Health Catalyst (NASDAQ:HCAT – Get Free Report) and PodcastOne (NASDAQ:PODC – Get Free Report) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, institutional ownership and valuation.
Profitability
This table compares Health Catalyst and PodcastOne’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Health Catalyst | -28.87% | -9.38% | -4.90% |
| PodcastOne | -34.67% | -96.68% | -62.27% |
Institutional & Insider Ownership
85.0% of Health Catalyst shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 2.9% of PodcastOne shares are held by institutional investors. 2.5% of Health Catalyst shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 7.8% of PodcastOne shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Valuation & Earnings
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Health Catalyst | $295.94 million | 1.57 | -$118.15 million | ($1.50) | -5.13 |
| PodcastOne | $43.30 million | 0.74 | -$14.73 million | ($0.74) | -1.81 |
PodcastOne has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Health Catalyst. Health Catalyst is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than PodcastOne, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of current recommendations and price targets for Health Catalyst and PodcastOne, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Health Catalyst | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 2.80 |
| PodcastOne | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3.00 |
Health Catalyst currently has a consensus price target of $11.90, suggesting a potential upside of 54.55%. PodcastOne has a consensus price target of $4.75, suggesting a potential upside of 254.48%. Given PodcastOne’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe PodcastOne is more favorable than Health Catalyst.
Volatility & Risk
Health Catalyst has a beta of 1.32, indicating that its stock price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PodcastOne has a beta of -2.46, indicating that its stock price is 346% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Health Catalyst beats PodcastOne on 8 of the 13 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 PodcastOne
PodcastOne, Inc. operates as a podcast platform and publisher. The company offers its content to audiences through podcasting distribution platforms, including its website, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, and others. It also produces vodcasts, branded podcasts, merchandise, and live events. In addition, the company builds, owns, and operates LaunchPadOne, a self-publishing podcast platform. The company was formerly known as Courtside Group, Inc. and changed its name to PodcastOne, Inc. in September 2023. PodcastOne, Inc. was founded in 2013 and is based in Beverly Hills, California. PodcastOne, Inc. is a subsidiary of LiveOne, Inc.
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