Selectis Health (OTCMKTS:GBCS) & Service Properties Trust (NASDAQ:SVC) Head-To-Head Contrast

Service Properties Trust (NASDAQ:SVC) and Selectis Health (OTCMKTS:GBCS) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings and institutional ownership.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

77.6% of Service Properties Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of Service Properties Trust shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 15.2% of Selectis Health shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Volatility and Risk

Service Properties Trust has a beta of 2.19, meaning that its share price is 119% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Selectis Health has a beta of -0.38, meaning that its share price is 138% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Service Properties Trust and Selectis Health’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Service Properties Trust	-12.87%	-22.67%	-3.37%
Selectis Health	-14.37%	N/A	-14.59%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current recommendations for Service Properties Trust and Selectis Health, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Service Properties Trust	1	0	1	0	2.00
Selectis Health	0	0	0	0	0.00

Service Properties Trust presently has a consensus price target of $5.38, indicating a potential upside of 120.29%. Given Service Properties Trust’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Service Properties Trust is more favorable than Selectis Health.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Service Properties Trust and Selectis Health”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Service Properties Trust	$1.88 billion	0.22	-$32.78 million	($1.47)	-1.66
Selectis Health	$36.78 million	N/A	-$3.97 million	($1.79)	-1.04

Selectis Health has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Service Properties Trust. Service Properties Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Selectis Health, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

Service Properties Trust beats Selectis Health on 9 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Service Properties Trust

Service Properties Trust (Nasdaq: SVC) is a real estate investment trust with over $11 billion invested in two asset categories: hotels and service-focused retail net lease properties. As of December 31, 2023, SVC owned 221 hotels with over 37,000 guest rooms throughout the United States and in Puerto Rico and Canada, the majority of which are extended stay and select service. As of December 31, 2023, SVC also owned 752 service-focused retail net lease properties totaling approximately 13.3 million square feet throughout the United States. SVC is managed by The RMR Group (Nasdaq: RMR), a leading U.S. alternative asset management company with over $41 billion in assets under management as of December 31, 2023, and more than 35 years of institutional experience in buying, selling, financing and operating commercial real estate. SVC is headquartered in Newton, MA.

About Selectis Health

Selectis Health owns and/or operates healthcare facilities in Arkansas, Georgia, Ohio, and Oklahoma, providing a wide array of living services, speech, occupational, physical therapies, social services, and other rehabilitation and healthcare services. Selectis focuses on building strategic relationships with local communities in which its partnership can improve the quality of care for facility residents. With its focused growth strategy, Selectis intends to deepen its American Southcentral and Southeastern market presence to better serve the aging population along a full continuum of care.