United Health Products (OTCMKTS:UEEC – Get Free Report) and Viemed Healthcare (NASDAQ:VMD – Get Free Report) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, valuation and earnings.
Insider and Institutional Ownership
0.1% of United Health Products shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.2% of Viemed Healthcare shares are held by institutional investors. 1.5% of United Health Products shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 20.6% of Viemed Healthcare 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.
Risk and Volatility
United Health Products has a beta of -0.28, suggesting that its share price is 128% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Viemed Healthcare has a beta of 1.1, suggesting that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Valuation and Earnings
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| United Health Products | N/A | N/A | -$2.67 million | N/A | N/A |
| Viemed Healthcare | $270.28 million | 1.66 | $14.93 million | $0.37 | 31.54 |
Viemed Healthcare has higher revenue and earnings than United Health Products.
Profitability
This table compares United Health Products and Viemed Healthcare’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| United Health Products | N/A | N/A | -783.98% |
| Viemed Healthcare | 5.20% | 10.52% | 7.60% |
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for United Health Products and Viemed Healthcare, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| United Health Products | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Viemed Healthcare | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2.00 |
Summary
Viemed Healthcare beats United Health Products on 9 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.
About United Health Products
United Health Products, Inc. develops, manufactures, and markets hemostatic gauze products for the healthcare and wound care sectors in the United States. The company offers HemoStyp hemostatic gauze products to absorb exudate/drainage from superficial wounds, as well as helps in controlling bleeding. It serves hospitals and surgery centers, clinics and physicians, military medical care providers, hemodialysis centers, nursing homes and assisted living, and veterinary hospitals; and EMS, fire departments, and other first responders, as well as dental, oral, and maxillofacial surgery offices. The company was formerly known as United EcoEnergy Corp. and changed its name to United Health Products, Inc. in September 2010. United Health Products, Inc. was incorporated in 1997 and is headquartered in Mount Laurel, New Jersey.
About Viemed Healthcare
Viemed Healthcare, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides home medical equipment (HME) and post-acute respiratory healthcare services to patients in the United States. It provides respiratory disease management solutions, including treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), which include non-invasive ventilation, percussion vests, and other therapies; and invasive and non-invasive ventilation and related equipment and supplies to patients suffering from COPD. The company leases non-invasive and invasive ventilators, positive airway pressure machines (PAP), durable medical equipment, percussion vests, oxygen concentrators, and other medical equipment; and sells and rents HME devices. In addition, it provides neuromuscular care and oxygen therapy services; and sleep apnea management provides sleep solutions and/or equipment, such as PAP, automatic continuous positive airway pressure, and bi-level positive airway pressure machines. Further, the company offers in home sleep apnea testing services, as well as healthcare staffing and recruitment services. Viemed Healthcare, Inc. was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Lafayette, Louisiana.
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