Precision Optics (NASDAQ:POCI – Get Free Report) and Integra LifeSciences (NASDAQ:IART – Get Free Report) are both small-cap healthcare companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations and profitability.
Volatility & Risk
Precision Optics has a beta of 0.34, meaning that its share price is 66% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Integra LifeSciences has a beta of 1.21, meaning that its share price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
13.7% of Precision Optics shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.8% of Integra LifeSciences shares are owned by institutional investors. 14.4% of Precision Optics shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.8% of Integra LifeSciences shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Profitability
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Precision Optics | -11.51% | -23.92% | -13.05% |
| Integra LifeSciences | -0.44% | 18.30% | 5.30% |
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of current ratings and recommmendations for Precision Optics and Integra LifeSciences, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Precision Optics | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
| Integra LifeSciences | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1.88 |
Integra LifeSciences has a consensus target price of $16.71, suggesting a potential upside of 26.82%. Given Integra LifeSciences’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Integra LifeSciences is more favorable than Precision Optics.
Earnings & Valuation
This table compares Precision Optics and Integra LifeSciences”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Precision Optics | $31.53 million | 1.53 | -$3.63 million | ($0.46) | -9.59 |
| Integra LifeSciences | $1.64 billion | 0.63 | -$516.47 million | ($0.09) | -146.44 |
Precision Optics has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Integra LifeSciences. Integra LifeSciences is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Precision Optics, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Integra LifeSciences beats Precision Optics on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Precision Optics
Precision Optics Corporation, Inc. designs, develops, manufactures, and sells specialized optical and illumination systems and related components primarily in the United States and the European Economic Area. It offers medical instrumentation products, including endoscopes and endocouplers, as well as other custom imaging and illumination products, such as Microprecision lenses and micro medical cameras, and 3D endoscopes for use in minimally invasive surgical procedures by hospitals and physicians. The company also provides components and assemblies for industrial and military use. It markets its products to medical device companies. The company was incorporated in 1982 and is based in Gardner, Massachusetts.
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.
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