Quipt Home Medical (NASDAQ:QIPT – Get Free Report) and DaVita (NYSE:DVA – Get Free Report) are both medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, risk, dividends and analyst recommendations.
Risk and Volatility
Quipt Home Medical has a beta of 0.57, suggesting that its share price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DaVita has a beta of 0.94, suggesting that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for Quipt Home Medical and DaVita, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Quipt Home Medical | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3.00 |
| DaVita | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 |
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares Quipt Home Medical and DaVita”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Quipt Home Medical | $245.91 million | 0.52 | -$6.76 million | ($0.15) | -19.80 |
| DaVita | $12.82 billion | 1.00 | $691.53 million | $10.74 | 14.61 |
DaVita has higher revenue and earnings than Quipt Home Medical. Quipt Home Medical is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than DaVita, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Profitability
This table compares Quipt Home Medical and DaVita’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Quipt Home Medical | -2.66% | -6.18% | -2.73% |
| DaVita | 6.53% | 88.18% | 4.88% |
Insider and Institutional Ownership
42.9% of Quipt Home Medical shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.1% of DaVita shares are owned by institutional investors. 13.4% of Quipt Home Medical shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of DaVita shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
DaVita beats Quipt Home Medical on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Quipt Home Medical
Quipt Home Medical Corp., through its subsidiaries, engages in the provision of durable and home medical equipment and supplies in the United States. The company offers nebulizers, oxygen concentrators, and CPAP and BiPAP units; traditional and non-traditional durable medical respiratory equipment and services; non-invasive ventilation equipment, supplies, and services; and engages in the rental of medical equipment. It offers management of various chronic disease states focusing on patients with heart and pulmonary disease, sleep apnea, reduced mobility, and other chronic health conditions. The company was formerly known as Protech Home Medical Corp. and changed its name to Quipt Home Medical Corp. in May 2021. Quipt Home Medical Corp. is headquartered in Wilder, Kentucky.
About DaVita
DaVita Inc. provides kidney dialysis services for patients suffering from chronic kidney failure in the United States. The company operates kidney dialysis centers and provides related lab services in outpatient dialysis centers. It also offers outpatient, hospital inpatient, and home-based hemodialysis services; operates clinical laboratories that provide routine laboratory tests for dialysis and other physician-prescribed laboratory tests for ESRD patients; and management and administrative services to outpatient dialysis centers. In addition, the company offers integrated care and disease management services to patients in risk-based and other integrated care arrangements; clinical research programs; physician services; and comprehensive kidney care services. Further, it engages in the provision of acute inpatient dialysis services and related laboratory services; and transplant software business. The company was formerly known as DaVita HealthCare Partners Inc. and changed its name to DaVita Inc. in September 2016. DaVita Inc. was incorporated in 1994 and is headquartered in Denver, Colorado.
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