Teladoc Health (TDOC) Competitors

Teladoc Health (NYSE:TDOC) and Option Care Health (NASDAQ:OPCH) are both medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, dividends, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership and community ranking.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of TDOC or OPCH?

76.8% of Teladoc Health shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.1% of Option Care Health shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Teladoc Health shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Option Care Health shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, TDOC or OPCH?

Option Care Health has higher revenue and earnings than Teladoc Health. Teladoc Health is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Option Care Health, 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
Teladoc Health	$2.57B	0.55	-$220.37M	-$5.88	-1.38
Option Care Health	$5.00B	1.14	$267.09M	$1.22	28.47

Do analysts prefer TDOC or OPCH?

Teladoc Health currently has a consensus target price of $11.26, suggesting a potential upside of 38.81%. Option Care Health has a consensus target price of $33.00, suggesting a potential downside of 4.98%. Given Teladoc Health's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Teladoc Health is more favorable than Option Care Health.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Teladoc Health	0 Sell rating(s)	11 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.39
Option Care Health	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75

Which has more volatility & risk, TDOC or OPCH?

Teladoc Health has a beta of 1.27, suggesting that its stock price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Option Care Health has a beta of 1.33, suggesting that its stock price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer TDOC or OPCH?

In the previous week, Option Care Health had 7 more articles in the media than Teladoc Health. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Option Care Health and 7 mentions for Teladoc Health. Option Care Health's average media sentiment score of 1.64 beat Teladoc Health's score of 0.37 indicating that Option Care Health is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Teladoc Health	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Option Care Health	11 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Is TDOC or OPCH more profitable?

Option Care Health has a net margin of 4.37% compared to Teladoc Health's net margin of -37.91%. Option Care Health's return on equity of 15.30% beat Teladoc Health's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Teladoc Health	-37.91%	-10.06%	-4.86%
Option Care Health	4.37%	15.30%	6.57%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor TDOC or OPCH?

Teladoc Health received 623 more outperform votes than Option Care Health when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.95% of users gave Teladoc Health an outperform vote while only 62.50% of users gave Option Care Health an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Teladoc Health	Outperform Votes 683 62.95%	Underperform Votes 402 37.05%
Option Care Health	Outperform Votes 60 62.50%	Underperform Votes 36 37.50%

Summary

Option Care Health beats Teladoc Health on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.