Health Catalyst (NASDAQ:HCAT – Get Free Report) and Phreesia (NYSE:PHR – Get Free Report) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, valuation, analyst recommendations and dividends.
Profitability
This table compares Health Catalyst and Phreesia’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Health Catalyst | -87.69% | -3.52% | -1.77% |
| Phreesia | 1.85% | 5.13% | 3.12% |
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for Health Catalyst and Phreesia, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Health Catalyst | 1 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2.23 |
| Phreesia | 1 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 2.42 |
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares Health Catalyst and Phreesia”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Health Catalyst | $311.14 million | 0.41 | -$177.97 million | ($3.72) | -0.47 |
| Phreesia | $480.59 million | 1.20 | $2.31 million | $0.15 | 62.37 |
Phreesia has higher revenue and earnings than Health Catalyst. Health Catalyst is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Phreesia, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
85.0% of Health Catalyst shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.1% of Phreesia shares are owned by institutional investors. 19.4% of Health Catalyst shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 5.2% of Phreesia shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Volatility and Risk
Health Catalyst has a beta of 1.66, suggesting that its stock price is 66% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Phreesia has a beta of 0.91, suggesting that its stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Phreesia beats Health Catalyst on 12 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Health Catalyst
Health Catalyst, Inc. provides data and analytics technology and services to healthcare organizations in the United States. It operates in two segments, Technology and Professional Services. The company provides data operating system data platform which provides clients single comprehensive environment to integrate and organize data from their disparate software systems; and analytics applications, a software analytics applications build for data platform to analyze clients face across clinical and quality, population health, and financial and operational use cases. It offers services expertise solutions comprising data and analytics, domain expertise and education, tech-enabled managed, and implementation services; and opportunity analysis and prioritization, data governance, data modeling and analysis, quality and process improvement strategy, cost accounting, data abstraction, and population health strategies. The company was formerly known as HQC Holdings, Inc. and changed its name to Health Catalyst, Inc. in March 2017. Health Catalyst, Inc. was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in South Jordan, Utah.
About Phreesia
Phreesia, Inc. provides an integrated SaaS-based software and payment platform for the healthcare industry in the United States and Canada. The company offers access solutions that offers appointment scheduling system for online appointments, reminders, and referral tracking management; registration solution to automate patient self-registration; revenue cycle solution, which offer insurance-verification processes, point-of-sale payments applications, post-visit payment collection, and flexible payment options; and network connect solution to deliver clinically relevant content to patients. The company deploys its platform in a range of modalities, such as Phreesia Mobile, a patients' mobile device; Phreesia Dashboard, a web-based dashboard for healthcare services clients; PhreesiaPads, a self-service intake tablets; and Arrivals Kiosks, an on-site kiosks. It serves patients; single-specialty practices, multi-specialty groups, and health systems; and pharmaceutical, medical device, and biotechnology companies. The company was incorporated in 2005 and is based in Wilmington, Delaware.
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