Financial Review: Teladoc Health (NYSE:TDOC) versus eWellness Healthcare (OTCMKTS:EWLL)

eWellness Healthcare (OTCMKTS:EWLL) and Teladoc Health (NYSE:TDOC) are both healthcare companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, institutional ownership and earnings.

Profitability

This table compares eWellness Healthcare and Teladoc Health’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
eWellness Healthcare	N/A	N/A	N/A
Teladoc Health	-7.13%	-12.15%	-5.83%

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current recommendations and price targets for eWellness Healthcare and Teladoc Health, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
eWellness Healthcare	0	0	0	0	0.00
Teladoc Health	1	10	5	0	2.25

Teladoc Health has a consensus target price of $7.54, indicating a potential upside of 8.99%. Given Teladoc Health’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Teladoc Health is more favorable than eWellness Healthcare.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares eWellness Healthcare and Teladoc Health”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
eWellness Healthcare	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Teladoc Health	$2.53 billion	0.50	-$200.32 million	($0.99)	-6.98

eWellness Healthcare has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Teladoc Health.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

76.8% of Teladoc Health shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Teladoc Health shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Teladoc Health beats eWellness Healthcare on 6 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About eWellness Healthcare

eWellness Healthcare Corporation, a physical therapy telehealth company, provides real-time distance monitored assessments and treatments. The company was incorporated in 2011 and is based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

About Teladoc Health

Teladoc Health, Inc. provides virtual healthcare services worldwide. The company operates through Teladoc Health Integrated Care and BetterHelp segments. The Integrated Care segment offers virtual medical services, including general medical, expert medical, specialty medical, chronic condition management, and mental health, as well as enabling technologies and enterprise telehealth solutions for hospitals and health systems. The BetterHelp segment operates a mental health platform that provides online counseling and therapy services through website, mobile applications, phones, and text-based interactions by its licensed clinicians. The company offers its products and services under the Teladoc, Livongo, and BetterHelp brands. It serves employers, health plans, hospitals and health systems, and insurance and financial services companies, as well as individual members. The company was formerly known as Teladoc, Inc. and changed its name to Teladoc Health, Inc. in August 2018. Teladoc Health, Inc. was incorporated in 2002 and is headquartered in Purchase, New York.