Comparing Astrana Health (NASDAQ:ASTH) & Gopher Protocol (OTCMKTS:GOPH)

Gopher Protocol (OTCMKTS:GOPH) and Astrana Health (NASDAQ:ASTH) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, valuation, analyst recommendations and dividends.

Volatility & Risk

Gopher Protocol has a beta of 3.22, suggesting that its share price is 222% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Astrana Health has a beta of 1.13, suggesting that its share price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Gopher Protocol and Astrana Health”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Gopher Protocol	$51.57 million	0.00	-$51.77 million	N/A	N/A
Astrana Health	$1.72 billion	1.10	$60.72 million	$1.30	25.92

Astrana Health has higher revenue and earnings than Gopher Protocol.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

52.8% of Astrana Health shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.5% of Astrana Health shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Gopher Protocol	-80.22%	-284.85%	-136.31%
Astrana Health	3.63%	9.37%	5.32%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and recommmendations for Gopher Protocol and Astrana Health, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Gopher Protocol	0	0	0	0	0.00
Astrana Health	0	2	6	1	2.89

Astrana Health has a consensus target price of $65.17, indicating a potential upside of 93.37%. Given Astrana Health’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Astrana Health is more favorable than Gopher Protocol.

Summary

Astrana Health beats Gopher Protocol on 12 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Gopher Protocol

Gopher Protocol Inc., a development-stage company, engages in developing Internet of Things and artificial intelligence enabled mobile technology. Its technology consists of a smart microchip, mobile application software, and supporting software. The company also sells phones and phone card products, including PINS, SIM cards, and gift cards. The company was formerly known as Forex International Trading Corp. and changed its name to Gopher Protocol Inc. in February 2015. Gopher Protocol Inc. was founded in 2009 and is headquartered in Santa Monica, California.

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.