Contrasting CorVel (NASDAQ:CRVL) & Viemed Healthcare (NASDAQ:VMD)

Viemed Healthcare (NASDAQ:VMD) and CorVel (NASDAQ:CRVL) are both healthcare companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, risk, profitability and institutional ownership.

Profitability

This table compares Viemed Healthcare and CorVel’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Viemed Healthcare	4.81%	10.16%	7.22%
CorVel	11.72%	29.92%	17.82%

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Viemed Healthcare and CorVel”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Viemed Healthcare	$270.28 million	1.29	$14.93 million	$0.36	25.33
CorVel	$958.53 million	3.58	$110.34 million	$2.25	29.93

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

Institutional & Insider Ownership

74.2% of Viemed Healthcare shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.4% of CorVel shares are held by institutional investors. 20.6% of Viemed Healthcare shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 39.7% of CorVel shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings for Viemed Healthcare and CorVel, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Viemed Healthcare	0	2	1	0	2.33
CorVel	0	1	0	0	2.00

Risk & Volatility

Viemed Healthcare has a beta of 1.1, suggesting that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CorVel has a beta of 0.98, suggesting that its share price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

CorVel beats Viemed Healthcare on 9 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Viemed Healthcare

Viemed Healthcare, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides home medical equipment (HME) and post-acute respiratory healthcare services to patients in the United States. It provides respiratory disease management solutions, including treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), which include non-invasive ventilation, percussion vests, and other therapies; and invasive and non-invasive ventilation and related equipment and supplies to patients suffering from COPD. The company leases non-invasive and invasive ventilators, positive airway pressure machines (PAP), durable medical equipment, percussion vests, oxygen concentrators, and other medical equipment; and sells and rents HME devices. In addition, it provides neuromuscular care and oxygen therapy services; and sleep apnea management provides sleep solutions and/or equipment, such as PAP, automatic continuous positive airway pressure, and bi-level positive airway pressure machines. Further, the company offers in home sleep apnea testing services, as well as healthcare staffing and recruitment services. Viemed Healthcare, Inc. was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Lafayette, Louisiana.

About CorVel

CorVel Corporation provides workers’ compensation, auto, liability, and health solutions. It applies technology, including artificial intelligence, machine learning, and natural language processing to enhance the managing of episodes of care and the related health care costs. The company also offers network solutions services, including automated medical fee auditing, preferred provider management and reimbursement, retrospective utilization review, facility claim review, professional review, pharmacy, directed care, clearinghouse, independent medical examination, and inpatient medical bill review services, as well as Medicare solutions. In addition, it provides a range of patient management services, such as claims management, case management, 24/7 nurse triage, utilization management, vocational rehabilitation, and life care planning, as well as processing of claims for self-insured payors with respect to property and casualty insurance. The company offers solutions to employers, third party administrators, insurance companies, and government agencies to assist them in managing the medical costs and monitoring the quality of care associated with healthcare claims. CorVel Corporation was incorporated in 1987 and is based in Fort Worth, Texas.