DVA vs. LH, DGX, CHE, RCM, CRVL, AMED, AMN, MD, CCRN, and FMS
Should you be buying DaVita stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of DaVita include Laboratory Co. of America (LH), Quest Diagnostics (DGX), Chemed (CHE), R1 RCM (RCM), CorVel (CRVL), Amedisys (AMED), AMN Healthcare Services (AMN), Pediatrix Medical Group (MD), Cross Country Healthcare (CCRN), and Fresenius Medical Care (FMS).
Laboratory Co. of America (NYSE:LH) and DaVita (NYSE:DVA) are both large-cap medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, community ranking, profitability, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.
In the previous week, Laboratory Co. of America had 4 more articles in the media than DaVita. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Laboratory Co. of America and 6 mentions for DaVita. Laboratory Co. of America's average media sentiment score of 1.32 beat DaVita's score of 0.63 indicating that DaVita is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
DaVita has a net margin of 6.61% compared to DaVita's net margin of 3.52%. Laboratory Co. of America's return on equity of 68.52% beat DaVita's return on equity.
Laboratory Co. of America currently has a consensus price target of $241.86, suggesting a potential upside of 23.98%. DaVita has a consensus price target of $144.67, suggesting a potential downside of 1.67%. Given DaVita's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Laboratory Co. of America is more favorable than DaVita.
95.9% of Laboratory Co. of America shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.1% of DaVita shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of Laboratory Co. of America shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of DaVita shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Laboratory Co. of America received 108 more outperform votes than DaVita when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.18% of users gave Laboratory Co. of America an outperform vote while only 61.75% of users gave DaVita an outperform vote.
DaVita has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Laboratory Co. of America. DaVita is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Laboratory Co. of America, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Laboratory Co. of America has a beta of 1.02, suggesting that its stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DaVita has a beta of 1.04, suggesting that its stock price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Laboratory Co. of America beats DaVita on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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