Comparing PPJ Healthcare Enterprises (OTCMKTS:PPJE) & Trip.com Group (NASDAQ:TCOM)

Trip.com Group (NASDAQ:TCOM) and PPJ Healthcare Enterprises (OTCMKTS:PPJE) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings and risk.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Trip.com Group and PPJ Healthcare Enterprises”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Trip.com Group	$6.27 billion	6.30	$1.40 billion	$2.86	21.44
PPJ Healthcare Enterprises	$710,000.00	1.16	$80,000.00	N/A	N/A

Trip.com Group has higher revenue and earnings than PPJ Healthcare Enterprises.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

35.4% of Trip.com Group shares are held by institutional investors. 23.0% of Trip.com Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares Trip.com Group and PPJ Healthcare Enterprises’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Trip.com Group	28.78%	11.52%	6.33%
PPJ Healthcare Enterprises	-8.43%	N/A	N/A

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and target prices for Trip.com Group and PPJ Healthcare Enterprises, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Trip.com Group	0	4	8	1	2.77
PPJ Healthcare Enterprises	0	0	0	0	0.00

Trip.com Group presently has a consensus price target of $68.33, suggesting a potential upside of 11.44%. Given Trip.com Group’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Trip.com Group is more favorable than PPJ Healthcare Enterprises.

Risk and Volatility

Trip.com Group has a beta of 0.39, meaning that its stock price is 61% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PPJ Healthcare Enterprises has a beta of 0.63, meaning that its stock price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Trip.com Group beats PPJ Healthcare Enterprises on 12 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Trip.com Group

Trip.com Group Limited, through its subsidiaries, operates as a travel service provider for accommodation reservation, transportation ticketing, packaged tours and in-destination, corporate travel management, and other travel-related services in China and internationally. The company acts as an agent for hotel-related transactions and selling air tickets, as well as provides train, long-distance bus, and ferry tickets; travel insurance products, such as flight delay, air accident, and baggage loss coverage; and air-ticket delivery, online check-in and seat selection, express security screening, real-time flight status tracker, and airport VIP lounge services. It also provides independent leisure travelers bundled packaged-tour products comprising group, semi-group, and customized and packaged tours with various transportation arrangements, including air, cruise, bus, and car rental services. In addition, the company offers integrated transportation and accommodation services; destination transportation and ticket, activity, insurance, visa, and tour guide services; user support, supplier management, and customer relationship management services; and in-destination products and services. Further, It provides its corporate clients with business visit, incentive trip, meeting and conference, travel data collection and analysis, and industry benchmarking solutions; and Corporate Travel Management System, an online platform that integrates information management, online booking and authorization, online inquiry, and travel reporting systems. Additionally, the company offers online advertising and financial services, such as marketing planning and travel media services. It operates under the Ctrip, Qunar, Trip.com, and Skyscanner brands. The company was formerly known as Ctrip.com International, Ltd. and changed its name to Trip.com Group Limited in October 2019. Trip.com Group Limited was founded in 1999 and is based in Singapore.

About PPJ Healthcare Enterprises

PPJ Healthcare Enterprises, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides automated healthcare reimbursement cycle, online health information digital-systems, and practice information management digital-system software to health care providers and general businesses worldwide. The company offers the Automated Biller, a medical billing system that allows physicians to bill their medical insurance claims at the point of service without data entry, coding, or billing personnel. It also provides billing, specialty medical billing, collection, and workers comp lien collection services for health care providers in the areas of pain management, anesthesia and surgery centers practices, and various specialties of medicine. The company was formerly known as PPJ Enterprise and changed its name to PPJ Healthcare Enterprises, Inc. in October 2014. PPJ Healthcare Enterprises, Inc. was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Reno, Nevada.