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HQY vs. IQV, CPAY, GIB, TOST, AER, GRAB, RBA, RDDT, GFL, and TRU

Should you be buying HealthEquity stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of HealthEquity include IQVIA (IQV), Corpay (CPAY), CGI (GIB), Toast (TOST), AerCap (AER), Grab (GRAB), RB Global (RBA), Reddit (RDDT), GFL Environmental (GFL), and TransUnion (TRU). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.

HealthEquity vs.

IQVIA (NYSE:IQV) and HealthEquity (NASDAQ:HQY) are both medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, institutional ownership and profitability.

89.6% of IQVIA shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.6% of HealthEquity shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.6% of IQVIA shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of HealthEquity shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

IQVIA has a net margin of 8.91% compared to HealthEquity's net margin of 8.41%. IQVIA's return on equity of 28.81% beat HealthEquity's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
IQVIA8.91% 28.81% 7.02%
HealthEquity 8.41%9.70%6.08%

IQVIA received 145 more outperform votes than HealthEquity when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.26% of users gave HealthEquity an outperform vote while only 68.12% of users gave IQVIA an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
IQVIAOutperform Votes
686
68.12%
Underperform Votes
321
31.88%
HealthEquityOutperform Votes
541
70.26%
Underperform Votes
229
29.74%

In the previous week, IQVIA had 5 more articles in the media than HealthEquity. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for IQVIA and 24 mentions for HealthEquity. IQVIA's average media sentiment score of 1.29 beat HealthEquity's score of 1.02 indicating that IQVIA is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
IQVIA
22 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
HealthEquity
16 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

IQVIA has higher revenue and earnings than HealthEquity. IQVIA is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than HealthEquity, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
IQVIA$15.50B1.54$1.37B$7.3418.78
HealthEquity$1.20B7.24$55.71M$1.0992.08

IQVIA presently has a consensus target price of $228.14, suggesting a potential upside of 65.53%. HealthEquity has a consensus target price of $112.33, suggesting a potential upside of 11.92%. Given IQVIA's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe IQVIA is more favorable than HealthEquity.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
IQVIA
0 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
16 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75
HealthEquity
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

IQVIA has a beta of 1.34, suggesting that its share price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HealthEquity has a beta of 0.45, suggesting that its share price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

IQVIA beats HealthEquity on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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HQY vs. The Competition

MetricHealthEquityBusiness services IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$8.68B$21.55B$5.33B$8.43B
Dividend YieldN/A2.62%5.21%4.11%
P/E Ratio92.1137.7926.8519.75
Price / Sales7.2414.14388.74118.67
Price / Cash32.6732.3038.2534.62
Price / Book4.235.866.764.50
Net Income$55.71M$692.23M$3.23B$248.32M
7 Day Performance2.79%-1.18%1.71%0.48%
1 Month Performance20.28%26.89%11.16%13.08%
1 Year Performance26.32%35.80%17.17%7.36%

HealthEquity Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HQY
HealthEquity
3.1882 of 5 stars
$100.08
+1.3%
$112.33
+12.2%
+24.6%$8.66B$1.20B91.823,720News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
High Trading Volume
IQV
IQVIA
4.9477 of 5 stars
$143.32
+0.4%
$228.14
+59.2%
-40.1%$24.79B$15.50B19.1186,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
High Trading Volume
CPAY
Corpay
4.3361 of 5 stars
$348.39
-0.1%
$395.07
+13.4%
+20.1%$24.56B$4.05B24.9210,500Positive News
GIB
CGI
3.9056 of 5 stars
$108.10
-0.1%
$156.75
+45.0%
+2.3%$24.51B$15.14B19.5590,000Positive News
TOST
Toast
2.6128 of 5 stars
$44.68
-0.1%
$40.91
-8.4%
+61.3%$22.25B$5.22B-4,463.544,500Positive News
AER
AerCap
3.4363 of 5 stars
$113.66
+0.5%
$119.25
+4.9%
+22.5%$21.23B$8.06B9.01740Positive News
GRAB
Grab
1.8258 of 5 stars
$5.08
-0.2%
$5.71
+12.3%
+29.3%$20.46B$2.92B-254.009,490Gap Up
RBA
RB Global
2.8144 of 5 stars
$108.64
+0.4%
$114.50
+5.4%
+43.1%$20.11B$4.33B54.054,200Positive News
Analyst Upgrade
RDDT
Reddit
3.8735 of 5 stars
$108.04
-4.6%
$141.36
+30.8%
+61.4%$19.94B$1.45B-13.982,013Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
GFL
GFL Environmental
4.0015 of 5 stars
$49.81
+0.9%
$54.57
+9.6%
+57.2%$19.59B$7.99B-37.4519,500Positive News
Analyst Forecast
TRU
TransUnion
4.8044 of 5 stars
$91.94
+0.1%
$109.38
+19.0%
+7.5%$17.94B$4.26B62.9712,200Positive News
Analyst Forecast

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This page (NASDAQ:HQY) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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