Beauty Health beats First Choice Healthcare Solutions on 8 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Beauty Health
The Beauty Health Company designs, develops, manufactures, markets, and sells aesthetic technologies and products worldwide. The company's flagship product includes HydraFacial that enhance the skin to cleanse, extract, and hydrate the skin with proprietary solutions and serums. Its products also comprise Syndeo, a Delivery System designs to connects providers to the consumer's preferences to create a more personalized experience; consumables, such as single-use tips, solutions, and serums used to provide a hydrafacial treatment; SkinStylus SteriLock Microsystem, a microneedling device used for the treatment of enhancing appearance of surgical or traumatic hypertrophic scars on the abdomen and facial acne scarring in Fitzpatrick skin types I, II, and III; and Keravive, a treatment for scalp health. The company was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Long Beach, California.
About First Choice Healthcare Solutions
First Choice Healthcare Solutions, Inc. provides healthcare services in the United States. It develops primary care and wellness clinics focused on providing life improvement services, such as anti-aging, weight management, hormone replacement, and pharmacy services. The company is headquartered in Melbourne, Florida.