Decision Diagnostics (OTCMKTS:DECN – Get Free Report) and Innovative Solutions and Support (NASDAQ:ISSC – Get Free Report) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends and valuation.
Profitability
This table compares Decision Diagnostics and Innovative Solutions and Support’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Decision Diagnostics | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Innovative Solutions and Support | 17.35% | 15.60% | 13.91% |
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for Decision Diagnostics and Innovative Solutions and Support, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Decision Diagnostics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A |
| Innovative Solutions and Support | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.00 |
Insider & Institutional Ownership
34.6% of Innovative Solutions and Support shares are held by institutional investors. 2.0% of Innovative Solutions and Support shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Risk & Volatility
Decision Diagnostics has a beta of -1.43, suggesting that its share price is 243% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Innovative Solutions and Support has a beta of 0.94, suggesting that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares Decision Diagnostics and Innovative Solutions and Support’s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Decision Diagnostics | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Innovative Solutions and Support | $27.74 million | 5.10 | $5.52 million | $0.29 | 27.97 |
Innovative Solutions and Support has higher revenue and earnings than Decision Diagnostics.
Summary
Innovative Solutions and Support beats Decision Diagnostics on 9 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Decision Diagnostics
Decision Diagnostics Corp. engages in prescription and non-prescription diagnostics and home testing products. It provides blood glucose home testing test strips and exciting new concepts for blood testing monitors. The company was founded on July 6, 2000 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.
About Innovative Solutions and Support
Innovative Solutions and Support, Inc., a systems integrator, designs, develops, manufactures, sells, and services flight guidance, autothrottle, and cockpit display systems in the United States and internationally. It offers flat panel display systems that replicate the display of analog or digital displays on one screen and replace existing displays in legacy aircraft, as well as used for security monitoring on-board aircraft and as tactical workstations on military aircraft; and flight management systems that complement the flat panel display system upgrade for commercial air transport aircraft. The company also provides integrated standby units, which incorporate the measurement and display of attitude, altitude, airspeed, and navigation data into a single standby/backup navigation instrument for military, commercial air transport, and corporate/general aviation applications. In addition, it offers digital air data computers that calculate various air data parameters, such as altitude, airspeed, vertical speed, angle of attack, and other information; integrated air data computers and display units, which calculate and convey air data information; altitude displays that convey aircraft altitude measurements; airspeed displays that convey various airspeed measurements; and altitude alerters. Further, the company offers the engine and fuel displays that convey information related to fuel and oil levels, and engine activity, including oil and hydraulic pressure and temperature; integrated global navigation systems; ThrustSense, a full regime autothrottle; and utility management systems. It serves commercial air transport carriers and corporate/general aviation companies, the Department of Defense and its commercial contractors, aircraft operators, aircraft modification centers, government agencies, and foreign militaries, as well as original equipment manufacturers. Innovative Solutions and Support, Inc. was incorporated in 1988 and is based in Exton, Pennsylvania.
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