CorVel (CRVL) Competitors

CorVel (NASDAQ:CRVL) and Laboratory Co. of America (NYSE:LH) are both business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation and community ranking.

Is CRVL or LH more profitable?

CorVel has a net margin of 10.12% compared to Laboratory Co. of America's net margin of 5.73%. CorVel's return on equity of 32.22% beat Laboratory Co. of America's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CorVel	10.12%	32.22%	17.66%
Laboratory Co. of America	5.73%	15.29%	7.01%

Does the media refer more to CRVL or LH?

In the previous week, Laboratory Co. of America had 3 more articles in the media than CorVel. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Laboratory Co. of America and 22 mentions for CorVel. CorVel's average media sentiment score of 1.38 beat Laboratory Co. of America's score of 0.99 indicating that CorVel is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
CorVel	18 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Laboratory Co. of America	16 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more volatility & risk, CRVL or LH?

CorVel has a beta of 0.94, meaning that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Laboratory Co. of America has a beta of 0.99, meaning that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CRVL or LH?

Laboratory Co. of America received 431 more outperform votes than CorVel when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.01% of users gave Laboratory Co. of America an outperform vote while only 63.73% of users gave CorVel an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
CorVel	Outperform Votes 195 63.73%	Underperform Votes 111 36.27%
Laboratory Co. of America	Outperform Votes 626 64.01%	Underperform Votes 352 35.99%

Do analysts rate CRVL or LH?

Laboratory Co. of America has a consensus target price of $268.77, indicating a potential upside of 21.84%. Given Laboratory Co. of America's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Laboratory Co. of America is more favorable than CorVel.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CorVel	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Laboratory Co. of America	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	11 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.87

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in CRVL or LH?

51.4% of CorVel shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.9% of Laboratory Co. of America shares are owned by institutional investors. 47.6% of CorVel shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Laboratory Co. of America shares are owned by insiders. 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.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, CRVL or LH?

Laboratory Co. of America has higher revenue and earnings than CorVel. Laboratory Co. of America is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CorVel, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
CorVel	$871.31M	6.90	$76.25M	$1.70	68.89
Laboratory Co. of America	$13.01B	1.42	$746M	$8.82	25.01

Summary

Laboratory Co. of America beats CorVel on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.