Waystar (NASDAQ:WAY) & Materialise (NASDAQ:MTLS) Head to Head Contrast

Waystar (NASDAQ:WAY) and Materialise (NASDAQ:MTLS) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, dividends, profitability, institutional ownership and valuation.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

19.3% of Materialise shares are held by institutional investors. 3.5% of Waystar shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Waystar and Materialise, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Waystar	1	2	17	3	2.96
Materialise	0	2	1	0	2.33

Waystar currently has a consensus price target of $36.38, suggesting a potential upside of 73.66%. Materialise has a consensus price target of $10.00, suggesting a potential upside of 77.62%. Given Materialise’s higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Materialise is more favorable than Waystar.

Profitability

This table compares Waystar and Materialise’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Waystar	10.90%	6.99%	4.72%
Materialise	2.96%	3.23%	1.99%

Volatility & Risk

Waystar has a beta of 0.21, meaning that its share price is 79% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Materialise has a beta of 1.28, meaning that its share price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Waystar and Materialise”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Waystar	$1.10 billion	3.66	$112.09 million	$0.67	31.27
Materialise	$302.73 million	1.10	$8.73 million	$0.15	37.53

Waystar has higher revenue and earnings than Materialise. Waystar is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Materialise, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

Waystar beats Materialise on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Waystar

Waystar Holding Corp. is a software company which provide healthcare payments. Waystar Holding Corp. is based in LEHI, Utah.

About Materialise

Materialise NV provides additive manufacturing and medical software, and 3D printing services in the Americas, Europe and Africa, and the Asia-Pacific. The company operates through three segments: Materialise Software, Materialise Medical, and Materialise Manufacturing. The Materialise Software segment offers software through programs and platforms that enable and enhance the functionality of 3D printers and of 3D printing operations. Its software interfaces between various types of 3D printers; and various software applications and capturing technologies, including computer-aided design/computer-aided manufacturing packages and 3D scanners. This segment serves 3D printing machine manufacturers; production companies and contract manufacturers in automotive, aerospace, consumer goods, and hearing aid industries; and 3D printing service bureaus through its sales force, Website, and third party distributors. The Materialise Medical segment provides medical software that allows medical-image based analysis, planning, and engineering, as well as patient-specific design and printing of surgical devices and implants. It serves medical device companies, hospitals, universities, research institutes, and industrial companies through its direct sales force, Website, and picture archiving and communication system. The Materialise Manufacturing segment provides 3D printing services, design and engineering services, and rapid prototyping and additive manufacturing of production parts to industrial and commercial customers. The company has collaboration agreements with Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.; Encore Medical, L.P.; DePuy Synthes Companies of Johnson & Johnson; Limacorporate Spa; Mathys AG; Corin Ltd; Smith & Nephew Inc.; Corin Ltd; Medtronic Inc.; and Abbott Laboratories Inc. Materialise NV was incorporated in 1990 and is headquartered in Leuven, Belgium.