Contrasting Nano-X Imaging (NASDAQ:NNOX) & Integra LifeSciences (NASDAQ:IART)

Integra LifeSciences (NASDAQ:IART) and Nano-X Imaging (NASDAQ:NNOX) are both small-cap healthcare companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership and earnings.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Integra LifeSciences and Nano-X Imaging”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Integra LifeSciences	$1.64 billion	0.74	-$516.47 million	($0.09)	-172.67
Nano-X Imaging	$13.02 million	4.41	-$75.02 million	($1.58)	-0.46

Nano-X Imaging has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Integra LifeSciences. Integra LifeSciences is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Nano-X Imaging, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Risk & Volatility

Integra LifeSciences has a beta of 1.21, meaning that its share price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nano-X Imaging has a beta of 1.26, meaning that its share price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and recommmendations for Integra LifeSciences and Nano-X Imaging, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Integra LifeSciences	2	5	1	0	1.88
Nano-X Imaging	1	2	2	1	2.50

Integra LifeSciences currently has a consensus price target of $18.86, suggesting a potential upside of 21.35%. Nano-X Imaging has a consensus price target of $4.33, suggesting a potential upside of 493.53%. Given Nano-X Imaging’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Nano-X Imaging is more favorable than Integra LifeSciences.

Profitability

This table compares Integra LifeSciences and Nano-X Imaging’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Integra LifeSciences	-0.44%	18.30%	5.30%
Nano-X Imaging	-926.05%	-102.74%	-89.73%

Institutional & Insider Ownership

84.8% of Integra LifeSciences shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 21.5% of Nano-X Imaging shares are held by institutional investors. 3.8% of Integra LifeSciences shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.7% of Nano-X Imaging shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Nano-X Imaging beats Integra LifeSciences on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Integra LifeSciences

Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corporation manufactures and sells surgical instruments, neurosurgical products, and wound care products for use in neurosurgery, neurocritical care, and otolaryngology. It operates in two segments, Codman Specialty Surgical and Tissue Technologies. The company offers neurosurgery and neuro critical care products, including tissue ablation equipment, dural repair products, cerebral spinal fluid management devices, intracranial monitoring equipment, and cranial stabilization equipment; and surgical headlamps and instrumentation, as well as after-market services. It also sells instrument patterns, and surgical and lighting products to hospitals and surgery centers, as well as dental, podiatry, and veterinary offices. In addition, the company provides regenerative technology products for the treatment of acute wounds; and surgical tissue repair products for hernia, tendon, peripheral nerve repair and protection. Further, it offers skin and wound repair, plastics and surgical reconstruction products, bone grafts, and nerve and tendon repair products. The company offers its products directly through various sales forces and other distribution channels to the hospitals, integrated health networks, group purchasing organizations, clinicians, surgery centers, and health care providers in the United States, Europe, Asia Pacific, and internationally. Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corporation was incorporated in 1989 and is headquartered in Princeton, New Jersey.

About Nano-X Imaging

Nano-X Imaging Ltd. develops a commercial-grade tomographic imaging device with a digital X-ray source. The company provides teleradiology services and develops artificial intelligence applications to be used in real-world medical imaging applications. Its X-ray source is based on a digital micro-electro-mechanical systems semiconductor cathode. The company's solutions include Nanox Multi Source System comprising Nanox.ARC, a medical tomographic imaging system incorporating its digital X-ray source, and Nanox. CLOUD, a platform which employs a matching engine to match medical images to radiologists that provides image repository, connectivity to diagnostic assistive AI systems, billing, and reporting. It also offers Nanox.MARKETPLACE, which connects imaging facilities with radiologists and enables radiologists to provide, as well as customers to obtain remote interpretations of imaging data; artificial intelligence (AI)-based software imaging solutions to hospitals, health maintenance organizations, integrated delivery networks, pharmaceutical companies, and insurers that are designed to identify or predict undiagnosed or underdiagnosed medical conditions through the mining of data included in images of existing computed tomography scans for osteoporosis and cardiovascular disease; Teleradiology Services, which provide imaging interpretation services for radiology practices, hospitals, medical clinics, diagnostic imaging centers, urgent care facilities; and multi-specialty physician groups, contracts, and radiology readings. The company is headquartered in Petach Tikva, Israel.