CERT vs DOCS vs HLYK Stock Comparison

Certara, Doximity and HealthLynked Prices as of Oct 28, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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CERT Certara, Inc.
$11.48 +25.7% 1M -5.4% 1Y
Market cap
$1.75B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$408.45M
Div. yield
–
Healthcare IT Technology
1 win
DOCS Doximity, Inc.
$34.22 +30.6% 1M -48.5% 1Y
Market cap
$6.15B
P/E
37.4x
Revenue (TTM)
$655.57M
Div. yield
–
Healthcare IT Technology
6 wins
HLYK HealthLynked Corp
$1.95 -1.0% 1M +19.6% 1Y
Market cap
$5.76M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$1.37M
Div. yield
–
Healthcare IT Technology
1 win

Head to Head

8 decided of 12

Doximity leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Doximity 6, HealthLynked 1, Certara 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionCERTDOCSHLYKLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $1.75B $6.15B $5.76M DOCS
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -25.9x 37.4x -1.4x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 31.9x 23.9x — DOCS
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +3.8% +11.2% -46.7% DOCS
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -16.7% 25.5% -292.0% DOCS
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital -0.1% — — –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 1.4x — — –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield — — — –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -5.4% -48.5% +19.6% HLYK
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -22.6%/yr -13.2%/yr -38.9%/yr DOCS
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 61.5% 64.6% 161.3% CERT
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 47/100 72/100 13/100 DOCS

Percentile Scorecard

CERTDOCSHLYK

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisCERTDOCSHLYK
Valuation 55 #41 of 89 52 #43 of 89 5 #85 of 89
Growth 6 #76 of 81 39 #50 of 81 30 #57 of 81
Profitability 44 #43 of 76 95 #5 of 76 13 #66 of 76
Financial Health 61 #37 of 94 97 #4 of 94 2 #92 of 94
Shareholder Returns 69 #17 of 52 78 #12 of 52 –
Overall 47 72 13
  • CERT ranked among 98 companies in Vertical Software
  • DOCS ranked among 98 companies in Vertical Software
  • HLYK ranked among 98 companies in Vertical Software

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodCERTDOCSHLYKSPY
1 month +25.7%+30.6%-1.0% +0.9%
3 months +41.9%+58.1%-40.5% +5.9%
6 months +94.6%+41.4%-23.5% +8.5%
Year to date +30.3%-22.7%+39.3% +13.3%
1 year -5.4%-48.5%+19.6% +12.4%
3 years -6.4%+64.7%-66.4% +88.1%
3 years, per year -2.2%+18.1%-30.5% +23.5%
5 years -72.2%-50.7%-91.5% +68.2%
5 years, per year -22.6%-13.2%-38.9% +11.0%

Risk

MeasureCERTDOCSHLYKSPY
Volatility, 1Y 61.5%64.6%161.3% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 69.7%67.3%184.5% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.740.44-1.07 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.09-0.750.12 0.98
Max drawdown, 5Y -90.1%-78.3%-97.5% -25.4%
From 52-week high -5.4%-48.9%-68.3% -0.9%
52-week high $12.13$66.95$6.15 $779.14
52-week low $4.48$18.01$1.28 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleCERTDOCSHLYK
P/E now vs peer median -25.9xmedian 40.6x 37.4xmedian 40.6x -1.4xmedian 40.6x
P/S now vs peer median 4.3xmedian 2.4x 9.4xmedian 2.4x 4.2xmedian 2.4x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 24.4xmedian 18.3x 24.4xmedian 18.3x —median 18.3x
P/FCF now vs peer median 21.8xmedian 20.5x 20.1xmedian 20.5x -4.0xmedian 20.5x
P/B now vs peer median 1.8xmedian 1.8x 6.7xmedian 1.8x -0.7xmedian 1.8x
PEG now vs peer median 0.33median 1.74 2.34median 1.74 0.00median 1.74

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsCERTDOCSHLYK
Revenue $408.45M $655.57M $1.37M
Gross profit $252.82M $577.34M –
Operating income -$658.00K $194.05M –
Net income -$68.40M $167.05M -$3.97M
Free cash flow $80.39M $306.28M -$1.44M
R&D $43.54M $142.38M –
EPS (diluted) $-0.44 $0.87 $-1.36
Cash & equivalents $184.14M $273.60M $12.84K
Total debt $291.84M – $1.78M
Shares (diluted) 154.36M 191.17M 2.94M
Enterprise value $1.05B $3.10B $5.67M

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricCERTDOCSHLYK
P/E -25.9x 37.4x -1.4x
P/FCF 21.8x 20.1x -4.0x
P/Operating cash flow 21.1x 20.1x -4.0x
P/S 4.3x 9.4x 4.2x
P/B 1.8x 6.7x -0.7x
P/Tangible book 2.8x 7.0x -0.7x
EV/EBITDA 24.4x 24.4x –
EV/EBIT -2,824x 28.2x –
EV/Revenue 4.5x 8.3x 4.6x
EV/FCF 23.1x 17.8x -4.4x
EV/Operating cash flow 22.4x 17.8x -4.4x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.33 2.34 0.00

Growth

14 metrics
MetricCERTDOCSHLYK
Revenue growth (1Y) 3.8% 11.2% -46.7%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 5.1% 14.5% -39.6%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 4.3% 8.6% –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 5.3% 14.6% –
Operating income growth (1Y) -102.8% -17.9% –
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -26.3% 13.4% –
Net income growth (1Y) -957.1% -29.0% 19.9%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -77.2% 12.0% 10.9%
EPS growth (1Y) -993.5% -25.2% -7,646%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -78.6% 16.0% -293.9%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -18.4% 4.2% 45.4%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -1.8% 16.8% 26.0%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -20.0% 4.1% 45.4%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -2.4% 17.0% 26.0%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricCERTDOCSHLYK
Gross margin 61.9% 88.1% –
EBITDA margin 18.6% 34.1% –
Operating margin -0.2% 29.6% –
Pretax margin -4.3% 34.5% –
Net margin -16.7% 25.5% -292.0%
FCF margin 19.7% 46.7% -104.7%
Operating cash flow margin 20.3% 46.7% -104.7%
Return on equity -6.9% 17.9% –
Return on assets -4.7% 15.1% -246.6%
Return on invested capital -0.1% – –
Return on capital employed 0.0% 20.4% –
Asset turnover 0.3x 0.6x 0.9x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) -1.2x 1.8x 0.4x
Stock comp / revenue 7.6% 20.8% 37.7%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricCERTDOCSHLYK
Debt / assets 20.8% – 36.3%
Debt / equity 0.3x – -0.1x
Net debt / EBITDA 1.4x – –
Debt / FCF 3.6x – -0.4x
Liabilities / assets 31.0% 15.5% 586.7%
Equity / assets 69.0% 84.5% -486.7%
Interest coverage 0.0x – –
Current ratio 2.6x 6.1x 0.2x
Quick ratio 2.4x 5.8x 0.0x
Cash ratio 1.5x 4.6x 0.0x
Altman Z-score 2.68 23.90 –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricCERTDOCSHLYK
Dividend yield – – –
Net buyback yield 4.3% 6.3% –
Shareholder yield 4.3% 6.3% –
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusCERTDOCSHLYK
Forward P/E 31.9xFY2026 23.9xFY2026 –
EPS, next fiscal year $0.36FY2026 $1.43FY2026 –
EPS growth, next FY -18.2%FY2026 -5.9%FY2026 –
EPS growth, the year after +5.6% +5.6% –
Revenue, next fiscal year $399.14MFY2026 $653.93MFY2026 –
Revenue growth, next FY -4.7%FY2026 +1.4%FY2026 –
Revenue growth, the year after +2.4% +14.9% –

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersCERTDOCSHLYK
Held by institutions 87.1% 100.0% –
Institutions holding 238 358 –
Change in shares held, QoQ -0.4% +1.7% –
Institutions buying 148 171 –
Institutions selling 65 138 –
Buyers to sellers 2.28 1.24 –

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

CERTDOCSHLYK
CERT 1.00 0.40 -0.05
DOCS 0.40 1.00 -0.09
HLYK -0.05 -0.09 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, CERT, DOCS and HLYK?

Doximity (DOCS) is the largest by market capitalisation: Certara (CERT) $1.75B, Doximity (DOCS) $6.15B, HealthLynked (HLYK) $5.76M.

Which company is growing faster?

Doximity (DOCS) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Certara (CERT) +3.8%, Doximity (DOCS) +11.2%, HealthLynked (HLYK) -46.7%.

Which company is more profitable?

Doximity (DOCS) has the highest net margin (Certara (CERT) -16.7%, Doximity (DOCS) 25.5%, HealthLynked (HLYK) -292.0%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year HealthLynked (HLYK) returned the most: Certara (CERT) -5.4%, Doximity (DOCS) -48.5%, HealthLynked (HLYK) +19.6%. Over five years, Doximity (DOCS) compounded fastest (Certara (CERT) -22.6%/yr, Doximity (DOCS) -13.2%/yr, HealthLynked (HLYK) -38.9%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Certara (CERT) has been the steadiest (Certara (CERT) 61.5%, Doximity (DOCS) 64.6%, HealthLynked (HLYK) 161.3%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, CERT, DOCS and HLYK?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Doximity (DOCS) leads on 6. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.