Critical Review: Leap Technology (OTCMKTS:LPTC) & Molina Healthcare (NYSE:MOH)

Leap Technology (OTCMKTS:LPTC) and Molina Healthcare (NYSE:MOH) are both medical companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, risk, dividends, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for Leap Technology and Molina Healthcare, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Leap Technology	0	0	0	0	0.00
Molina Healthcare	0	10	3	0	2.23

Molina Healthcare has a consensus target price of $225.18, suggesting a potential upside of 23.94%. Given Molina Healthcare’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Molina Healthcare is more favorable than Leap Technology.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

98.5% of Molina Healthcare shares are held by institutional investors. 1.1% of Leap Technology shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Molina Healthcare shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares Leap Technology and Molina Healthcare’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Leap Technology	N/A	N/A	N/A
Molina Healthcare	2.60%	27.72%	7.88%

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Leap Technology and Molina Healthcare”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Leap Technology	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Molina Healthcare	$40.65 billion	0.24	$1.18 billion	$20.29	8.95

Molina Healthcare has higher revenue and earnings than Leap Technology.

Summary

Molina Healthcare beats Leap Technology on 9 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Leap Technology

Le@P Technology, Inc. does not have significant operations. The company plans to pursue acquisition, joint venture, and investment opportunities primarily in the areas of health care technology, and products and services, as well as life sciences. Previously, it was involved in leasing a real property. Le@P Technology, Inc. was founded in 1997 and is based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

About Molina Healthcare

Molina Healthcare, Inc. provides managed healthcare services to low-income families and individuals under the Medicaid and Medicare programs and through the state insurance marketplaces. It operates in four segments: Medicaid, Medicare, Marketplace, and Other. The company served in across 19 states. The company was founded in 1980 and is headquartered in Long Beach, California.