Broadridge Financial Solutions (NYSE:BR – Get Free Report) and Augmedix (NASDAQ:AUGX – Get Free Report) are both business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, dividends, earnings and institutional ownership.
Risk and Volatility
Broadridge Financial Solutions has a beta of 1.04, meaning that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Augmedix has a beta of -0.22, meaning that its share price is 122% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for Broadridge Financial Solutions and Augmedix, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Broadridge Financial Solutions | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2.43 |
| Augmedix | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2.00 |
Profitability
This table compares Broadridge Financial Solutions and Augmedix’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Broadridge Financial Solutions | 10.92% | 40.88% | 10.92% |
| Augmedix | -41.95% | -178.34% | -38.74% |
Institutional & Insider Ownership
90.0% of Broadridge Financial Solutions shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.1% of Augmedix shares are held by institutional investors. 1.6% of Broadridge Financial Solutions shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 11.0% of Augmedix shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Earnings & Valuation
This table compares Broadridge Financial Solutions and Augmedix’s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Broadridge Financial Solutions | $6.51 billion | 3.84 | $630.60 million | $5.86 | 36.05 |
| Augmedix | $48.70 million | 2.28 | -$19.17 million | ($0.43) | -5.28 |
Broadridge Financial Solutions has higher revenue and earnings than Augmedix. Augmedix is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Broadridge Financial Solutions, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Broadridge Financial Solutions beats Augmedix on 12 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Broadridge Financial Solutions
Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. provides investor communications and technology-driven solutions for the financial services industry. The company's Investor Communication Solutions segment processes and distributes proxy materials to investors in equity securities and mutual funds, as well as facilitates related vote processing services; and distributes regulatory reports, class action, and corporate action/reorganization event information, as well as tax reporting solutions. It also offers ProxyEdge, an electronic proxy delivery and voting solution; data-driven solutions and an end-to-end platform for content management, composition, and omni-channel distribution of regulatory, marketing, and transactional information, as well as mutual fund trade processing services; solutions for public corporations and mutual funds; data and analytics solutions; SEC filing and capital markets transaction services; registrar, stock transfer, and record-keeping services; and omni-channel customer communications solutions, as well as operates Broadridge Communications Cloud platform that creates, delivers, and manages communications and customer engagement activities. Its Global Technology and Operations segment provides solutions that automate the front-to-back transaction lifecycle of equity, mutual fund, fixed income, foreign exchange and exchange-traded derivatives, order capture and execution, trade confirmation, margin, cash management, clearing and settlement, reference data management, reconciliations, securities financing and collateral management, asset servicing, compliance and regulatory reporting, portfolio accounting, and custody-related services. This segment also offers business process outsourcing services; technology solutions, such portfolio management, compliance, fee billing, and operational support solutions; and capital market and wealth and investment management solutions. The company was founded in 1962 and is headquartered in Lake Success, New York.
About Augmedix
Augmedix, Inc. provides remote medical documentation solutions and live clinical support services in the United States. Its platform offers Augmedix Live that provides synchronous medical note documentation and point of care support; Augmedix Go Assist that offers asynchronous medical documentation based upon previously recorded visits; Augmedix Prep that provides patient demographics, past medical history, medication changes and other points from the patient's health record; and Augmedix Go, an autonomous, ambient AI mobile software application that offers fully automated medical documentation based upon recorded visits. The company enables clinicians to access its applications through mobile devices, such as smartphones. It serves health systems and specialty groups. The company was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.
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