Wellgistics Health (NASDAQ:MEDS – Get Free Report) and Joint (NASDAQ:JYNT – Get Free Report) are both small-cap healthcare companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends and risk.
Volatility and Risk
Wellgistics Health has a beta of -1.77, indicating that its share price is 277% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Joint has a beta of 1.05, indicating that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for Wellgistics Health and Joint, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Wellgistics Health | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
| Joint | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2.00 |
Valuation and Earnings
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Wellgistics Health | $8.02 million | 0.35 | -$101.28 million | ($46.13) | -0.02 |
| Joint | $54.90 million | 2.07 | $2.91 million | $0.27 | 29.83 |
Joint has higher revenue and earnings than Wellgistics Health. Wellgistics Health is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Joint, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Profitability
This table compares Wellgistics Health and Joint’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Wellgistics Health | -1,100.16% | N/A | -171.81% |
| Joint | 6.49% | 12.02% | 3.47% |
Insider and Institutional Ownership
5.7% of Wellgistics Health shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.9% of Joint shares are owned by institutional investors. 29.1% of Wellgistics Health shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 30.2% of Joint shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Joint beats Wellgistics Health on 12 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Wellgistics Health
Founded in 2022, Wellgistics Health is a holding company for various existing and planned strategic businesses centered around pharmaceuticals and healthcare services. As a micro health ecosystem, our portfolio of companies consists of a pharmacy, wholesale operations, and a technology division with a novel platform for hub and clinical services. We are focused on improving the lives of patients while delivering unique solutions for pharmacies, providers, pharmaceutical manufacturers, and payors. In January 2023 and May 2023, Wellgistics Health entered into separate definitive agreements with the owners of Wood Sage and Wellgistics LLC, respectively, whereby Wellgistics Health would acquire all of the respective outstanding membership interests of Wood Sage and Wellgistics LLC. In June 2024, Wellgistics Health and Wood Sage entered into an amended and revised definitive agreement and closed on the Wood Sage Acquisition, thereby making Wood Sage a wholly owned subsidiary of Wellgistics Health. In connection with the Wood Sage Acquisition, Wellgistics Health acquired Wood Sage’s two operating subsidiaries, APS—a pharmaceutical technology hub—and CSP—a retail community specialty pharmacy. On August 30, 2024, Wellgistics Health closed on the Wellgistics Acquisition, thereby making Wellgistics LLC—a company focused on wholesale operations including the distribution and fulfillment of certain pharmaceutical medications to a network of independent pharmacies meant to improve market access to and patient outcomes regarding the medications—a wholly owned subsidiary of Wellgistics Health. As such, Wellgistics Health currently exists as a holding company with Wood Sage as a directly held intermediate holding company subsidiary, APS and CSP as indirect operating subsidiaries, and Wellgistics LLC as a direct operating subsidiary. On October 4, 2024, the Company changed its corporate name to “Wellgistics Health, Inc.” by filing a duly authorized Certificate of Amendment to its Certificate of Incorporation. Despite that Wellgistics Health only recently closed the Wood Sage Acquisition and the Wellgistics Acquisition during 2024, the three companies have shared common office space, comarketed solutions to the marketplace, and leveraged financial and back-office support prior to June 2024. As such, Wellgistics Health’s management believes that its close business relationships have and will continue to limit the need for post-closing integration. The mailing address of our principal executive office is 3000 Bayport Drive, Suite 950 Tampa, FL.
About Joint
The Joint Corp. operates and franchises chiropractic clinics in the United States. The company operates in two segments, Corporate Clinics and Franchise Operations. The Joint Corp. was incorporated in 2010 and is headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona.
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