Verdict: Side-by-side breakdown using the Bull Rankings model. HQY scored 69.2, VEEV scored 70.6 — VEEV leads.
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HQY
HealthEquity, Inc.
Health Information Services · Quality-Growth
69.2
$92.61 · $7.7B
fundamentals as of
Score gap
1.4
VEEV leads
VEEV
Veeva Systems Inc.
Health Information Services · Quality-Growth
70.6
$296.13 · $47.9B
fundamentals as of
At a glance · who leads each dimension, on the model's own rules
CheapestHQY33.4x
Fastest growthVEEV+16.5%
Strongest balance sheetVEEV0.02
Highest qualityVEEV78 / 100
Largest discount to fair valueHQY-2%
Side by side · every name on one set of axes
Growth against the P/E multiple. Up and to the right is cheaper and faster — the quality-growth idea in one picture. Points beyond the axis are pinned to the edge and marked off-scale rather than allowed to compress everything else.
The model, pillar by pillar (0–100 each)
HQY
stronger →← stronger
VEEV
71
Qualityreturns · margins · balance sheet
78
78
Growthrevenue & earnings expansion
85
60
Valuevaluation vs sector peers
54
VEEV is stronger on 2 of 3 pillars.
Fundamentals, head-to-head
HQY
VEEV
$437mC
FCF
$1.7bC+
+9.5%B
Rev
+16.5%B+
0.49B
D/E
0.02A-
33.4xC+
P/E
48.5xC
1.14B+
PEG
1.10B+
Winner per row is the stronger grade; where grades tie, the better figure breaks it. A true tie or a missing value shows no highlight.
Valuation · DCF cross-check
HQY
VEEV
2% below
Price vs fair valuelower is cheaper
40% above
~8%/yr
Growth the price impliesyr-1 FCF growth, fading to 4% · lower = less priced in
~19%/yr
-9%
1-yr DCF upside
-39%
+2%
5-yr DCF upside
-28%
+19%
10-yr DCF upside
-9%
The DCF is a cross-check on intrinsic value, separate from the quality-growth score above.
Model signals
HQY
Why this score
Buying back stock
VEEV
No notable signals flagged.
The companies
HQYHealthEquity, Inc.
Health Information Services · $92.61 · beta 0.24
Why now
Health Information Services · market cap $7.7b. 14% off the 52-week high of $107.62. 15 sell-side analysts rate this a Strong Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $119.33 (implying +29% upside).
Moat
Net margin 17% beats the market median by a meaningful margin — the company is keeping more of every revenue dollar than the average S&P constituent. ROE 11% meets the long-run market sustainable threshold — solid but not differentiated; the durability comes from elsewhere. FCF converts 185% of net income — earnings translate cleanly into cash.
Risk
Trailing P/E 33x sits well above the S&P median (~20x) — multiple compression is a real risk if revenue growth decelerates.
VEEVVeeva Systems Inc.
Health Information Services · $296.13 · beta 0.93
Why now
Health Information Services · market cap $47.9b. Trading near 52-week high of $302.17 — momentum setup, limited technical margin of safety. Revenue growing +17%, comfortably above the S&P median. 27 sell-side analysts rate this a Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $297.04 (implying +0% upside).
Moat
Net margin 29% sits well above the S&P median (~11%) — suggests structural pricing advantage or cost discipline competitors can't quickly close. ROE 14% meets the long-run market sustainable threshold — solid but not differentiated; the durability comes from elsewhere. FCF converts 164% of net income — earnings translate cleanly into cash.
Risk
Trading within 2% of the 52-week high — limited technical margin of safety; a momentum reversal would test conviction. Trailing P/E 49x sits well above the S&P median (~20x) — multiple compression is a real risk if revenue growth decelerates. P/S 13.9x embeds aggressive forward growth — disappointing top-line guidance would compress the multiple hard.
Verdict — model-derived comparison
VEEV leads HQY by 4.6 points (76.7 to 72.1), its sharpest advantage coming in D/E (grade A-). A contrarian could still prefer HQY, which trades about 16% below our DCF fair value — a margin of safety the score doesn't reward.
Our AI analyst is busy right now, so this verdict is drawn directly from the pillars, grades and DCF above.
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Where HQY and VEEV diverge
On the headline score the gap is 1.4 points in favor of VEEV. They get there differently, though — each leads on a different pillar, so the better pick depends on which you weight.
GrowthHQY 77.9 · VEEV 84.6VEEV +6.7
QualityHQY 71.1 · VEEV 77.7VEEV +6.6
ValueHQY 59.9 · VEEV 53.6HQY +6.3
Pillars run 0–100. Value is judged against each company's own sector, so a Value score is a statement about a company relative to its own industry rather than to the other name here. A wide Value gap usually means the market already prices the difference in quality or growth — which is the trade-off this comparison comes down to.
Common questions
Is VEEV or HQY the better stock?
VEEV scores higher: VEEV 70.6, HQY 69.2 out of 100 on the Bull Rankings quality-growth score, which blends business quality, growth and valuation into one number. A higher score means a stronger business at a more reasonable price — it is not a price target or a recommendation.
Where do VEEV and HQY differ most?
The widest gap is growth, where VEEV leads by 7 points on the 0–100 pillar scale. Neither name sweeps: they trade the lead across the three pillars, so the comparison is a trade-off rather than one being better on every measure.
How are VEEV and HQY scored?
Each carries the same 0–100 quality-growth score used everywhere on the site, built from three pillars — quality (profitability and returns on capital), growth (revenue and earnings), and value (what you pay for them) — combined as a geometric mean, so a weak pillar cannot be papered over by a strong one.
How current is this comparison?
The whole universe is re-scored every trading day after the US market close, so the scores and fundamentals here reflect the latest published edition.