Risk factor
Very high price volatility
Profitability factor
Very strong margins and returns
About
Established in 1998 and based in Salt Lake City, Utah, Dental Patient Care America, Inc. (DPAT) and its various divisions deliver essential services to dental professionals and the wider oral healthcare sector. The company unites dentists into a cooperative network bound by contracts, providing them with a range of benefits. These advantages include programs for purchasing supplies at reduced rates, access to laboratory and operational assistance, comprehensive insurance and staff welfare schemes, opportunities for profit sharing, preferential business financing, and funding support for practice acquisition or sale. Additionally, DPAT develops patient marketing initiatives, creating a network of participating dentists to offer dental care plans to businesses and other organizations. The company also directly provides its own dental benefit plans.
Company Valuation
Based on key historical and expected multiples, the stock is overvalued relative to its peers. Specifically, the stock is 'expensive' on P/E.