Healthcare Triangle (NASDAQ:HCTI – Get Free Report) and DarioHealth (NASDAQ:DRIO – Get Free Report) are both small-cap healthcare companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, profitability and institutional ownership.
Profitability
This table compares Healthcare Triangle and DarioHealth’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Healthcare Triangle | -66.85% | -125.45% | -36.06% |
| DarioHealth | -169.87% | -54.81% | -33.36% |
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares Healthcare Triangle and DarioHealth”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Healthcare Triangle | $25.67 million | 0.46 | -$9.48 million | ($33.52) | -0.02 |
| DarioHealth | $22.36 million | 3.08 | -$41.71 million | ($6.13) | -1.15 |
Healthcare Triangle has higher revenue and earnings than DarioHealth. DarioHealth is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Healthcare Triangle, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Insider and Institutional Ownership
0.3% of Healthcare Triangle shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.4% of DarioHealth shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Healthcare Triangle shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.5% of DarioHealth shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of current ratings for Healthcare Triangle and DarioHealth, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Healthcare Triangle | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
| DarioHealth | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2.25 |
DarioHealth has a consensus price target of $10.00, suggesting a potential upside of 42.25%. Given DarioHealth’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe DarioHealth is more favorable than Healthcare Triangle.
Risk and Volatility
Healthcare Triangle has a beta of 1.09, indicating that its stock price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DarioHealth has a beta of 1.12, indicating that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
DarioHealth beats Healthcare Triangle on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Healthcare Triangle
Healthcare Triangle, Inc., a healthcare information technology company, focuses on developing solutions in the sectors of cloud services, data science, and professional and managed services for the electronic health record, and healthcare and life sciences industry. It provides a suite of software, solutions, platforms, and services that enables healthcare and pharma organizations to deliver personalized healthcare, precision medicine, advances in drug discovery, development and efficacy, collaborative research and development, respond to evidence, and accelerate their digital transformation. The company’s software platforms include CloudEz, an enterprise multi-cloud transformation and management platform that enables customers to manage their cloud infrastructure in private, hybrid, and public cloud infrastructures; and DataEz, a cloud-based data analytics and data science platform for the data analytics and data science requirements of life sciences/pharmaceutical and healthcare provider organizations. It also provides Readabl.AI, a Software-as-a-Service solution that uses public cloud artificial intelligence and machine learning to recognize and extract healthcare information from documents, faxes, and narrative reports. In addition, the company offers cloud IT services; and healthcare IT services, such as electronic health records and software implementation, optimization, and extension to community partners, as well as application managed services, and backup and disaster recovery on public cloud. It primarily serves healthcare delivery organizations, healthcare insurance companies, pharmaceutical and life sciences, biotech companies, and medical device manufacturers. The company was incorporated in 2019 and is based in Pleasanton, California. Healthcare Triangle, Inc. is a subsidiary of SecureKloud Technologies, Inc.
About DarioHealth
DarioHealth Corp. operates as a digital health company in the United States, Canada, the European Union, Australia, and New Zealand. Its digital therapeutics platform and suite of solutions deliver personalized and dynamic interventions driven by data analytics and one-on-one coaching for diabetes, hypertension, weight management, musculoskeletal pain, and behavioral health. The company offers Dario Evolve, a metabolic solution to address metabolic health needs, such as diabetes, pre-diabetes, hypertension, and weight management; Dario Move, which address most common musculoskeletal conditions; Dario Elevate, a behavioral health solution that optimizes access to evidence-based care; and Dario One, a full suite of chronic condition management solution; and Dario blood glucose monitoring systems. It also provides native devices, such as glucose meter, blood pressure cuff, digital scale, and biofeedback sensor device, as well as live coaching services. The company was formerly known as LabStyle Innovations Corp. and changed its name to DarioHealth Corp. in July 2016. DarioHealth Corp. was incorporated in 2011 and is based in New York, New York.
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