Head-To-Head Survey: Global Cord Blood (NYSE:CORBF) vs. Viemed Healthcare (NASDAQ:VMD)

Global Cord Blood (NYSE:CORBF) and Viemed Healthcare (NASDAQ:VMD) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings and risk.

Risk & Volatility

Global Cord Blood has a beta of -0.23, suggesting that its share price is 123% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Viemed Healthcare has a beta of 1.53, suggesting that its share price is 53% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

74.2% of Viemed Healthcare shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Global Cord Blood shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 20.0% of Viemed Healthcare shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Global Cord Blood and Viemed Healthcare’s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Global Cord Blood	$196.12 million	0.74	$79.04 million	N/A	N/A
Viemed Healthcare	$183.01 million	1.49	$10.24 million	$0.26	27.04

Global Cord Blood has higher revenue and earnings than Viemed Healthcare.

Profitability

This table compares Global Cord Blood and Viemed Healthcare’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Global Cord Blood	N/A	N/A	N/A
Viemed Healthcare	5.32%	9.32%	6.79%

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings for Global Cord Blood and Viemed Healthcare, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Global Cord Blood	0	0	0	0	N/A
Viemed Healthcare	0	0	0	1	4.00

Summary

Viemed Healthcare beats Global Cord Blood on 8 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Global Cord Blood

Global Cord Blood Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, provides umbilical cord blood storage and ancillary services in the People's Republic of China. The company offers cord blood testing, processing, and storage services under the direction of subscribers; and tests, processes, and stores donated cord blood, as well as provides matching services. As of March 31, 2022, it operated three cord blood banks, including one in the Beijing municipality; one in the Guangdong province; and one in the Zhejiang province. The company was formerly known as China Cord Blood Corporation and changed its name to Global Cord Blood Corporation in March 2018. Global Cord Blood Corporation is based in Central, Hong Kong. Global Cord Blood Corporation operates as a subsidiary of Blue Ocean Structure Investment Company Ltd.

About Viemed Healthcare

Viemed Healthcare, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides home medical equipment (HME) and post-acute respiratory healthcare services to patients in the United States. It provides respiratory disease management solutions, including treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), which include non-invasive ventilation, percussion vests, and other therapies; and invasive and non-invasive ventilation and related equipment and supplies to patients suffering from COPD. The company leases non-invasive and invasive ventilators, positive airway pressure machines (PAP), durable medical equipment, percussion vests, oxygen concentrators, and other medical equipment; and sells and rents HME devices. In addition, it provides neuromuscular care and oxygen therapy services; and sleep apnea management provides sleep solutions and/or equipment, such as PAP, automatic continuous positive airway pressure, and bi-level positive airway pressure machines. Further, the company offers in home sleep apnea testing services, as well as healthcare staffing and recruitment services. Viemed Healthcare, Inc. was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Lafayette, Louisiana.