Reviewing Vapor (OTCMKTS:HCMC) and McKesson (NYSE:MCK)

McKesson (NYSE:MCK) and Vapor (OTCMKTS:HCMC) are both medical companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability and risk.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and price targets for McKesson and Vapor, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
McKesson	0	4	12	2	2.89
Vapor	0	0	0	0	0.00

McKesson currently has a consensus price target of $892.86, indicating a potential upside of 7.89%. Given McKesson’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe McKesson is more favorable than Vapor.

Risk and Volatility

McKesson has a beta of 0.38, suggesting that its share price is 62% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vapor has a beta of -1.4, suggesting that its share price is 240% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

85.1% of McKesson shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.1% of Vapor shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of McKesson shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 44.9% of Vapor shares are owned by company 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 & Valuation

This table compares McKesson and Vapor”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
McKesson	$359.05 billion	0.28	$3.30 billion	$32.13	25.76
Vapor	N/A	N/A	-$11.89 million	N/A	N/A

McKesson has higher revenue and earnings than Vapor.

Profitability

This table compares McKesson and Vapor’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
McKesson	1.04%	-248.14%	5.84%
Vapor	N/A	N/A	-484.59%

Summary

McKesson beats Vapor on 10 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About McKesson

McKesson Corporation provides healthcare services in the United States and internationally. It operates through four segments: U.S. Pharmaceutical, Prescription Technology Solutions (RxTS), Medical-Surgical Solutions, and International. The U.S. Pharmaceutical segment distributes branded, generic, specialty, biosimilar and over-the-counter pharmaceutical drugs, and other healthcare-related products. This segment also offers practice management, technology, clinical support, and business solutions to community-based oncology and other specialty practices; and consulting, outsourcing, technological, and other services, as well as sells financial, operational, and clinical solutions to pharmacies. The RxTS segment serves biopharma and life sciences partners, and patients to address medication challenges for patients by working across healthcare; connects patients, pharmacies, providers, pharmacy benefit managers, health plans, and biopharma companies to deliver innovative solutions to help people get the medicine needed to live healthier lives; and provides prescription price transparency, benefit insight, dispensing support, third-party logistics, and wholesale distribution support services. The Medical-Surgical Solutions segment offers medical-surgical supply distribution, logistics, and other services to healthcare providers, including physician offices, surgery centers, nursing homes, hospital reference labs, and home health care agencies. The International segment provides distribution and services to wholesale, institutional, and retail customers in Europe and Canada. McKesson Corporation was founded in 1833 and is headquartered in Irving, Texas.

About Vapor

Healthier Choices Management Corp. operates natural and organic retail stores in the United States. The company operates in two segments, Grocery and Vapor. The company operates Ada's Natural Market and Paradise Health & Nutrition stores that offer fresh produce, bulk foods, vitamins and supplements, packaged groceries, meat and seafood, deli, baked goods, dairy products, frozen foods, health and beauty products, and natural household items; Mother Earth's Storehouse and Ellwood Thompson stores, which provide organic and health foods, and vitamins; and Greens Natural Food stores that offers organic produce and non-GMO groceries and bulk foods, various local products, juice and smoothie bar, fresh foods, vitamins and supplements, and health and beauty products. It also sells vitamins and supplements, as well as health, beauty, and personal care products through its TheVitaminStore.com website. In addition, the company offers Q-Unit and Q-Cup technology, a product that enables consumers to vape concentrates either medicinally or recreationally. Healthier Choices Management Corp. is headquartered in Hollywood, Florida.