Quipt Home Medical (NASDAQ:QIPT – Get Free Report) and Global Cord Blood (NYSE:CO – Get Free Report) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings and valuation.
Insider and Institutional Ownership
42.8% of Quipt Home Medical shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.2% of Quipt Home Medical shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Global Cord Blood shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of current ratings for Quipt Home Medical and Global Cord Blood, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Quipt Home Medical | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3.00 |
| Global Cord Blood | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
Risk and Volatility
Quipt Home Medical has a beta of 0.56, meaning that its share price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Global Cord Blood has a beta of 0.16, meaning that its share price is 84% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares Quipt Home Medical and Global Cord Blood”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Quipt Home Medical | $245.92 million | 0.53 | -$6.76 million | ($0.15) | -20.13 |
| Global Cord Blood | $1.24 billion | 0.12 | $79.04 million | $0.64 | 1.88 |
Global Cord Blood has higher revenue and earnings than Quipt Home Medical. Quipt Home Medical is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Global Cord Blood, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Profitability
This table compares Quipt Home Medical and Global Cord Blood’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Quipt Home Medical | -2.66% | -6.18% | -2.73% |
| Global Cord Blood | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Summary
Quipt Home Medical beats Global Cord Blood on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Quipt Home Medical
Quipt Home Medical Corp., through its subsidiaries, engages in the provision of durable and home medical equipment and supplies in the United States. The company offers nebulizers, oxygen concentrators, and CPAP and BiPAP units; traditional and non-traditional durable medical respiratory equipment and services; non-invasive ventilation equipment, supplies, and services; and engages in the rental of medical equipment. It offers management of various chronic disease states focusing on patients with heart and pulmonary disease, sleep apnea, reduced mobility, and other chronic health conditions. The company was formerly known as Protech Home Medical Corp. and changed its name to Quipt Home Medical Corp. in May 2021. Quipt Home Medical Corp. is headquartered in Wilder, Kentucky.
About Global Cord Blood
Global Cord Blood operates as a holding company, which engages in the provision of cord blood banking services. It provides cord blood processing and storage service. The company also offers cord blood collection, laboratory testing, hematopoietic stem cell processing and stem cell storage services. The firm preserves cord blood units donated by the public and provides matching services on such donated units and deliver matching units to patients in need of transplants. Global Cord Blood was founded on January 17, 2008 and is headquartered in Hong Kong.
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