Danaher (NYSE:DHR – Get Free Report) and First Choice Healthcare Solutions (OTCMKTS:FCHS – Get Free Report) are both medical companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and profitability.
Risk & Volatility
Danaher has a beta of 0.89, meaning that its share price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Choice Healthcare Solutions has a beta of 0.28, meaning that its share price is 72% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares Danaher and First Choice Healthcare Solutions”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Danaher | $23.88 billion | 6.82 | $3.90 billion | $4.85 | 47.53 |
| First Choice Healthcare Solutions | $30,000.00 | 6.48 | -$3.85 million | ($0.10) | -0.06 |
Danaher has higher revenue and earnings than First Choice Healthcare Solutions. First Choice Healthcare Solutions is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Danaher, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Insider & Institutional Ownership
79.1% of Danaher shares are held by institutional investors. 11.2% of Danaher shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 30.8% of First Choice Healthcare Solutions shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Profitability
This table compares Danaher and First Choice Healthcare Solutions’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Danaher | 14.44% | 10.92% | 6.99% |
| First Choice Healthcare Solutions | N/A | N/A | -80.34% |
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for Danaher and First Choice Healthcare Solutions, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Danaher | 0 | 5 | 21 | 0 | 2.81 |
| First Choice Healthcare Solutions | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
Danaher presently has a consensus price target of $248.25, suggesting a potential upside of 7.69%. Given Danaher’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Danaher is more favorable than First Choice Healthcare Solutions.
Summary
Danaher beats First Choice Healthcare Solutions on 13 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Danaher
Danaher Corporation designs, manufactures, and markets professional, medical, industrial, and commercial products and services worldwide. The Biotechnology segments offers bioprocess technologies, consumables, and services that advance, accelerate, and integrate the development and manufacture of therapeutics; cell line and cell culture media development services; cell culture media, process liquids and buffers for manufacturing, chromatography resins, filtration technologies, aseptic fill finish; single-use hardware and consumables and services, such as the design and installation of full manufacturing suites; lab filtration, separation, and purification; lab-scale protein purification and analytical tools; reagents, membranes, and services; and healthcare filtration solutions. The Life Sciences segment provides mass spectrometers; flow cytometry, genomics, lab automation, centrifugation, liquid handling automation instruments, antibodies and reagents, and particle counting and characterization; microscopes; protein consumables; industrial filtration products; and genomic medicines, such as custom nucleic acid products, plasmid DNA, RNA, and proteins under the ABCAM, ALDEVRON, BECKMAN COULTER, IDT, LEICA MICROSYSTEMS, MOLECULAR DEVICES, PALL, PHENOMENEX and SCIEX brands. The Diagnostics segment offers chemistry, immunoassay, microbiology, and automation systems; and molecular, acute care, and pathology diagnostics products. This segment also provides clinical instruments, reagents, consumables, software, and services for hospitals, physicians' offices, reference laboratories, and other critical care settings. The company was formerly known as Diversified Mortgage Investors, Inc. and changed its name to Danaher Corporation in 1984. Danaher Corporation was founded in 1969 and is based in Washington, the District of Columbia.
About First Choice Healthcare Solutions
First Choice Healthcare Solutions, Inc. provides healthcare services in the United States. It develops primary care and wellness clinics focused on providing life improvement services, such as anti-aging, weight management, hormone replacement, and pharmacy services. The company is headquartered in Melbourne, Florida.
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