KORU Medical Systems (NASDAQ:KRMD – Get Free Report) and Sintx Technologies (NASDAQ:SINT – Get Free Report) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk and dividends.
Insider & Institutional Ownership
58.6% of KORU Medical Systems shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 18.4% of Sintx Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 25.6% of KORU Medical Systems shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Sintx Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Risk and Volatility
KORU Medical Systems has a beta of 0.74, meaning that its stock price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sintx Technologies has a beta of 1.2, meaning that its stock price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Valuation & Earnings
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| KORU Medical Systems | $33.65 million | 3.99 | -$13.74 million | ($0.12) | -24.33 |
| Sintx Technologies | $1.64 million | 2.45 | -$8.26 million | ($50.56) | -0.06 |
Sintx Technologies has lower revenue, but higher earnings than KORU Medical Systems. KORU Medical Systems is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sintx Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Profitability
This table compares KORU Medical Systems and Sintx Technologies’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| KORU Medical Systems | -37.42% | -24.60% | -16.87% |
| Sintx Technologies | -358.79% | -140.68% | -78.29% |
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for KORU Medical Systems and Sintx Technologies, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| KORU Medical Systems | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3.00 |
| Sintx Technologies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
KORU Medical Systems currently has a consensus price target of $4.70, indicating a potential upside of 60.96%. Given KORU Medical Systems’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe KORU Medical Systems is more favorable than Sintx Technologies.
Summary
KORU Medical Systems beats Sintx Technologies on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
About KORU Medical Systems
KORU Medical Systems, Inc. develops and manufactures medical devices and supplies in the United States and internationally. It offers the freedom infusion systems to deliver life-saving therapies to patients with chronic illnesses, such as primary immunodeficiency diseases, chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy, and paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria. Its products include the FREEDOM60 syringe infusion system, the FreedomEdge syringe driver, HIgH-Flo subcutaneous safety needle sets, and precision flow rate tubing products. The company was incorporated in 1980 and is based in Mahwah, New Jersey.
About Sintx Technologies
Sintx Technologies, Inc., an advanced ceramics company, engages in the research, development, and commercialization of medical devices manufactured with silicon nitride for biomedical, technical, and antipathogenic applications in the United States. It provides solid and porous silicon nitride; silicon nitrite powder; and silicon nitride coating products, as well as silicon nitride composite materials, polyetheretherketone, and polyetherketoneketone. The company was formerly known as Amedica Corporation. Sintx Technologies, Inc. was incorporated in 1996 and is headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah.
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