CorVel (CRVL) Competitors

Laboratory Co. of America (NYSE:LH) and CorVel (NASDAQ:CRVL) are both medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment, risk, valuation, community ranking and earnings.

Which has more risk and volatility, LH or CRVL?

Laboratory Co. of America has a beta of 1.06, meaning that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CorVel has a beta of 1.15, meaning that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is LH or CRVL more profitable?

CorVel has a net margin of 9.64% compared to Laboratory Co. of America's net margin of 3.43%. CorVel's return on equity of 31.73% beat Laboratory Co. of America's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Laboratory Co. of America	3.43%	15.27%	7.13%
CorVel	9.64%	31.73%	17.12%

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in LH or CRVL?

95.9% of Laboratory Co. of America shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.4% of CorVel shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of Laboratory Co. of America shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 47.6% of CorVel shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has better earnings and valuation, LH or CRVL?

Laboratory Co. of America has higher revenue and earnings than CorVel. Laboratory Co. of America is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CorVel, 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
Laboratory Co. of America	$12.16B	1.68	$418M	$5.17	47.27
CorVel	$795.31M	7.13	$76.25M	$1.57	70.31

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in LH or CRVL?

Laboratory Co. of America received 427 more outperform votes than CorVel when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.08% of users gave Laboratory Co. of America an outperform vote while only 63.79% of users gave CorVel an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Laboratory Co. of America	Outperform Votes 619 64.08%	Underperform Votes 347 35.92%
CorVel	Outperform Votes 192 63.79%	Underperform Votes 109 36.21%

Do analysts rate LH or CRVL?

Laboratory Co. of America currently has a consensus target price of $260.54, suggesting a potential upside of 6.61%. Given Laboratory Co. of America's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Laboratory Co. of America is more favorable than CorVel.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Laboratory Co. of America	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.88
CorVel	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the media favor LH or CRVL?

In the previous week, Laboratory Co. of America had 6 more articles in the media than CorVel. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Laboratory Co. of America and 3 mentions for CorVel. Laboratory Co. of America's average media sentiment score of 1.41 beat CorVel's score of 0.94 indicating that Laboratory Co. of America is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Laboratory Co. of America	8 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
CorVel	1 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Laboratory Co. of America beats CorVel on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.