Head-To-Head Survey: EssilorLuxottica (OTCMKTS:ESLOY) and Quipt Home Medical (NASDAQ:QIPT)

EssilorLuxottica (OTCMKTS:ESLOY) and Quipt Home Medical (NASDAQ:QIPT) are both medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, risk, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and dividends.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

0.0% of EssilorLuxottica shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.9% of Quipt Home Medical shares are held by institutional investors. 13.4% of Quipt Home Medical shares are held by company 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.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and price targets for EssilorLuxottica and Quipt Home Medical, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
EssilorLuxottica	0	2	1	0	2.33
Quipt Home Medical	0	1	1	0	2.50

Quipt Home Medical has a consensus price target of $3.15, indicating a potential upside of 14.96%. Given Quipt Home Medical’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Quipt Home Medical is more favorable than EssilorLuxottica.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares EssilorLuxottica and Quipt Home Medical”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
EssilorLuxottica	$28.69 billion	5.21	$2.55 billion	N/A	N/A
Quipt Home Medical	$245.91 million	0.48	-$6.76 million	($0.24)	-11.42

EssilorLuxottica has higher revenue and earnings than Quipt Home Medical.

Profitability

This table compares EssilorLuxottica and Quipt Home Medical’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
EssilorLuxottica	N/A	N/A	N/A
Quipt Home Medical	-4.30%	-9.78%	-4.23%

Risk and Volatility

EssilorLuxottica has a beta of 1.06, meaning that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Quipt Home Medical has a beta of 0.6, meaning that its stock price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

EssilorLuxottica beats Quipt Home Medical on 7 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About EssilorLuxottica

EssilorLuxottica Société anonyme designs, manufactures, and distributes ophthalmic lenses, frames, and sunglasses in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Latin America, the Asia-Pacific, and North America. It operates through Professional Solutions and Direct to Consumer segments. The company offers lens under the Essilor, Varilux, Crizal, Eyezen, Stellest, Xperio, Transitions, Ray-Ban, Oakley, Barberini, KODAK Lens, Nikon, Shamir, eyexpert, iWear, Humanware, and Optifog brands. It also provides finishing equipment, vision performance screening, eye examination and refractions, fitting parameter measurements, and small tools and consumables under the Essilor Instruments brand; high-tech equipment for optical surfacing, polishing, measuring, coating, and finishing, as well as consumables, tools, and services under the Satisloh brand. In addition, the company provides eyewear products under the Ray-Ban, Oakley, Persol, Oliver Peoples, Vogue Eyewear, Arnette, Alain Mikli, Costa, Bliz, Native, Luxottica, Sferoflex, Bolon, Molsion, DbyD, and Unofficial and Seen, as well as other Licensed brands. In addition, the company designs, develops, markets, and maintains lens edging and mounting instruments for opticians and prescription laboratories; and optometry instruments for eyecare professionals, schools, occupational medicine centers, military, and other institutions. It wholesales its products to independent opticians, distributors, third-party e-commerce platforms, and large retail chains in the eyecare and eyewear industry; and sells directly to consumers through the network of brick and mortar retail network and its online channels. The company was formerly known as Essilor International Société Anonyme and changed its name to EssilorLuxottica Société anonyme in October 2018. EssilorLuxottica Société anonyme was founded in 1849 and is headquartered in Paris, France.

About Quipt Home Medical

Quipt Home Medical Corp., through its subsidiaries, engages in the provision of durable and home medical equipment and supplies in the United States. The company offers nebulizers, oxygen concentrators, and CPAP and BiPAP units; traditional and non-traditional durable medical respiratory equipment and services; non-invasive ventilation equipment, supplies, and services; and engages in the rental of medical equipment. It offers management of various chronic disease states focusing on patients with heart and pulmonary disease, sleep apnea, reduced mobility, and other chronic health conditions. The company was formerly known as Protech Home Medical Corp. and changed its name to Quipt Home Medical Corp. in May 2021. Quipt Home Medical Corp. is headquartered in Wilder, Kentucky.