Nutex Health (NASDAQ:NUTX – Get Free Report) and QuinStreet (NASDAQ:QNST – Get Free Report) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership and valuation.
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of recent ratings for Nutex Health and QuinStreet, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Nutex Health | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3.00 |
| QuinStreet | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2.80 |
Nutex Health currently has a consensus target price of $67.50, indicating a potential upside of 51.14%. QuinStreet has a consensus target price of $29.80, indicating a potential upside of 62.75%. Given QuinStreet’s higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe QuinStreet is more favorable than Nutex Health.
Risk and Volatility
Profitability
This table compares Nutex Health and QuinStreet’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Nutex Health | -14.09% | -51.27% | -9.89% |
| QuinStreet | -1.31% | -4.13% | -2.37% |
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares Nutex Health and QuinStreet”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Nutex Health | $292.00 million | 0.83 | -$45.79 million | ($9.39) | -4.76 |
| QuinStreet | $928.72 million | 1.11 | -$31.33 million | ($0.22) | -83.23 |
QuinStreet has higher revenue and earnings than Nutex Health. QuinStreet is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Nutex Health, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Insider & Institutional Ownership
5.3% of Nutex Health shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.8% of QuinStreet shares are owned by institutional investors. 38.5% of Nutex Health shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.0% of QuinStreet shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
QuinStreet beats Nutex Health on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Nutex Health
Nutex Health Inc. operates as a physician-led, healthcare services, and operations company. It operates through three segments: Hospital, Population Health Management (PHM), and Real Estate. The PHM segment establishes and operates independent physician associations; and offers a cloud-based platform for healthcare organizations to provide value-based care and population health management. The Real Estate segment owns and owns and leases land and hospital building. The Hospital segment develops and operates a network of micro-hospitals, specialty hospitals and hospital outpatient departments which offers 24/7 care. It also provides operational and managerial services, including management, billing, collections, human resources and recruiting, legal, accounting, and marketing. In addition, the company offers healthcare services, including emergency room care, inpatient care, and behavioral health, as well as onsite imaging, such as CT scan, X-ray, MRI, ultrasound, etc.; certified and accredited laboratories; and onsite inpatient pharmacies. The company was founded in 2011 and is based in Houston, Texas.
About QuinStreet
QuinStreet, Inc., an online performance marketing company, provides customer acquisition services for its clients in the United States and internationally. The company offers online marketing services, such as qualified clicks, leads, calls, applications, and customers through its websites or third-party publishers. It serves financial and home services industries. The company was incorporated in 1999 and is headquartered in Foster City, California.
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