Critical Survey: Steakholder Foods (OTCMKTS:MTTCF) and Integra LifeSciences (NASDAQ:IART)

Integra LifeSciences (NASDAQ:IART) and Steakholder Foods (OTCMKTS:MTTCF) are both medical companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings and profitability.

Profitability

This table compares Integra LifeSciences and Steakholder Foods’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Integra LifeSciences	-0.42%	12.35%	4.82%
Steakholder Foods	N/A	N/A	N/A

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and recommmendations for Integra LifeSciences and Steakholder Foods, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Integra LifeSciences	3	4	1	0	1.75
Steakholder Foods	0	0	0	0	0.00

Integra LifeSciences currently has a consensus target price of $23.00, indicating a potential upside of 5.46%. Given Integra LifeSciences’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Integra LifeSciences is more favorable than Steakholder Foods.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Integra LifeSciences and Steakholder Foods”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Integra LifeSciences	$1.56 billion	1.08	$67.74 million	($0.09)	-242.33
Steakholder Foods	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Integra LifeSciences has higher revenue and earnings than Steakholder Foods.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

84.8% of Integra LifeSciences shares are held by institutional investors. 3.1% of Integra LifeSciences shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Integra LifeSciences beats Steakholder Foods on 8 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Integra LifeSciences

Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corporation manufactures and sells surgical instruments, neurosurgical products, and wound care products for use in neurosurgery, neurocritical care, and otolaryngology. It operates in two segments, Codman Specialty Surgical and Tissue Technologies. The company offers neurosurgery and neuro critical care products, including tissue ablation equipment, dural repair products, cerebral spinal fluid management devices, intracranial monitoring equipment, and cranial stabilization equipment; and surgical headlamps and instrumentation, as well as after-market services. It also sells instrument patterns, and surgical and lighting products to hospitals and surgery centers, as well as dental, podiatry, and veterinary offices. In addition, the company provides regenerative technology products for the treatment of acute wounds; and surgical tissue repair products for hernia, tendon, peripheral nerve repair and protection. Further, it offers skin and wound repair, plastics and surgical reconstruction products, bone grafts, and nerve and tendon repair products. The company offers its products directly through various sales forces and other distribution channels to the hospitals, integrated health networks, group purchasing organizations, clinicians, surgery centers, and health care providers in the United States, Europe, Asia Pacific, and internationally. Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corporation was incorporated in 1989 and is headquartered in Princeton, New Jersey.

About Steakholder Foods

Steakholder Foods Ltd., a deep-tech food company, develops cultivated meat production technologies in Israel. The company develops alternative protein manufacturing machines, including three-dimensional printers to produce meat, fish, and seafood analogs; and hybrid cultivated meat technologies to be integrated into production processes, as well as hybrid meat blends, cell lines, growth media, and bioreactors. It also offers premix blends as a plant-based alternative for meat and seafood under the SHMeat and SHFish brand names. In addition, the company provides consulting and implementation services. It serves food processing and retail companies; and cultivated meat producers. Steakholder Foods Ltd. was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in Rehovot, Israel.