Financial Contrast: CareCloud (CCLD) vs. Its Peers

CareCloud (NASDAQ:CCLD) is one of 93 public companies in the “Healthcare Technology” industry, but how does it contrast to its rivals? We will compare CareCloud to similar businesses based on the strength of its profitability, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings and institutional ownership.

Volatility & Risk

CareCloud has a beta of 1.57, meaning that its stock price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CareCloud’s rivals have a beta of 1.11, meaning that their average stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for CareCloud and its rivals, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CareCloud	0	1	1	0	2.50
CareCloud Competitors	453	1534	2743	89	2.51

As a group, “Healthcare Technology” companies have a potential upside of 43.47%. Given CareCloud’s rivals stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe CareCloud has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

10.2% of CareCloud shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.4% of shares of all “Healthcare Technology” companies are owned by institutional investors. 14.8% of CareCloud shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 16.2% of shares of all “Healthcare Technology” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares CareCloud and its rivals gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
CareCloud	$120.50 million	$10.80 million	20.23
CareCloud Competitors	$341.86 million	-$24.15 million	12.77

CareCloud’s rivals have higher revenue, but lower earnings than CareCloud. CareCloud is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Profitability

This table compares CareCloud and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CareCloud	7.36%	32.32%	16.30%
CareCloud Competitors	-754.24%	-30.01%	-15.66%

Summary

CareCloud rivals beat CareCloud on 7 of the 13 factors compared.

CareCloud Company Profile

CareCloud, Inc. (NASDAQ: CCLD) provides cloud-based health care information technology and revenue cycle management services to medical practices, hospitals and other health care organizations. The company’s solutions are designed to help providers manage administrative, clinical and financial operations through integrated software and technology-enabled services. Its offerings include electronic health records, practice management, medical billing and revenue cycle management, patient engagement tools, telehealth capabilities and related health care technology services.