HealthEquity (HQY) Competitors

HealthEquity (NASDAQ:HQY) and Integer (NYSE:ITGR) are both mid-cap medical companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings and media sentiment.

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of HQY or ITGR?

99.6% of HealthEquity shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.3% of Integer shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.5% of HealthEquity shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of Integer shares are owned by company insiders. 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.

Which has better valuation and earnings, HQY or ITGR?

Integer has higher revenue and earnings than HealthEquity. Integer is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than HealthEquity, 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
HealthEquity	$1.20B	6.56	$96.70M	$1.37	66.47
Integer	$1.72B	2.17	$119.90M	$2.27	46.93

Do analysts recommend HQY or ITGR?

HealthEquity presently has a consensus target price of $118.55, suggesting a potential upside of 30.18%. Integer has a consensus target price of $140.25, suggesting a potential upside of 31.67%. Given Integer's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Integer is more favorable than HealthEquity.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
HealthEquity	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Integer	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has more volatility & risk, HQY or ITGR?

HealthEquity has a beta of 0.54, indicating that its share price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Integer has a beta of 1.02, indicating that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer HQY or ITGR?

In the previous week, Integer had 9 more articles in the media than HealthEquity. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Integer and 7 mentions for HealthEquity. HealthEquity's average media sentiment score of 1.70 beat Integer's score of 0.35 indicating that HealthEquity is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
HealthEquity	7 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Integer	5 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	5 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is HQY or ITGR more profitable?

HealthEquity has a net margin of 9.80% compared to Integer's net margin of 4.61%. Integer's return on equity of 12.27% beat HealthEquity's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
HealthEquity	9.80%	11.01%	6.77%
Integer	4.61%	12.27%	6.23%

Summary

Integer beats HealthEquity on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.