Babylon (BBLN) & Its Competitors Financial Contrast

Babylon (NYSE:BBLN – Get Rating) is one of 33 public companies in the “Health services” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its peers? We will compare Babylon to related businesses based on the strength of its analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, earnings and valuation.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Babylon and its peers top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Babylon	$1.11 billion	-$221.45 million	-0.28
Babylon Competitors	$1.47 billion	-$91.84 million	-7.18

Babylon’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than Babylon. Babylon 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.

Risk & Volatility

Babylon has a beta of 2.57, indicating that its share price is 157% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Babylon’s peers have a beta of 1.54, indicating that their average share price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current recommendations and price targets for Babylon and its peers, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Babylon	0	2	3	0	2.60
Babylon Competitors	8	146	292	0	2.64

Babylon presently has a consensus target price of $53.08, indicating a potential upside of 625.18%. As a group, “Health services” companies have a potential upside of 41.29%. Given Babylon’s higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Babylon is more favorable than its peers.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Babylon	-39.85%	-4,635.83%	-78.38%
Babylon Competitors	-118.87%	-448.95%	-28.54%

Institutional and Insider Ownership

49.7% of shares of all “Health services” companies are owned by institutional investors. 38.5% of Babylon shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 22.2% of shares of all “Health services” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Babylon peers beat Babylon on 7 of the 12 factors compared.

About Babylon

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Babylon Holdings Limited operates as a digital healthcare company. It offers end-to-end care solution that facilities through its digital health suite, virtual care, in-person medical care, and post-care offerings. The company also provides Babylon Cloud services. It operates in the United Kingdom, the United States, the Asia Pacific, Canada, and internationally. The company was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.