Head to Head Survey: Sharps Technology (NASDAQ:STSS) and FitLife Brands (NASDAQ:FTLF)

FitLife Brands (NASDAQ:FTLF) and Sharps Technology (NASDAQ:STSS) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings and risk.

Risk and Volatility

FitLife Brands has a beta of 0.45, suggesting that its share price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sharps Technology has a beta of 2.2, suggesting that its share price is 120% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for FitLife Brands and Sharps Technology, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
FitLife Brands	0	2	2	0	2.50
Sharps Technology	1	0	0	0	1.00

FitLife Brands currently has a consensus target price of $23.00, indicating a potential upside of 45.29%. Given FitLife Brands’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe FitLife Brands is more favorable than Sharps Technology.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares FitLife Brands and Sharps Technology”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
FitLife Brands	$64.47 million	2.31	$8.98 million	$0.57	27.77
Sharps Technology	N/A	N/A	-$9.30 million	($831.83)	0.00

FitLife Brands has higher revenue and earnings than Sharps Technology. Sharps Technology is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than FitLife Brands, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

2.3% of FitLife Brands shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 17.2% of Sharps Technology shares are held by institutional investors. 61.4% of FitLife Brands shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Sharps Technology shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares FitLife Brands and Sharps Technology’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
FitLife Brands	9.57%	19.55%	10.51%
Sharps Technology	N/A	-84.26%	-79.52%

Summary

FitLife Brands beats Sharps Technology on 11 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About FitLife Brands

FitLife Brands, Inc. provides nutritional supplements for health-conscious consumers in the United States and internationally. The company provides weight loss, sports nutrition, and general health products; sports nutrition products; weight loss and sports nutrition products; sports nutrition and general wellness formulations with an emphasis on natural, vegan, and organic ingredients; and male health and weight loss products, as well as other diet, health, and sports nutrition supplements and related products; and value-oriented sports nutrition and weight loss products. It offers MRC products which includes general health supplements; and natural skincare and beauty products. In addition, it markets its products under the brand names of NDS Nutrition, PMD Sports, SirenLabs, CoreActive, Nutrology, Metis Nutrition, iSatori, BioGenetic Laboratories, Energize, Dr. Tobias, All-Natural Advice, and Maritime Naturals through franchised stores, as well as through retail locations, which include specialty, mass, and online. The company was formerly known as Bond Laboratories, Inc. and changed its name to FitLife Brands, Inc. in September 2013. FitLife Brands, Inc. was incorporated in 2005 and is headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska.

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.