Head to Head Review: KORU Medical Systems (NASDAQ:KRMD) and Veeva Systems (NYSE:VEEV)

Veeva Systems (NYSE:VEEV) and KORU Medical Systems (NASDAQ:KRMD) are both medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability and risk.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and price targets for Veeva Systems and KORU Medical Systems, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Veeva Systems	2	6	20	0	2.64
KORU Medical Systems	1	1	2	1	2.60

Veeva Systems currently has a consensus price target of $305.88, suggesting a potential upside of 27.71%. KORU Medical Systems has a consensus price target of $4.83, suggesting a potential downside of 14.91%. Given Veeva Systems’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Veeva Systems is more favorable than KORU Medical Systems.

Profitability

This table compares Veeva Systems and KORU Medical Systems’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Veeva Systems	27.29%	13.72%	11.23%
KORU Medical Systems	-12.24%	-26.77%	-16.81%

Volatility & Risk

Veeva Systems has a beta of 1.05, meaning that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, KORU Medical Systems has a beta of 0.42, meaning that its stock price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

88.2% of Veeva Systems shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.6% of KORU Medical Systems shares are held by institutional investors. 10.3% of Veeva Systems shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 20.6% of KORU Medical Systems shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Veeva Systems and KORU Medical Systems”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Veeva Systems	$3.08 billion	12.78	$714.14 million	$5.14	46.60
KORU Medical Systems	$39.07 million	6.73	-$6.07 million	($0.08)	-71.00

Veeva Systems has higher revenue and earnings than KORU Medical Systems. KORU Medical Systems is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Veeva Systems, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

Veeva Systems beats KORU Medical Systems on 13 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Veeva Systems

Veeva Systems Inc. provides cloud-based software for the life sciences industry. It offers Veeva Commercial Cloud, a suite of software and analytics solutions, such as Veeva customer relationship management (CRM) that enable customer-facing employees at pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies; Veeva Vault PromoMats, an end-to-end content and digital asset management solution; Veeva Vault Medical that provides source of medical content across multiple channels and geographies; Veeva Crossix, an analytics platform for pharmaceutical brands; Veeva OpenData, a customer reference data solution; Veeva Link, a data application that allows link to generate real-time intelligence; and Veeva Compass includes de-identified and longitudinal patient data for the United States. The company also provides Veeva Development Cloud, a suite of applications for the clinical, regulatory, quality, and safety functions, including Veeva Vault Clinical, Veeva Vault RIM, Veeva Vault Safety, and Veeva Vault Quality; Veeva QualityOne, a quality and document management, and training solution; Veeva RegulatoryOne, a solution that helps companies to manage regulatory submission content; and Veeva Claims addresses the end-to-end product and marketing claims management process. In addition, it offers professional and support services, including implementation and deployment planning and project management; requirements analysis, solution design, and configuration; systems environment management and deployment services; services focused on advancing or transforming business and operating processes related to Veeva solutions; data migration and systems integrations technical consulting services; training on its solutions; and ongoing managed services, such as outsourced systems administration. The company was formerly known as Verticals onDemand, Inc. and changed its name to Veeva Systems Inc. in April 2009. Veeva Systems Inc. was incorporated in 2007 and is headquartered in Pleasanton, California.

About KORU Medical Systems

KORU Medical Systems, Inc. develops and manufactures medical devices and supplies in the United States and internationally. It offers the freedom infusion systems to deliver life-saving therapies to patients with chronic illnesses, such as primary immunodeficiency diseases, chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy, and paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria. Its products include the FREEDOM60 syringe infusion system, the FreedomEdge syringe driver, HIgH-Flo subcutaneous safety needle sets, and precision flow rate tubing products. The company was incorporated in 1980 and is based in Mahwah, New Jersey.