Hyperfine (NASDAQ:HYPR) and Heart Tronics (OTCMKTS:HRTT) Financial Review

Hyperfine (NASDAQ:HYPR) and Heart Tronics (OTCMKTS:HRTT) are both medical companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation and earnings.

Profitability

This table compares Hyperfine and Heart Tronics’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Hyperfine	-401.00%	-44.89%	-40.96%
Heart Tronics	N/A	N/A	N/A

Insider and Institutional Ownership

15.0% of Hyperfine shares are owned by institutional investors. 26.5% of Hyperfine shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Risk & Volatility

Hyperfine has a beta of 0.75, suggesting that its stock price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Heart Tronics has a beta of 706.42, suggesting that its stock price is 70,542% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current recommendations and price targets for Hyperfine and Heart Tronics, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Hyperfine	0	2	1	0	2.33
Heart Tronics	0	0	0	0	N/A

Hyperfine currently has a consensus price target of $2.12, suggesting a potential upside of 122.78%. Given Hyperfine’s higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Hyperfine is more favorable than Heart Tronics.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Hyperfine and Heart Tronics’ revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Hyperfine	$11.03 million	6.20	-$44.24 million	($0.62)	-1.53
Heart Tronics	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Heart Tronics has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Hyperfine.

Summary

Hyperfine beats Heart Tronics on 5 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Hyperfine

Hyperfine, Inc., a medical device company, provides magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) products in the United States. The company offers Swoop Portable MR imaging system, which offers portable brain neuroimaging; and support and technical assistance services. It serves ICU, comprehensive, and primary stroke accredited facilities through direct sales and distributors. Hyperfine, Inc. was founded in 2014 and is based in Guilford, Connecticut.

About Heart Tronics

Heart Tronics, Inc., a medical device company, engages in the research, development, and marketing of medical devices in the United States. Its medical devices are used to monitor and measure physiological signals in order to detect diseases that impact an individual's health. The company offers Fidelity 100 Monitor System, an integrated system in which its component Model 100 Patient Module collects, processes, and amplifies electrocardiogram (ECG) signals from that patient through a set of 10 electrodes that are wirelessly transmitted to the laptop computer. Its products in the development stage include Fidelity 350 Holter Monitor, an ambulatory Holter monitor that collects ECG data of arrhythmia and transient heart disease, while the patient carries out daily activities away from the physician's office or hospital. The company's products in the development stage also consist of Fidelity 200 Event Recording System/Heart Tempo Card, a non-prescription heart monitoring device, which is used as an early-detection device by patients who desire to monitor their condition. Its products also include Cardiac Vest, a lightweight, close-fitting vest or undergarment made of stretchable material in which the electrodes are stitched into the fabric; and Fidelity 400 Intracardiac Monitor that applies its proprietary physiological signal acquisition and amplification technology to read intracardiac signals procured from intracardiac catheter. The company was formerly known as Signalife, Inc. and changed its name to Heart Tronics, Inc. in November 2008. Heart Tronics, Inc. was incorporated in 1987 is headquartered in Studio City, California.