Head to Head Analysis: Sienna Senior Living (OTCMKTS:LWSCF) and Medical Facilities (OTCMKTS:MFCSF)

Sienna Senior Living (OTCMKTS:LWSCF) and Medical Facilities (OTCMKTS:MFCSF) are both medical companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations and profitability.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

11.9% of Sienna Senior Living shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 25.4% of Medical Facilities shares are owned by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and recommmendations for Sienna Senior Living and Medical Facilities, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Sienna Senior Living	0	0	1	0	3.00
Medical Facilities	0	0	0	0	0.00

Sienna Senior Living presently has a consensus target price of $15.50, indicating a potential upside of 43.15%. Given Sienna Senior Living’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Sienna Senior Living is more favorable than Medical Facilities.

Profitability

This table compares Sienna Senior Living and Medical Facilities’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Sienna Senior Living	N/A	N/A	N/A
Medical Facilities	N/A	N/A	N/A

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Sienna Senior Living and Medical Facilities”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Sienna Senior Living	N/A	N/A	N/A	($0.64)	-16.97
Medical Facilities	N/A	N/A	N/A	$0.94	11.31

Sienna Senior Living is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Medical Facilities, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Dividends

Sienna Senior Living pays an annual dividend of $0.90 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.3%. Medical Facilities pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.8%. Sienna Senior Living pays out -141.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Medical Facilities pays out 110.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

About Sienna Senior Living

Sienna Senior Living Inc. provides senior living and long-term care (LTC) services in Canada. The company operates through Retirement and LTC segments. It offers independent supportive and assisted living, memory care, and long-term care services; and management services to senior living residences. The company was formerly known as Leisureworld Senior Care Corporation and changed its name to Sienna Senior Living Inc. in May 2015. Sienna Senior Living Inc. was founded in 1972 and is headquartered in Markham, Canada.

About Medical Facilities

Medical Facilities Corporation, through its subsidiaries, owns and operates specialty hospitals and ambulatory surgery center in the United States. The company’s specialty hospital offers non-emergency surgical, imaging, diagnostic, and pain management procedures, as well as other ancillary services, such as primary and urgent care; and ambulatory surgery centers offers scheduled outpatient surgical procedures. Medical Facilities Corporation was incorporated in 2004 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.