Babylon (NYSE:BBLN – Get Rating) is one of 33 publicly-traded companies in the “Health services” industry, but how does it contrast to its peers? We will compare Babylon to related businesses based on the strength of its risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, valuation, profitability and institutional ownership.
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of recent recommendations for Babylon and its peers, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Babylon | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2.40 |
| Babylon Competitors | 9 | 150 | 292 | 0 | 2.63 |
Babylon presently has a consensus target price of $53.08, suggesting a potential upside of 801.25%. As a group, “Health services” companies have a potential upside of 42.18%. Given Babylon’s higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Babylon is more favorable than its peers.
Insider & Institutional Ownership
Risk and Volatility
Babylon has a beta of 2.57, meaning that its stock price is 157% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Babylon’s peers have a beta of 1.54, meaning that their average stock price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Earnings & Valuation
This table compares Babylon and its peers gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Net Income | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Babylon | $1.11 billion | -$221.45 million | -0.22 |
| Babylon Competitors | $1.47 billion | -$91.84 million | -7.87 |
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.
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% | -449.09% | -28.65% |
Summary
Babylon peers beat Babylon on 7 of the 12 factors compared.
Babylon Company Profile
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.
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