Comparing Veeva Systems (NYSE:VEEV) & PPJ Enterprise (OTCMKTS:PPJE)

PPJ Enterprise (OTCMKTS:PPJE) and Veeva Systems (NYSE:VEEV) are both medical companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk and profitability.

Profitability

This table compares PPJ Enterprise and Veeva Systems’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
PPJ Enterprise	N/A	N/A	N/A
Veeva Systems	28.37%	13.72%	11.31%

Volatility and Risk

PPJ Enterprise has a beta of -0.31, suggesting that its share price is 131% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Veeva Systems has a beta of 0.94, suggesting that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares PPJ Enterprise and Veeva Systems”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
PPJ Enterprise	$670,000.00	0.00	$10,000.00	N/A	N/A
Veeva Systems	$3.20 billion	9.94	$908.91 million	$5.61	34.87

Veeva Systems has higher revenue and earnings than PPJ Enterprise.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

88.2% of Veeva Systems shares are held by institutional investors. 10.6% of Veeva Systems shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and target prices for PPJ Enterprise and Veeva Systems, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
PPJ Enterprise	0	0	0	0	0.00
Veeva Systems	1	8	18	0	2.63

Veeva Systems has a consensus target price of $247.74, suggesting a potential upside of 26.64%. Given Veeva Systems’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Veeva Systems is more favorable than PPJ Enterprise.

Summary

Veeva Systems beats PPJ Enterprise on 11 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About PPJ Enterprise

PPJ Healthcare Enterprises, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides automated healthcare reimbursement cycle, online health information digital-systems, and practice information management digital-system software to health care providers and general businesses worldwide. The company offers the Automated Biller, a medical billing system that allows physicians to bill their medical insurance claims at the point of service without data entry, coding, or billing personnel. It also provides billing, specialty medical billing, collection, and workers comp lien collection services for health care providers in the areas of pain management, anesthesia and surgery centers practices, and various specialties of medicine. The company was formerly known as PPJ Enterprise and changed its name to PPJ Healthcare Enterprises, Inc. in October 2014. PPJ Healthcare Enterprises, Inc. was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Reno, Nevada.

About Veeva Systems

Veeva Systems Inc. provides cloud-based software for the life sciences industry. It offers Veeva Commercial Cloud, a suite of software and analytics solutions, such as Veeva customer relationship management (CRM) that enable customer-facing employees at pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies; Veeva Vault PromoMats, an end-to-end content and digital asset management solution; Veeva Vault Medical that provides source of medical content across multiple channels and geographies; Veeva Crossix, an analytics platform for pharmaceutical brands; Veeva OpenData, a customer reference data solution; Veeva Link, a data application that allows link to generate real-time intelligence; and Veeva Compass includes de-identified and longitudinal patient data for the United States. The company also provides Veeva Development Cloud, a suite of applications for the clinical, regulatory, quality, and safety functions, including Veeva Vault Clinical, Veeva Vault RIM, Veeva Vault Safety, and Veeva Vault Quality; Veeva QualityOne, a quality and document management, and training solution; Veeva RegulatoryOne, a solution that helps companies to manage regulatory submission content; and Veeva Claims addresses the end-to-end product and marketing claims management process. In addition, it offers professional and support services, including implementation and deployment planning and project management; requirements analysis, solution design, and configuration; systems environment management and deployment services; services focused on advancing or transforming business and operating processes related to Veeva solutions; data migration and systems integrations technical consulting services; training on its solutions; and ongoing managed services, such as outsourced systems administration. The company was formerly known as Verticals onDemand, Inc. and changed its name to Veeva Systems Inc. in April 2009. Veeva Systems Inc. was incorporated in 2007 and is headquartered in Pleasanton, California.