Contrasting Voya Financial (NYSE:VOYA) and Solana (NASDAQ:HSDT)

Solana (NASDAQ:HSDT) and Voya Financial (NYSE:VOYA) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, risk and earnings.

Profitability

This table compares Solana and Voya Financial’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Solana	-1,302.78%	-41.86%	-18.53%
Voya Financial	7.45%	12.31%	0.46%

Insider & Institutional Ownership

18.6% of Solana shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.1% of Voya Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 14.4% of Solana shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of Voya Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Solana and Voya Financial”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Solana	$12.07 million	11.12	-$40.89 million	($30.32)	-0.07
Voya Financial	$8.19 billion	1.14	$654.00 million	$5.93	17.44

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

Risk & Volatility

Solana has a beta of 1.06, indicating that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Voya Financial has a beta of 0.9, indicating that its stock price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for Solana and Voya Financial, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Solana	1	1	3	0	2.40
Voya Financial	1	3	8	1	2.69

Solana currently has a consensus price target of $3.75, indicating a potential upside of 68.92%. Voya Financial has a consensus price target of $103.85, indicating a potential upside of 0.39%. Given Solana’s higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Solana is more favorable than Voya Financial.

Summary

Voya Financial beats Solana on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Solana

Helius Medical Technologies, Inc., a neurotechnology company, focuses on developing, licensing, and acquiring non-implantable technologies for the treatment of symptoms caused by neurological disease or trauma. The company's product is Portable Neuromodulation Stimulator, a non-surgical medical device intended for use as a short term treatment of gait deficit due to symptoms from multiple sclerosis and balance deficit due to mild-to-moderate traumatic brain injury, as well as to be used in conjunction with supervised therapeutic exercise. The company was incorporated in 2014 and is headquartered in Newtown, Pennsylvania.

About Voya Financial

Voya Financial, Inc. engages in the provision of workplace benefits and savings products in the United States and internationally. The company operates through three segments: Wealth Solutions, Health Solutions, and Investment Management. The Wealth Solutions segment offers full-service retirement products; recordkeeping services; stable value and fixed general account investment products; non-qualified plan administration services; and tools, guidance, and services to promote the financial well-being and retirement security of employees. The segment also provides wealth management services, such as individual retirement, managed, and brokerage accounts, as well as financial guidance and advisory services. This segment serves corporate, public and private school systems, higher education institutions, hospitals and healthcare facilities, other non-profit organizations, and state and local governments, as well as institutional and individual customers. The Health Solutions segment offers various insurance products comprising stop loss, group life, group disability, whole life, critical illness, accident, and hospital indemnity insurance. The segment also provides worksite employee benefits, health account solutions, leave management, benefits administration, health plan enrollment, financial wellness, and decision support products and services to mid-size and large corporate employers and professional associations. The Investment Management segment provides fixed income, equity, multi-asset, and alternative products and solutions to individual investors and institutional clients through its direct sales force, consultant channel, banks, broker-dealers, and independent financial advisers. The company was formerly known as ING U.S., Inc. and changed its name to Voya Financial, Inc. in April 2014. Voya Financial, Inc. was founded in 1975 and is based in New York, New York.