Head to Head Comparison: Pacific Health Care Organization (OTCMKTS:PFHO) vs. DocGo (NASDAQ:DCGO)

Pacific Health Care Organization (OTCMKTS:PFHO) and DocGo (NASDAQ:DCGO) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, risk, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and target prices for Pacific Health Care Organization and DocGo, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Pacific Health Care Organization	0	0	0	0	0.00
DocGo	1	2	3	0	2.33

DocGo has a consensus target price of $2.38, indicating a potential upside of 298.62%. Given DocGo’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe DocGo is more favorable than Pacific Health Care Organization.

Profitability

This table compares Pacific Health Care Organization and DocGo’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Pacific Health Care Organization	20.16%	9.95%	9.58%
DocGo	-62.23%	-44.09%	-29.14%

Insider and Institutional Ownership

56.4% of DocGo shares are held by institutional investors. 61.6% of Pacific Health Care Organization shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.1% of DocGo shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Pacific Health Care Organization and DocGo”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Pacific Health Care Organization	$6.72 million	1.58	$1.39 million	$0.11	7.55
DocGo	$322.20 million	0.18	-$182.40 million	($1.91)	-0.31

Pacific Health Care Organization has higher earnings, but lower revenue than DocGo. DocGo is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Pacific Health Care Organization, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Volatility and Risk

Pacific Health Care Organization has a beta of 0.15, suggesting that its stock price is 85% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DocGo has a beta of 1.02, suggesting that its stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Pacific Health Care Organization beats DocGo on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Pacific Health Care Organization

Pacific Health Care Organization, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a specialty workers' compensation cost containment company in the United States. It is involved in managing and administering health care organizations (HCOs) and medical provider networks (MPNs). The company also provides claims-related services, including utilization review, medical case management, medical bill review, employee advocate services, workers' compensation carve-outs, expert witness testimony, and Medicare set-aside services. It serves insurers, third party administrators, self-administered employers, municipalities, and other industries. The company was formerly known as Clear Air, Inc. and changed its name to Pacific Health Care Organization, Inc. in January 2001. Pacific Health Care Organization, Inc. was incorporated in 1970 and is based in Irvine, California.

About DocGo

DocGo Inc. provides mobile health and medical transportation services for various health care providers in the United States and the United Kingdom. The company's transportation services include emergency response services; and non-emergency transport services comprise ambulance and wheelchair transportation services. It also offers mobile health services through its platform that are performed at home, offices, and other locations; event services, which include on-site healthcare support at sporting events and concerts; and total care management solutions comprising healthcare services and ancillary services, such as shelter. DocGo Inc. was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in New York, New York.