Titan Medical (NASDAQ:TMDIF – Get Free Report) and Westaim (OTCMKTS:WEDXF – 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, valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, risk and dividends.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of recent ratings and target prices for Titan Medical and Westaim, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Titan Medical | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A |
| Westaim | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A |
Volatility & Risk
Insider & Institutional Ownership
0.1% of Titan Medical shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.0% of Westaim shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of Titan Medical shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.2% of Westaim shares are held 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.
Profitability
This table compares Titan Medical and Westaim’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Titan Medical | N/A | -821.49% | -115.43% |
| Westaim | 1,381.79% | 35.74% | 31.66% |
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares Titan Medical and Westaim’s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Titan Medical | $20.09 million | 0.62 | -$42.54 million | ($0.13) | -0.85 |
| Westaim | $10.68 million | 34.06 | $17.96 million | $0.99 | 2.67 |
Westaim has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Titan Medical. Titan Medical is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Westaim, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Westaim beats Titan Medical on 8 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Titan Medical
Titan Medical Inc., a medical technology company, focuses on the development and commercialization of robotic assisted surgical technologies for application in minimally invasive surgery. It is developing the Enos system, a robotic single access surgical system that includes a surgeon-controlled patient cart comprising a 3D high-definition vision system and multi-articulating instruments for performing surgical procedures; and a surgeon workstation that provides the surgeon with ergonomic interface to the patient cart and a 3D endoscopic view inside the patient's body during surgical procedures. The company is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.
About Westaim
The Westaim Corporation is a private equity firm specializing in direct and indirect investments through acquisitions, joint ventures, secondary investments both direct and indirect, fund of fund investments, and other arrangements. For direct investments, the firm invests in early venture, mid venture, late venture, middle market, later stage, mature, emerging growth, PIPEs, and buyout transactions. For fund of fund investments, it seeks to invest in private equity funds, venture capital funds, and hedge funds. The firm seeks to provide long term capital to businesses operating in the global financial services industry. It typically acquires controlling interests in businesses. The firm seeks to acquire debt, equity, or derivative securities of both public and private companies. It invests with the objective of providing its shareholders with capital appreciation and real wealth preservation. The firm seeks to provide its portfolio companies with advisory services including, but not limited to, advice on capital allocation, financing strategy, performance measurement and merger and acquisition support. It also seeks to partner with like-minded providers of third party capital to help supplement the firm's own capital, when completing acquisitions. The firm generally seeks to hold its investments for seven to 15 years. The Westaim Corporation was founded in 1996 and is based in Toronto, Canada.
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