Critical Survey: Tenon Medical (NASDAQ:TNON) and United American Healthcare (OTCMKTS:UAHC)

United American Healthcare (OTCMKTS:UAHC) and Tenon Medical (NASDAQ:TNON) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, dividends, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares United American Healthcare and Tenon Medical”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
United American Healthcare	N/A	N/A	$720,000.00	N/A	N/A
Tenon Medical	$3.28 million	2.13	-$15.58 million	($27.23)	-0.04

United American Healthcare has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Tenon Medical.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for United American Healthcare and Tenon Medical, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
United American Healthcare	0	0	0	0	0.00
Tenon Medical	0	0	3	0	3.00

Tenon Medical has a consensus target price of $4.67, indicating a potential upside of 314.81%. Given Tenon Medical’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Tenon Medical is more favorable than United American Healthcare.

Profitability

This table compares United American Healthcare and Tenon Medical’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
United American Healthcare	N/A	N/A	N/A
Tenon Medical	-413.88%	-1,785.88%	-164.26%

Risk & Volatility

United American Healthcare has a beta of -1.59, suggesting that its stock price is 259% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tenon Medical has a beta of 1.23, suggesting that its stock price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

22.7% of Tenon Medical shares are owned by institutional investors. 14.3% of United American Healthcare shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.7% of Tenon Medical shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Tenon Medical beats United American Healthcare on 6 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About United American Healthcare

United American Healthcare Corporation, through its subsidiaries, provides contract manufacturing services to the medical device industry. It also focuses on the production of natural rubber. The company was incorporated in 1983 and is based in Chicago, Illinois.

About Tenon Medical

Tenon Medical, Inc., a medical device company, engages in the development of surgical implant systems to treat severe lower back pain in the United States and Puerto Rico. The company offers CATAMARAN SI-Joint Fusion System to fuse sacroiliac joints (SI-Joints) to treat SI-Joint dysfunction that often causes severe lower back pain; and features fixation device that passes through the axial and sagittal planes of the ilium and sacrum, as well as transfixes the SI joints. Tenon Medical, Inc. was incorporated in 2012 and is headquartered in Los Gatos, California.