Quipt Home Medical (NASDAQ:QIPT – Get Free Report) and Brainsway (NASDAQ:BWAY – Get Free Report) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations and earnings.
Risk & Volatility
Quipt Home Medical has a beta of 0.55, meaning that its stock price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brainsway has a beta of 1.19, meaning that its stock price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Earnings & Valuation
This table compares Quipt Home Medical and Brainsway”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Quipt Home Medical | $245.40 million | 0.63 | -$10.70 million | ($0.25) | -14.28 |
| Brainsway | $41.02 million | 10.55 | $2.92 million | $0.30 | 73.70 |
Brainsway has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Quipt Home Medical. Quipt Home Medical is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Brainsway, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Profitability
This table compares Quipt Home Medical and Brainsway’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Quipt Home Medical | -4.38% | -10.13% | -4.27% |
| Brainsway | 12.73% | 9.46% | 5.96% |
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of recent ratings and recommmendations for Quipt Home Medical and Brainsway, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Quipt Home Medical | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.75 |
| Brainsway | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2.67 |
Quipt Home Medical presently has a consensus price target of $3.83, suggesting a potential upside of 7.14%. Brainsway has a consensus price target of $23.50, suggesting a potential upside of 6.29%. Given Quipt Home Medical’s higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Quipt Home Medical is more favorable than Brainsway.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
42.9% of Quipt Home Medical shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 30.1% of Brainsway shares are owned by institutional investors. 13.4% of Quipt Home Medical shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 19.0% of Brainsway shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Brainsway beats Quipt Home Medical on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Quipt Home Medical
Quipt Home Medical Corp., through its subsidiaries, engages in the provision of durable and home medical equipment and supplies in the United States. The company offers nebulizers, oxygen concentrators, and CPAP and BiPAP units; traditional and non-traditional durable medical respiratory equipment and services; non-invasive ventilation equipment, supplies, and services; and engages in the rental of medical equipment. It offers management of various chronic disease states focusing on patients with heart and pulmonary disease, sleep apnea, reduced mobility, and other chronic health conditions. The company was formerly known as Protech Home Medical Corp. and changed its name to Quipt Home Medical Corp. in May 2021. Quipt Home Medical Corp. is headquartered in Wilder, Kentucky.
About Brainsway
BrainsWay Ltd. develops and sells noninvasive neurostimulation treatments for mental health disorders in the United States and internationally. It offers Deep Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation platform technology for the treatment of major depressive disorders, anxious depression, obsessive-compulsive disorders, smoking addiction, bipolar disorders, post traumatic stress disorders, schizophrenia, Alzheimer's disease, autism, chronic pain, multiple sclerosis, post stroke rehabilitation, and Parkinson's diseases. The company serves doctors, hospitals, and medical centers in the field of psychiatry. BrainsWay Ltd. was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in Jerusalem, Israel.
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