Teladoc Health (NYSE:TDOC – Get Free Report) and Medpace (NASDAQ:MEDP – Get Free Report) are both medical companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability and dividends.
Insider & Institutional Ownership
76.8% of Teladoc Health shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.0% of Medpace shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Teladoc Health shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 20.3% of Medpace shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Profitability
This table compares Teladoc Health and Medpace’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Teladoc Health | -8.84% | -10.59% | -4.77% |
| Medpace | 18.36% | 91.88% | 23.65% |
Analyst Recommendations
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Teladoc Health | 1 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 2.13 |
| Medpace | 3 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1.93 |
Teladoc Health presently has a consensus price target of $9.12, indicating a potential upside of 43.78%. Medpace has a consensus price target of $491.27, indicating a potential downside of 16.46%. Given Teladoc Health’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Teladoc Health is more favorable than Medpace.
Risk and Volatility
Teladoc Health has a beta of 2.04, meaning that its stock price is 104% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Medpace has a beta of 1.43, meaning that its stock price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Earnings & Valuation
This table compares Teladoc Health and Medpace”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Teladoc Health | $2.57 billion | 0.44 | -$1.00 billion | ($1.28) | -4.95 |
| Medpace | $2.11 billion | 7.85 | $404.39 million | $14.30 | 41.12 |
Medpace has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Teladoc Health. Teladoc Health is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Medpace, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Medpace beats Teladoc Health on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Teladoc Health
Teladoc Health, Inc. provides virtual healthcare services worldwide. The company operates through Teladoc Health Integrated Care and BetterHelp segments. The Integrated Care segment offers virtual medical services, including general medical, expert medical, specialty medical, chronic condition management, and mental health, as well as enabling technologies and enterprise telehealth solutions for hospitals and health systems. The BetterHelp segment operates a mental health platform that provides online counseling and therapy services through website, mobile applications, phones, and text-based interactions by its licensed clinicians. The company offers its products and services under the Teladoc, Livongo, and BetterHelp brands. It serves employers, health plans, hospitals and health systems, and insurance and financial services companies, as well as individual members. The company was formerly known as Teladoc, Inc. and changed its name to Teladoc Health, Inc. in August 2018. Teladoc Health, Inc. was incorporated in 2002 and is headquartered in Purchase, New York.
About Medpace
Medpace Holdings, Inc. engages in the provision of outsourced clinical development services to the biotechnology, pharmaceutical and medical device industries. Its services include medical department, clinical trial management, data-driven feasibility, study-start-up, clinical monitoring, regulatory affairs, patient recruitment and retention, medical writing, biometrics and data sciences, pharmacovigilance, core laboratory, laboratories, clinics, and quality assurance. The company was founded by August James Troendle in 1992 and is headquartered in Cincinnati, OH.
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