Sienna Senior Living (OTCMKTS:LWSCF) & Orpea (OTCMKTS:ORPEF) Critical Contrast

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

Insider and Institutional Ownership

11.9% of Sienna Senior Living shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 25.0% of Orpea shares are owned by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Sienna Senior Living and Orpea”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) 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)	-19.12
Orpea	N/A	N/A	N/A	$1.83	3.61

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

Profitability

This table compares Sienna Senior Living and Orpea’s 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
Orpea	N/A	N/A	N/A

Dividends

Sienna Senior Living pays an annual dividend of $0.90 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.4%. Orpea pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.1%. Sienna Senior Living pays out -141.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Orpea pays out 32.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent recommendations for Sienna Senior Living and Orpea, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

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

Sienna Senior Living currently has a consensus target price of $15.50, suggesting a potential upside of 27.05%. Given Sienna Senior Living’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Sienna Senior Living is more favorable than Orpea.

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 Orpea

ORPEA SA operates nursing homes, assisted-living facilities, post-acute and rehabilitation hospitals, and psychiatric hospitals. Its nursing home facilities provide personalized support services; and logistical and residential services, including accommodation, meals, and laundry and room cleaning, as well as various daily event, entertainment, and therapeutic workshop services. The company's post-acute and rehabilitation hospitals offer services for geriatrics, musculoskeletal, nervous system, cardiovascular, hematology, and oncology conditions, as well as patients in a persistent vegetative state or in a minimally conscious state. Its psychiatric hospitals provide services for the patients with mood disorders, anxiety disorders, obsessive-compulsive disorders, addictions, eating disorders, sleep disorders, personality disorders, ageing-related psychiatric disorders, psychosis, over exhaustion or burn-out, chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia, psychosomatic conditions, and post-traumatic stress disorder conditions, as well as geriatric, child, young adult, parent-child, and public/private patients psychiatry services. In addition, the company offers home care services, including housekeeping services, such as cleaning, meals, ironing, gardening, and household errands; daily life assistance services comprising day or night supervision, assistance with hygiene tasks, and meal-time assistance; and movement assistance services. The company operates in France, Belgium, Spain, Italy, Ireland, Switzerland, Austria, Germany, the Czech Republic, Poland, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Portugal, Brazil, Russia, Slovenia, Uruguay, Colombia, Mexico, Chile, Latvia, Croatia, and China. ORPEA SA was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in Puteaux, France.