Solana (NASDAQ:HSDT – Get Free Report) and Voya Financial (NYSE:VOYA – Get Free Report) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends and profitability.
Profitability
This table compares Solana and Voya Financial’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Solana | -1,302.78% | -41.86% | -18.53% |
| Voya Financial | 7.45% | 12.31% | 0.46% |
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares Solana and Voya Financial”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Solana | $12.07 million | 14.72 | -$40.89 million | ($30.32) | -0.10 |
| Voya Financial | $8.19 billion | 1.08 | $654.00 million | $5.93 | 16.40 |
Voya Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Solana. Solana is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Voya Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for Solana and Voya Financial, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Solana | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2.25 |
| Voya Financial | 1 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 2.69 |
Solana presently has a consensus target price of $4.00, suggesting a potential upside of 36.05%. Voya Financial has a consensus target price of $103.85, suggesting a potential upside of 6.76%. Given Solana’s higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Solana is more favorable than Voya Financial.
Institutional & Insider Ownership
18.6% of Solana shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.1% of Voya Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 14.4% of Solana shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of Voya Financial shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Volatility & Risk
Solana has a beta of 1.06, suggesting that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Voya Financial has a beta of 0.9, suggesting that its stock price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Voya Financial beats Solana on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Solana
Helius Medical Technologies, Inc., a neurotechnology company, focuses on developing, licensing, and acquiring non-implantable technologies for the treatment of symptoms caused by neurological disease or trauma. The company's product is Portable Neuromodulation Stimulator, a non-surgical medical device intended for use as a short term treatment of gait deficit due to symptoms from multiple sclerosis and balance deficit due to mild-to-moderate traumatic brain injury, as well as to be used in conjunction with supervised therapeutic exercise. The company was incorporated in 2014 and is headquartered in Newtown, Pennsylvania.
About Voya Financial
Voya Financial, Inc. engages in the provision of workplace benefits and savings products in the United States and internationally. The company operates through three segments: Wealth Solutions, Health Solutions, and Investment Management. The Wealth Solutions segment offers full-service retirement products; recordkeeping services; stable value and fixed general account investment products; non-qualified plan administration services; and tools, guidance, and services to promote the financial well-being and retirement security of employees. The segment also provides wealth management services, such as individual retirement, managed, and brokerage accounts, as well as financial guidance and advisory services. This segment serves corporate, public and private school systems, higher education institutions, hospitals and healthcare facilities, other non-profit organizations, and state and local governments, as well as institutional and individual customers. The Health Solutions segment offers various insurance products comprising stop loss, group life, group disability, whole life, critical illness, accident, and hospital indemnity insurance. The segment also provides worksite employee benefits, health account solutions, leave management, benefits administration, health plan enrollment, financial wellness, and decision support products and services to mid-size and large corporate employers and professional associations. The Investment Management segment provides fixed income, equity, multi-asset, and alternative products and solutions to individual investors and institutional clients through its direct sales force, consultant channel, banks, broker-dealers, and independent financial advisers. The company was formerly known as ING U.S., Inc. and changed its name to Voya Financial, Inc. in April 2014. Voya Financial, Inc. was founded in 1975 and is based in New York, New York.
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