CRVL vs. WDH, GDS, KD, SPXC, FLYW, BRZE, ENV, BCO, AFRM, and INST
Should you be buying CorVel stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CorVel include Waterdrop (WDH), GDS (GDS), Kyndryl (KD), SPX Technologies (SPXC), Flywire (FLYW), Braze (BRZE), Envestnet (ENV), Brink's (BCO), Affirm (AFRM), and Instructure (INST). These companies are all part of the "business services" sector.
CorVel vs.
Waterdrop (NYSE:WDH) and CorVel (NASDAQ:CRVL) are both business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, dividends and earnings.
Waterdrop has a net margin of 21.64% compared to CorVel's net margin of 9.63%. CorVel's return on equity of 33.47% beat Waterdrop's return on equity.
Waterdrop has higher earnings, but lower revenue than CorVel. Waterdrop is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CorVel, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Waterdrop has a beta of -0.99, meaning that its stock price is 199% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CorVel has a beta of 1.06, meaning that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Waterdrop presently has a consensus target price of $2.70, indicating a potential downside of 7.22%. Given Waterdrop's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Waterdrop is more favorable than CorVel.
0.1% of Waterdrop shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.8% of CorVel shares are owned by institutional investors. 24.6% of Waterdrop shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 48.6% of CorVel shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
CorVel received 173 more outperform votes than Waterdrop when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 81.82% of users gave Waterdrop an outperform vote while only 65.00% of users gave CorVel an outperform vote.
In the previous week, CorVel had 7 more articles in the media than Waterdrop. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for CorVel and 0 mentions for Waterdrop. CorVel's average media sentiment score of 0.61 beat Waterdrop's score of 0.30 indicating that CorVel is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
CorVel beats Waterdrop on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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