Sienna Senior Living (OTCMKTS:LWSCF) and Medical Facilities (OTCMKTS:MFCSF) Financial Survey

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

Dividends

Medical Facilities pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.6%. Sienna Senior Living pays an annual dividend of $0.90 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.3%. 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. Sienna Senior Living pays out -141.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Earnings & Valuation

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

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Medical Facilities	N/A	N/A	N/A	$0.94	11.46
Sienna Senior Living	N/A	N/A	N/A	($0.64)	-16.97

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.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

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

Profitability

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

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

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for Medical Facilities and Sienna Senior Living, as reported by MarketBeat.

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

Sienna Senior Living 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, analysts plainly believe Sienna Senior Living is more favorable than Medical Facilities.

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.

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.