Reviewing Oruka Therapeutics (NASDAQ:ORKA) & Trinity Biotech (NASDAQ:TRIB)

Trinity Biotech (NASDAQ:TRIB) and Oruka Therapeutics (NASDAQ:ORKA) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, valuation, risk, profitability, institutional ownership and analyst recommendations.

Volatility & Risk

Trinity Biotech has a beta of 0.86, indicating that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Oruka Therapeutics has a beta of 0.25, indicating that its share price is 75% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Trinity Biotech and Oruka Therapeutics’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Trinity Biotech	-34.39%	N/A	-21.37%
Oruka Therapeutics	N/A	-24.96%	-21.22%

Insider & Institutional Ownership

79.0% of Trinity Biotech shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 56.4% of Oruka Therapeutics shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.2% of Trinity Biotech shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 22.7% of Oruka Therapeutics shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for Trinity Biotech and Oruka Therapeutics, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Trinity Biotech	0	0	0	0	0.00
Oruka Therapeutics	0	0	7	2	3.22

Oruka Therapeutics has a consensus price target of $39.86, suggesting a potential upside of 329.03%. Given Oruka Therapeutics’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Oruka Therapeutics is more favorable than Trinity Biotech.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Trinity Biotech and Oruka Therapeutics”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Trinity Biotech	$59.13 million	0.25	-$24.02 million	($2.26)	-0.36
Oruka Therapeutics	N/A	N/A	-$5.34 million	($5.79)	-1.60

Oruka Therapeutics has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Trinity Biotech. Oruka Therapeutics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Trinity Biotech, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

Oruka Therapeutics beats Trinity Biotech on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Trinity Biotech

Trinity Biotech plc acquires, together with its subsidiaries, develops, acquires, manufactures, and markets medical diagnostic products for the clinical laboratory and point-of-care (POC) segments of the diagnostic market in the Americas and Ireland. The company offers clinical laboratory products, including diagnostic tests and instrumentation, which detects infectious diseases; sexually transmitted diseases consisting of syphilis and herpes; SARS-CoV-2; and epstein barr, measles, mumps, toxoplasmosis, cytomegalovirus, rubella, varicella and other viral pathogens, as well as products for the in-vitro diagnostic testing for haemoglobin A1c used in the monitoring and diagnosis of diabetes, and identifying those who are at a risk of developing diabetes. It also provides laboratory-testing services for Sjogren's syndrome, hearing loss, celiac disease, lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, systemic sclerosis, and other laboratory-testing services for autoimmune disorders. The company develops, manufactures, and sells products in the immunofluorescence assay, enzyme-linked immunosorbent, western blot, and line immunoassay formats; and provides reagent products, such as ACE, bile acids, oxalate, and glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase for diagnosis of liver and kidney diseases, as well as haemolytic anaemia. It serves public health authorities, non-governmental organisations, and clinical and reference laboratories through its direct sales force, as well as through a network of independent distributors and strategic partners. Trinity Biotech plc was incorporated in 1992 and is headquartered in Bray, Ireland.

About Oruka Therapeutics

Oruka Therapeutics, Inc. is a biotechnology company, which focuses on developing novel monoclonal antibody therapeutics for PsO and other I&I indications. Its pipeline includes ORKA-001 and ORKA-002. The company is headquartered in Menlo Park, CA.