Reviewing Medpace (NASDAQ:MEDP) & Wellness Center Usa (OTCMKTS:WCUI)

Medpace (NASDAQ:MEDP) and Wellness Center Usa (OTCMKTS:WCUI) are both medical companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation and profitability.

Volatility and Risk

Medpace has a beta of 1.4, meaning that its stock price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Wellness Center Usa has a beta of 4.82, meaning that its stock price is 382% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Medpace and Wellness Center Usa’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Medpace	18.74%	67.66%	21.86%
Wellness Center Usa	N/A	N/A	N/A

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Medpace and Wellness Center Usa”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Medpace	$2.11 billion	7.28	$404.39 million	$13.45	40.65
Wellness Center Usa	$660,000.00	N/A	-$750,000.00	N/A	N/A

Medpace has higher revenue and earnings than Wellness Center Usa.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

78.0% of Medpace shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.0% of Wellness Center Usa shares are held by institutional investors. 20.3% of Medpace shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 15.7% of Wellness Center Usa shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent recommendations for Medpace and Wellness Center Usa, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Medpace	3	11	2	0	1.94
Wellness Center Usa	0	0	0	0	0.00

Medpace currently has a consensus target price of $430.60, suggesting a potential downside of 21.24%. Given Medpace’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Medpace is more favorable than Wellness Center Usa.

Summary

Medpace beats Wellness Center Usa on 10 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Medpace

Medpace Holdings, Inc. engages in the provision of outsourced clinical development services to the biotechnology, pharmaceutical and medical device industries. Its services include medical department, clinical trial management, data-driven feasibility, study-start-up, clinical monitoring, regulatory affairs, patient recruitment and retention, medical writing, biometrics and data sciences, pharmacovigilance, core laboratory, laboratories, clinics, and quality assurance. The company was founded by August James Troendle in 1992 and is headquartered in Cincinnati, OH.

About Wellness Center Usa

Wellness Center USA, Inc. engages in the healthcare and medical business in the United States and internationally. The company operates through Medical Devices; and Authentication and Encryption Products and Services segments. It is primarily involved in the marketing and distribution of online sports and nutrition supplements. The company also designs, develops, manufactures, markets, and distributes targeted ultraviolet phototherapy devices that include Psoria-Light, which is used in targeted PUVA photochemistry and UVB phototherapy for the treatment of skin conditions, such as psoriasis, vitiligo, atopic dermatitis, seborrheic dermatitis, and leukoderma. In addition, it offers intelligent microparticles, which provide technologies within the security and supply chain management vertical sectors; and ActiveDuty, a data intelligence service comprising proprietary, unprecedented, and actionable technology, which include a suite of analytical tools, such as artificial intelligence and social psychology for industries, companies, and agencies. The company was incorporated in 2010 and is based in Tucson, Arizona.