Rockwell Medical (NASDAQ:RMTI – Get Free Report) and Phibro Animal Health (NASDAQ:PAHC – Get Free Report) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations and valuation.
Insider and Institutional Ownership
23.3% of Rockwell Medical shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.3% of Phibro Animal Health shares are held by institutional investors. 1.9% of Rockwell Medical shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 50.1% of Phibro Animal Health shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Profitability
This table compares Rockwell Medical and Phibro Animal Health’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Rockwell Medical | -7.30% | -16.77% | -9.88% |
| Phibro Animal Health | 4.85% | 36.26% | 7.52% |
Analyst Ratings
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Rockwell Medical | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 |
| Phibro Animal Health | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2.00 |
Rockwell Medical presently has a consensus target price of $2.50, suggesting a potential upside of 164.83%. Phibro Animal Health has a consensus target price of $31.40, suggesting a potential downside of 17.97%. Given Rockwell Medical’s higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Rockwell Medical is more favorable than Phibro Animal Health.
Earnings & Valuation
This table compares Rockwell Medical and Phibro Animal Health”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Rockwell Medical | $101.49 million | 0.37 | -$480,000.00 | ($0.16) | -5.90 |
| Phibro Animal Health | $1.40 billion | 1.11 | $48.26 million | $1.66 | 23.06 |
Phibro Animal Health has higher revenue and earnings than Rockwell Medical. Rockwell Medical is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Phibro Animal Health, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Volatility & Risk
Rockwell Medical has a beta of 1.62, indicating that its share price is 62% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Phibro Animal Health has a beta of 0.77, indicating that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Phibro Animal Health beats Rockwell Medical on 11 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Rockwell Medical
Rockwell Medical, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a healthcare company that engages in the development, manufacture, commercialization, and distribution of various hemodialysis products for dialysis providers worldwide. The company offers Triferic Dialysate and Triferic AVNU which are indicated to maintain hemoglobin in adult undergoing hemodialysis. It also manufactures, sells, delivers, and distributes hemodialysis concentrates, such as CitraPure citric acid concentrate, Dri-Sate dry acid concentrate, RenalPure liquid acid concentrate, dry acid concentrate mixer, and RenalPure and SteriLyte powder bicarbonate concentrate; and ancillary products, including testing supplies, 5% acetic acid cleaning solution, 5% and 2% citric acid descaler, filtration salts, and other items used by hemodialysis providers. The company's hemodialysis concentrate products are used to sustain patient's life by removing toxins and balancing electrolytes in a dialysis patient's bloodstream. The company serves to hemodialysis clinics. Rockwell Medical, Inc. was incorporated in 1996 and is headquartered in Wixom, Michigan.
About Phibro Animal Health
Phibro Animal Health Corporation operates as an animal health and mineral nutrition company in the United States, Israel, Brazil, Ireland, and internationally. It operates through three segments: Animal Health, Mineral Nutrition, and Performance Products. The company develops, manufactures, and markets various products for food and companion animals including poultry, swine, beef and dairy cattle, aquaculture, and dogs. It also offers animal health products, such as antibacterials, anticoccidials, nutritional specialty, and vaccines and vaccine adjuvants for animal’s health and performance, food safety, and animal welfare; and engages in development, manufacturing, and marketing of microbial and bioproducts for various applications serving animal health and nutrition, environmental, industrial, and agricultural customers. In addition, the company develops, manufactures, and markets conventionally licensed and autogenous vaccine products, as well as adjuvants for animal vaccine manufacturers. Further, it provides formulations and concentrations of trace minerals, such as zinc, manganese, copper, iron, and other compounds to fortify the daily feed requirements of their livestock’s diets and maintain optimal balance of trace elements in animals. Additionally, the company offers specialty ingredients for personal care, industrial chemical, and chemical catalyst industries. It sells its animal health and mineral nutrition products through local sales offices to integrated poultry, swine, and cattle producers, as well as through commercial animal feed manufacturers, wholesalers, and distributors. The company was formerly known as Philipp Brothers Chemicals, Inc. and changed its name to Phibro Animal Health Corporation in July 2003. Phibro Animal Health Corporation was founded in 1946 and is headquartered in Teaneck, New Jersey.
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