Head to Head Review: DaVita (NYSE:DVA) vs. New York Health Care (OTCMKTS:BBAL)

New York Health Care (OTCMKTS:BBAL) and DaVita (NYSE:DVA) are both medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings and institutional ownership.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares New York Health Care and DaVita”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
New York Health Care	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
DaVita	$12.82 billion	0.72	$936.34 million	$10.17	12.68

DaVita has higher revenue and earnings than New York Health Care.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

90.1% of DaVita shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.7% of New York Health Care shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of DaVita shares are owned 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.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings for New York Health Care and DaVita, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
New York Health Care	0	0	0	0	0.00
DaVita	1	4	0	0	1.80

DaVita has a consensus price target of $153.25, indicating a potential upside of 18.87%. Given DaVita’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe DaVita is more favorable than New York Health Care.

Profitability

This table compares New York Health Care and DaVita’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
New York Health Care	N/A	N/A	N/A
DaVita	6.35%	369.39%	4.62%

Summary

DaVita beats New York Health Care on 7 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About New York Health Care

New York Health Care, Inc. operates as a home care services agency primarily in New York. The company offers various home care services, such as companionship services, homemaker/housekeeper staff, professional and practical nurses, home health aides, care givers, geriatric care, and dementia and alzheimer care services. It also provides insurance services. The company was founded in 1983 and is based in Valley Stream, New York.

About DaVita

DaVita Inc. provides kidney dialysis services for patients suffering from chronic kidney failure in the United States. The company operates kidney dialysis centers and provides related lab services in outpatient dialysis centers. It also offers outpatient, hospital inpatient, and home-based hemodialysis services; operates clinical laboratories that provide routine laboratory tests for dialysis and other physician-prescribed laboratory tests for ESRD patients; and management and administrative services to outpatient dialysis centers. In addition, the company offers integrated care and disease management services to patients in risk-based and other integrated care arrangements; clinical research programs; physician services; and comprehensive kidney care services. Further, it engages in the provision of acute inpatient dialysis services and related laboratory services; and transplant software business. The company was formerly known as DaVita HealthCare Partners Inc. and changed its name to DaVita Inc. in September 2016. DaVita Inc. was incorporated in 1994 and is headquartered in Denver, Colorado.