Sharps Technology (NASDAQ:STSS – Get Free Report) and Inari Medical (NASDAQ:NARI – Get Free Report) are both medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, valuation and earnings.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of current ratings and price targets for Sharps Technology and Inari Medical, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Sharps Technology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Inari Medical | 0 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 2.45 |
Inari Medical has a consensus price target of $58.89, suggesting a potential upside of 18.58%. Given Inari Medical’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Inari Medical is more favorable than Sharps Technology.
Valuation and Earnings
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Sharps Technology | N/A | N/A | -$9.84 million | ($8.08) | -0.43 |
| Inari Medical | $493.63 million | 5.89 | -$1.64 million | ($1.35) | -36.78 |
Inari Medical has higher revenue and earnings than Sharps Technology. Inari Medical is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sharps Technology, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Volatility & Risk
Sharps Technology has a beta of 1.19, meaning that its stock price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Inari Medical has a beta of 0.96, meaning that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Profitability
This table compares Sharps Technology and Inari Medical’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Sharps Technology | N/A | -110.40% | -73.60% |
| Inari Medical | -13.68% | -10.09% | -6.60% |
Institutional and Insider Ownership
17.2% of Sharps Technology shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.0% of Inari Medical shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.7% of Sharps Technology shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.6% of Inari Medical shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Inari Medical beats Sharps Technology on 10 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Sharps Technology
Sharps Technology, Inc., a medical device company, researches, designs, develops, manufactures, distributes, and sells safety syringe products in the United States. It offers Sharps Provensa, an ultra-low waste space syringe for the administration of various vaccines and injectable medications. Sharps Technology, Inc. was incorporated in 2017 and is based in Melville, New York.
About Inari Medical
Inari Medical, Inc. builds minimally invasive, novel, and catheter-based mechanical thrombectomy devices and accessories for the specific disease states in the United States. The company provides ClotTriever system, which is designed to core, capture, and remove large clots from large vessels for treatment of deep vein thrombosis and peripheral thrombus; FlowTriever system, a large bore catheter-based aspiration and mechanical thrombectomy system to remove large clots from large vessels in the peripheral vasculature for treating pulmonary embolism and other complex venous thromboembolism cases; InThrill system to treat small vessel thrombosis; and LimFlow system for patients who have chronic limb-threatening ischemia with no suitable endovascular or surgical revascularization options and risk of major amputation. It serves interventional radiologists, interventional cardiologists, and vascular surgeons. The company was formerly known as Inceptus Newco1 Inc. and changed its name to Inari Medical, Inc. in September 2013. Inari Medical, Inc. was incorporated in 2011 and is headquartered in Irvine, California.
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