Financial Review: Ryman Healthcare (OTCMKTS:RYHTY) & CorVel (NASDAQ:CRVL)

CorVel (NASDAQ:CRVL) and Ryman Healthcare (OTCMKTS:RYHTY) are both healthcare companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation and analyst recommendations.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for CorVel and Ryman Healthcare, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CorVel	0	1	0	0	2.00
Ryman Healthcare	0	0	0	0	0.00

Institutional & Insider Ownership

51.4% of CorVel shares are owned by institutional investors. 39.7% of CorVel shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Earnings & Valuation

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

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
CorVel	$958.53 million	3.20	$110.34 million	$2.14	28.07
Ryman Healthcare	$502.59 million	2.47	-$100.65 million	N/A	N/A

CorVel has higher revenue and earnings than Ryman Healthcare.

Risk & Volatility

CorVel has a beta of 0.98, indicating that its share price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ryman Healthcare has a beta of 0.71, indicating that its share price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares CorVel and Ryman Healthcare’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CorVel	11.51%	29.92%	17.68%
Ryman Healthcare	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

CorVel beats Ryman Healthcare on 10 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About CorVel

CorVel Corporation provides workers’ compensation, auto, liability, and health solutions. It applies technology, including artificial intelligence, machine learning, and natural language processing to enhance the managing of episodes of care and the related health care costs. The company also offers network solutions services, including automated medical fee auditing, preferred provider management and reimbursement, retrospective utilization review, facility claim review, professional review, pharmacy, directed care, clearinghouse, independent medical examination, and inpatient medical bill review services, as well as Medicare solutions. In addition, it provides a range of patient management services, such as claims management, case management, 24/7 nurse triage, utilization management, vocational rehabilitation, and life care planning, as well as processing of claims for self-insured payors with respect to property and casualty insurance. The company offers solutions to employers, third party administrators, insurance companies, and government agencies to assist them in managing the medical costs and monitoring the quality of care associated with healthcare claims. CorVel Corporation was incorporated in 1987 and is based in Fort Worth, Texas.

About Ryman Healthcare

Ryman Healthcare Limited develops, owns, and operates integrated retirement villages, rest homes, and hospitals for the elderly in New Zealand and Australia. The company's villages provide a range of retirement living and care options, such as independent townhouses and apartments, and serviced apartments, as well as a care center, which offers rest homes, hospitals, dementia-level care, and respite and day care services. Its villages also provide all-weather bowling green, indoor heated swimming pool and spa, gym, internal atrium, beauty and hair salons, library, dining area, bar, lounges, croquet laws, shops, and movie theatre facilities. The company owns and operates retirement village units and care units. The company was founded in 1984 and is based in Christchurch, New Zealand.