LifeMD (LFMD) Competitors

LifeMD (NASDAQ:LFMD) and Teladoc Health (NYSE:TDOC) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in LFMD or TDOC?

35.5% of LifeMD shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.8% of Teladoc Health shares are owned by institutional investors. 16.0% of LifeMD shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Teladoc Health shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility and risk, LFMD or TDOC?

LifeMD has a beta of 2.22, suggesting that its stock price is 122% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Teladoc Health has a beta of 1.82, suggesting that its stock price is 82% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is LFMD or TDOC more profitable?

LifeMD has a net margin of -12.06% compared to Teladoc Health's net margin of -37.91%. LifeMD's return on equity of 0.00% beat Teladoc Health's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
LifeMD	-12.06%	N/A	-36.34%
Teladoc Health	-37.91%	-10.06%	-4.86%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor LFMD or TDOC?

Teladoc Health received 645 more outperform votes than LifeMD when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 76.92% of users gave LifeMD an outperform vote while only 62.61% of users gave Teladoc Health an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
LifeMD	Outperform Votes 40 76.92%	Underperform Votes 12 23.08%
Teladoc Health	Outperform Votes 685 62.61%	Underperform Votes 409 37.39%

Which has better valuation & earnings, LFMD or TDOC?

LifeMD has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Teladoc Health. LifeMD is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Teladoc Health, 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
LifeMD	$234.01M	2.07	-$20.60M	-$0.34	-31.29
Teladoc Health	$2.55B	0.50	-$220.37M	-$5.92	-1.24

Do analysts recommend LFMD or TDOC?

LifeMD currently has a consensus target price of $11.00, suggesting a potential upside of 3.38%. Teladoc Health has a consensus target price of $9.71, suggesting a potential upside of 32.45%. Given Teladoc Health's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Teladoc Health is more favorable than LifeMD.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
LifeMD	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Teladoc Health	0 Sell rating(s)	12 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.37

Does the media prefer LFMD or TDOC?

In the previous week, Teladoc Health had 8 more articles in the media than LifeMD. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Teladoc Health and 2 mentions for LifeMD. Teladoc Health's average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat LifeMD's score of 0.39 indicating that Teladoc Health is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
LifeMD	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Teladoc Health	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

LifeMD beats Teladoc Health on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.