Reviewing UMC (OTCMKTS:UMCN) and CorVel (NASDAQ:CRVL)

Volatility and Risk

UMC has a beta of 23.02, suggesting that its share price is 2,202% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CorVel has a beta of 1.15, suggesting that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

51.4% of CorVel shares are owned by institutional investors. 16.8% of UMC shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 47.6% of CorVel shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares UMC and CorVel’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
UMC	N/A	N/A	N/A
CorVel	9.64%	31.73%	17.12%

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares UMC and CorVel”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
UMC	N/A	N/A	-$540,000.00	N/A	N/A
CorVel	$795.31 million	7.48	$76.25 million	$1.57	73.79

CorVel has higher revenue and earnings than UMC.

Summary

CorVel beats UMC on 7 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About UMC

UMC, Inc. provides medical insurance claims coding and processing, electronic medical records storage, chargemaster review, pricing comparison, and accounts receivable management services to healthcare providers. Its customers primarily include hospitals, medical clinics, and physician practitioners in the United States. The company was formerly known as United Medicorp, Inc. and changed its name to UMC, Inc. in May 2007. UMC, Inc. was incorporated in 1989 and is based in Pampa, Texas.

About CorVel

CorVel Corporation provides workers’ compensation, auto, liability, and health solutions. It applies technology, including artificial intelligence, machine learning, and natural language processing to enhance the managing of episodes of care and the related health care costs. The company also offers network solutions services, including automated medical fee auditing, preferred provider management and reimbursement, retrospective utilization review, facility claim review, professional review, pharmacy, directed care, clearinghouse, independent medical examination, and inpatient medical bill review services, as well as Medicare solutions. In addition, it provides a range of patient management services, such as claims management, case management, 24/7 nurse triage, utilization management, vocational rehabilitation, and life care planning, as well as processing of claims for self-insured payors with respect to property and casualty insurance. The company offers solutions to employers, third party administrators, insurance companies, and government agencies to assist them in managing the medical costs and monitoring the quality of care associated with healthcare claims. CorVel Corporation was incorporated in 1987 and is based in Fort Worth, Texas.