Sintx Technologies (NASDAQ:SINT – Get Free Report) and LivaNova (NASDAQ:LIVN – Get Free Report) are both medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability and dividends.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of current ratings and recommmendations for Sintx Technologies and LivaNova, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Sintx Technologies | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 |
| LivaNova | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2.50 |
Sintx Technologies presently has a consensus price target of $16.00, suggesting a potential upside of 358.45%. LivaNova has a consensus price target of $63.14, suggesting a potential upside of 0.13%. Given Sintx Technologies’ higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Sintx Technologies is more favorable than LivaNova.
Risk & Volatility
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares Sintx Technologies and LivaNova”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Sintx Technologies | $733,000.00 | 17.54 | -$11.02 million | ($5.66) | -0.62 |
| LivaNova | $1.35 billion | 2.55 | $63.23 million | ($4.00) | -15.77 |
LivaNova has higher revenue and earnings than Sintx Technologies. LivaNova is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sintx Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Profitability
This table compares Sintx Technologies and LivaNova’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Sintx Technologies | -775.12% | -218.25% | -95.06% |
| LivaNova | -16.12% | 15.98% | 7.31% |
Insider & Institutional Ownership
18.4% of Sintx Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.6% of LivaNova shares are held by institutional investors. 4.1% of Sintx Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of LivaNova shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
LivaNova beats Sintx Technologies on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Sintx Technologies
Sintx Technologies, Inc., an advanced ceramics company, engages in the research, development, and commercialization of medical devices manufactured with silicon nitride for biomedical, technical, and antipathogenic applications in the United States. It provides solid and porous silicon nitride; silicon nitrite powder; and silicon nitride coating products, as well as silicon nitride composite materials, polyetheretherketone, and polyetherketoneketone. The company was formerly known as Amedica Corporation. Sintx Technologies, Inc. was incorporated in 1996 and is headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah.
About LivaNova
LivaNova PLC, a medical device company, designs, develops, manufactures, and sells therapeutic solutions worldwide. The company operates through Cardiopulmonary, Neuromodulation, and Advanced Circulatory Support segments. The Cardiopulmonary segment develops, produces, and sells cardiopulmonary products, including oxygenators, heart-lung machines, autotransfusion systems, perfusion tubing systems, cannulae, connect, and other related products. The Neuromodulation segment designs, develops, markets, and sells VNS Therapy System, an implantable pulse generator and connective lead that stimulates the vagus nerve; difficult-to-treat depression and drug-resistant epilepsy devices. The Advanced Circulatory Support segment develops, produces, and sells temporary life support products. It serves perfusionists, neurologists, neurosurgeons, and other physicians, as well as hospitals, other medical institutions, and healthcare providers. The company sells its products through direct sales representatives and independent distributors. LivaNova PLC was incorporated in 2015 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.
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