Tivic Health Systems (NASDAQ:TIVC – Get Free Report) and Clover Health Investments (NASDAQ:CLOV – Get Free Report) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations and profitability.
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of recent ratings for Tivic Health Systems and Clover Health Investments, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Tivic Health Systems | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
| Clover Health Investments | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 |
Clover Health Investments has a consensus price target of $3.23, suggesting a potential upside of 51.80%. Given Clover Health Investments’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Clover Health Investments is more favorable than Tivic Health Systems.
Risk and Volatility
Profitability
This table compares Tivic Health Systems and Clover Health Investments’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Tivic Health Systems | -1,557.26% | -202.20% | -173.34% |
| Clover Health Investments | -3.29% | -16.79% | -9.95% |
Institutional & Insider Ownership
4.3% of Tivic Health Systems shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.8% of Clover Health Investments shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.4% of Tivic Health Systems shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 24.1% of Clover Health Investments shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares Tivic Health Systems and Clover Health Investments”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Tivic Health Systems | $780,000.00 | 1.95 | -$5.66 million | ($6.68) | -0.13 |
| Clover Health Investments | $1.77 billion | 0.62 | -$43.01 million | ($0.11) | -19.36 |
Tivic Health Systems has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Clover Health Investments. Clover Health Investments is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Tivic Health Systems, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Clover Health Investments beats Tivic Health Systems on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Tivic Health Systems
Tivic Health Systems Inc. operates as a health tech company, focuses on developing and commercializing bioelectronic medicine. Its primary product is ClearUP, a bioelectronic medicine for the treatment of sinus and nasal inflammation. The company sells its products on direct-to-consumer channel through its own websites; and platforms, such as Amazon.com and Walmart.com, as well as to U.S. online retailers, such as BestBuy and FSAStore and through distributors. Tivic Health Systems, Inc. was incorporated in 2016 and is headquartered in Hayward, California.
About Clover Health Investments
Clover Health Investments, Corp. provides medicare advantage plans in the United States. It operates through two segments: Insurance and Non-Insurance. It also offers Clover Assistant, a cloud-based software platform, that enables physicians to detect, identify, and manage chronic diseases earlier; and access to data-driven and personalized insights for the patients they treat. Clover Health Investments, Corp. is based in Franklin, Tennessee.
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