Cosmos Health (NASDAQ:COSM – Get Free Report) and InfuSystem (NYSE:INFU – Get Free Report) are both small-cap healthcare companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, risk, valuation, institutional ownership and profitability.
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of current ratings and recommmendations for Cosmos Health and InfuSystem, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Cosmos Health | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
| InfuSystem | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2.75 |
InfuSystem has a consensus price target of $16.67, indicating a potential upside of 36.17%. Given InfuSystem’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe InfuSystem is more favorable than Cosmos Health.
Risk & Volatility
Insider & Institutional Ownership
12.6% of Cosmos Health shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.1% of InfuSystem shares are owned by institutional investors. 26.2% of Cosmos Health shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 10.8% of InfuSystem shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares Cosmos Health and InfuSystem”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Cosmos Health | $65.27 million | 0.42 | -$19.15 million | ($0.64) | -0.43 |
| InfuSystem | $143.34 million | 1.72 | $870,000.00 | $0.41 | 29.85 |
InfuSystem has higher revenue and earnings than Cosmos Health. Cosmos Health is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than InfuSystem, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Profitability
This table compares Cosmos Health and InfuSystem’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Cosmos Health | -33.08% | -56.88% | -18.03% |
| InfuSystem | 1.12% | 2.78% | 1.41% |
Summary
InfuSystem beats Cosmos Health on 12 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Cosmos Health
Cosmos Health Inc. manufactures, develops, and trades branded nutraceutical products in Greece, the United Kingdom, Croatia, Bulgaria, Cayman Islands, and Cyprus. It offers medicines, OTC medicines, nutraceutical products, vitamins, minerals and dietary, health care products, medical devices, baby products, and others under the Sky Premium Life and Mediterranation brand names. The company serves wholesale distributors and other healthcare providers, such as clinics, government agencies, independent retail and specialty pharmacies and independent specialty distributors. It sells its products through independent wholesale distributors. Cosmos Health Inc. was incorporated in 2009 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.
About InfuSystem
InfuSystem Holdings, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides infusion pumps, and related products and services in the United States and Canada. The company operates in two segments, Patient Services and Device Solutions. It supplies electronic ambulatory infusion pumps and associated disposable supply kits to oncology, infusion, and hospital outpatient chemotherapy clinics for the treatment of various cancers, including colorectal cancer, pain management, and other disease states. The company also sells, rents, and leases new and pre-owned pole-mounted and ambulatory infusion pumps, and other durable medical equipment; sells treatment-related consumables; and provides biomedical recertification, maintenance, and repair services for oncology practices, as well as other healthcare site settings comprising hospitals, home care and home infusion providers, skilled nursing and acute care facilities, pain centers, and others. In addition, it offers local and field-based customer support, as well as operates pump service and repair centers. The company was incorporated in 2005 and is headquartered in Rochester Hills, Michigan.
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