Veeva Systems (NYSE:VEEV) versus MSP Recovery (NASDAQ:MSPR) Head-To-Head Review

MSP Recovery (NASDAQ:MSPR) and Veeva Systems (NYSE:VEEV) are both healthcare companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership and profitability.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

3.8% of MSP Recovery shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.2% of Veeva Systems shares are held by institutional investors. 50.5% of MSP Recovery shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 10.6% of Veeva Systems shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Risk and Volatility

MSP Recovery has a beta of -2.23, meaning that its stock price is 323% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Veeva Systems has a beta of 0.92, meaning that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares MSP Recovery and Veeva Systems”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
MSP Recovery	$9.81 million	0.00	-$360.50 million	($572.83)	-0.00
Veeva Systems	$3.32 billion	12.39	$908.91 million	$5.61	45.13

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

Profitability

This table compares MSP Recovery and Veeva Systems’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
MSP Recovery	-7,328.48%	-326.80%	-81.27%
Veeva Systems	28.37%	13.72%	11.31%

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings for MSP Recovery and Veeva Systems, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
MSP Recovery	1	0	0	0	1.00
Veeva Systems	1	8	18	1	2.68

Veeva Systems has a consensus target price of $247.08, indicating a potential downside of 2.40%. Given Veeva Systems’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Veeva Systems is more favorable than MSP Recovery.

Summary

Veeva Systems beats MSP Recovery on 14 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About MSP Recovery

MSP Recovery, Inc. engages in the development of healthcare recoveries and data analytics software. It also focuses on the identification and recoveries of improper payments made by Medicare, Medicaid, and commercial insurance spaces using data and analytics. The company was founded by John H. Ruiz, Frank C. Quesada, and Diana Diaz on July 8, 2014 and is headquartered in Miami, FL.

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.