Sonic Healthcare (OTCMKTS:SKHHY) & iSpecimen (NASDAQ:ISPC) Financial Survey

iSpecimen (NASDAQ:ISPC) and Sonic Healthcare (OTCMKTS:SKHHY) are both medical companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, valuation, risk and earnings.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

13.6% of iSpecimen shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.0% of Sonic Healthcare shares are owned by institutional investors. 12.2% of iSpecimen shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares iSpecimen and Sonic Healthcare”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
iSpecimen	$5.91 million	1.07	-$12.50 million	($9.51)	-0.07
Sonic Healthcare	$6.25 billion	1.10	$332.61 million	N/A	N/A

Sonic Healthcare has higher revenue and earnings than iSpecimen.

Volatility and Risk

iSpecimen has a beta of 1.76, indicating that its stock price is 76% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sonic Healthcare has a beta of 0.89, indicating that its stock price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current recommendations for iSpecimen and Sonic Healthcare, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
iSpecimen	1	0	0	0	1.00
Sonic Healthcare	0	0	1	0	3.00

Sonic Healthcare has a consensus price target of $30.15, indicating a potential upside of 116.60%. Given Sonic Healthcare’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Sonic Healthcare is more favorable than iSpecimen.

Profitability

This table compares iSpecimen and Sonic Healthcare’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
iSpecimen	-172.48%	-395.15%	-121.72%
Sonic Healthcare	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

Sonic Healthcare beats iSpecimen on 9 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About iSpecimen

iSpecimen Inc. provides technology that connects life science researchers who need human biofluids, tissues, and living cells for their research with biospecimens available in healthcare provider organizations worldwide. Its cloud-based technology enables scientists to search for specimens and patients across a network of hospitals, clinics, private practice groups, laboratories, blood centers, biobanks, clinical research sites, and cadaveric donation centers. The company develops and operates iSpecimen Marketplace, a proprietary online marketplace platform that connects medical researchers who need access to subjects, samples, and data with hospitals, laboratories, and other organizations who have access to them. It serves biopharmaceutical companies, in vitro diagnostic companies, and government/academic institutions. iSpecimen Inc. was incorporated in 2009 and is headquartered in Lexington, Massachusetts.

About Sonic Healthcare

Sonic Healthcare Limited offers medical diagnostic services to medical practitioners, hospitals, community health services, and their collective patients. The company provides laboratory medicine/pathology testing services, such as biochemistry, cytopathology, genetics, haematology, histopathology, immunoserology, microbiology, molecular pathology, prenatal testing, toxicology, and ancillary functions; and radiology services, including magnetic resonance imaging, computed tomography (CT), ultrasound, X-ray, mammography, nuclear medicine, PET CT, interventional procedures, and bone mineral densitometry. It offers primary care medical services comprising general practice clinics, occupational health services, skin cancer clinics, after-hours general practice services, general practice IT solutions, and community-based healthcare services. The company operates in Australia, the United Kingdom, Ireland, the United States, Germany, Switzerland, New Zealand, Belgium, and internationally. Sonic Healthcare Limited was incorporated in 1934 and is headquartered in Sydney, Australia.