Head to Head Review: 1mage Software (OTCMKTS:ISOL) and Streamline Health Solutions (NASDAQ:STRM)

Streamline Health Solutions (NASDAQ:STRM) and 1mage Software (OTCMKTS:ISOL) are both medical companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings and risk.

Profitability

This table compares Streamline Health Solutions and 1mage Software’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Streamline Health Solutions	-81.36%	-29.25%	-16.44%
1mage Software	N/A	N/A	N/A

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Streamline Health Solutions and 1mage Software’s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Streamline Health Solutions	$23.98 million	0.81	-$11.38 million	($0.34)	-0.98
1mage Software	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

1mage Software has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Streamline Health Solutions.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current recommendations for Streamline Health Solutions and 1mage Software, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Streamline Health Solutions	0	0	0	0	N/A
1mage Software	0	0	0	0	N/A

Streamline Health Solutions currently has a consensus price target of $2.00, suggesting a potential upside of 502.41%. Given Streamline Health Solutions’ higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Streamline Health Solutions is more favorable than 1mage Software.

Risk and Volatility

Streamline Health Solutions has a beta of 1.18, indicating that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, 1mage Software has a beta of 1.21, indicating that its share price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

31.7% of Streamline Health Solutions shares are owned by institutional investors. 26.7% of Streamline Health Solutions shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 52.8% of 1mage Software shares are owned by company 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.

Summary

1mage Software beats Streamline Health Solutions on 5 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Streamline Health Solutions

Streamline Health Solutions, Inc. offers health information technology solutions and associated services for hospitals and health systems in the United States and Canada. The company offers RevID, an automated revenue reconciliation software; eValuator, a coding analysis platform; data comparison engine; coding and clinical documentation improvement (CDI) solutions, including CDI, abstracting, and physician query; and financial management solutions, such as accounts receivable management, denials management, claims processing, spend management, and audit management. It also provides auditing and coding, software, and professional services. The company sells its solutions and services through direct sales force and reseller partnerships. Streamline Health Solutions, Inc. was incorporated in 1989 and is based in Alpharetta, Georgia.

About 1mage Software

1mage Software Inc operates in the technology industry. The company offers capturing services, including 1ACCESS, an java-based software application that utilizes the adobe PDF format, which could be printed, faxed, and emailed; application program interfaces consisting of executable subroutines; 1FAX, an software application that manages inbound/outbound fax transmissions and outbound emails; 1SCAN, a windows based software application; and 1ERM that provides simultaneous and multi-user access to indexed and archived computer-generated reports and customer-related documents. Its capturing services also include 1SCANSERV, which allow scanned documents from an MFP or a scanner to be transformed into image files; V1A, a document imaging software that allows viewing images; and Zoë, which gives access to other outside applications. The company also provides integrating services, such as application program interfaces; Zoë that gives access to other outside applications; ZoëFetch, an application bridge, which works with various applications; and Zoë XML Web services that allows users to seamlessly integrate with line of business application. In addition, it offers archiving services; and digital content management system that provides solutions for the scanning, indexing, storing, and retrieving of document images. Further, the company provides 1SEARCH that locate and retrieve documents/images, as well as Web services. Additionally, it offers exporting services, which include 1PUBLISH that enables users with specific security rights; and 1RENDITION, which automates the rendition billing process. The company is based in Centennial, Colorado.