Establishment Labs (NASDAQ:ESTA – Get Free Report) and Nutex Health (NASDAQ:NUTX – Get Free Report) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, risk, institutional ownership and profitability.
Insider and Institutional Ownership
72.9% of Establishment Labs shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 5.3% of Nutex Health shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.1% of Establishment Labs shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 36.9% of Nutex Health shares are owned 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.
Risk and Volatility
Establishment Labs has a beta of 0.8, suggesting that its share price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nutex Health has a beta of -0.04, suggesting that its share price is 104% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Earnings & Valuation
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Establishment Labs | $166.02 million | 7.31 | -$84.60 million | ($3.10) | -13.54 |
| Nutex Health | $479.95 million | 0.97 | $52.18 million | $11.89 | 7.06 |
Nutex Health has higher revenue and earnings than Establishment Labs. Establishment Labs is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Nutex Health, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of recent ratings and recommmendations for Establishment Labs and Nutex Health, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Establishment Labs | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2.83 |
| Nutex Health | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3.00 |
Establishment Labs currently has a consensus target price of $54.83, indicating a potential upside of 30.68%. Nutex Health has a consensus target price of $262.50, indicating a potential upside of 212.50%. Given Nutex Health’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Nutex Health is more favorable than Establishment Labs.
Profitability
This table compares Establishment Labs and Nutex Health’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Establishment Labs | -52.34% | -196.25% | -26.64% |
| Nutex Health | 10.76% | 42.08% | 11.80% |
Summary
Nutex Health beats Establishment Labs on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Establishment Labs
Establishment Labs Holdings Inc., a medical technology company, manufactures and markets medical devices for aesthetic and reconstructive plastic surgery. The company primarily offers silicone gel-filled breast implants under the Motiva Implants brand. It also provides Motiva Ergonomix and Motiva Ergonomix2 gravity sensitive round soft silicone-gel-filled breast implants; and Motiva Flora Tissue Expander, a breast tissue expander. The company sells its products to physicians, hospitals, and clinics through distributors and direct sales force in Europe, the Middle East, Latin America, and Asia. Establishment Labs Holdings Inc. was incorporated in 2004 and is headquartered in Alajuela, Costa Rica.
About Nutex Health
Nutex Health Inc. operates as a physician-led, healthcare services, and operations company. It operates through three segments: Hospital, Population Health Management (PHM), and Real Estate. The PHM segment establishes and operates independent physician associations; and offers a cloud-based platform for healthcare organizations to provide value-based care and population health management. The Real Estate segment owns and owns and leases land and hospital building. The Hospital segment develops and operates a network of micro-hospitals, specialty hospitals and hospital outpatient departments which offers 24/7 care. It also provides operational and managerial services, including management, billing, collections, human resources and recruiting, legal, accounting, and marketing. In addition, the company offers healthcare services, including emergency room care, inpatient care, and behavioral health, as well as onsite imaging, such as CT scan, X-ray, MRI, ultrasound, etc.; certified and accredited laboratories; and onsite inpatient pharmacies. The company was founded in 2011 and is based in Houston, Texas.
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