Head to Head Comparison: Integer (NYSE:ITGR) versus Tenon Medical (NASDAQ:TNON)

Tenon Medical (NASDAQ:TNON) and Integer (NYSE:ITGR) are both medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, dividends, risk and analyst recommendations.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and recommmendations for Tenon Medical and Integer, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Tenon Medical	1	0	1	0	2.00
Integer	0	6	4	0	2.40

Integer has a consensus price target of $98.29, suggesting a potential upside of 11.49%. Given Integer’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Integer is more favorable than Tenon Medical.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Tenon Medical and Integer”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Tenon Medical	$3.94 million	2.09	-$12.56 million	($1.99)	-0.37
Integer	$1.85 billion	1.62	$102.81 million	$4.01	21.98

Integer has higher revenue and earnings than Tenon Medical. Tenon Medical is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Integer, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

This table compares Tenon Medical and Integer’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Tenon Medical	-318.36%	-409.16%	-110.06%
Integer	7.64%	12.83%	6.51%

Volatility and Risk

Tenon Medical has a beta of 1.28, indicating that its stock price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Integer has a beta of 0.67, indicating that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

22.7% of Tenon Medical shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.3% of Integer shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Tenon Medical shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Integer shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Integer beats Tenon Medical on 12 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Tenon Medical

Tenon Medical, Inc., a medical device company, engages in the development of surgical implant systems to treat severe lower back pain in the United States and Puerto Rico. The company offers CATAMARAN SI-Joint Fusion System to fuse sacroiliac joints (SI-Joints) to treat SI-Joint dysfunction that often causes severe lower back pain; and features fixation device that passes through the axial and sagittal planes of the ilium and sacrum, as well as transfixes the SI joints. Tenon Medical, Inc. was incorporated in 2012 and is headquartered in Los Gatos, California.

About Integer

Integer Holdings Corporation operates as a medical device outsource manufacturer in the United States, Puerto Rico, Costa Rica, and internationally. It operates through two segments, Medical and Non-Medical. The company offers products for interventional cardiology, structural heart, heart failure, peripheral vascular, neurovascular, interventional oncology, electrophysiology, vascular access, infusion therapy, hemodialysis, non-vascular, urology, and gastroenterology procedures. It also provides cardiac rhythm management products, including implantable pacemakers, implantable cardioverter defibrillators, insertable cardiac monitors, implantable cardiac pacing and defibrillation leads, and heart failure therapies; neuromodulation products, such as implantable spinal cord stimulators; and non-rechargeable batteries, feedthroughs, device enclosures, machined components, and lead components and sub-assemblies. In addition, the company offers rechargeable batteries and chargers; and arthroscopic, laparoscopic, and general surgery devices and components, such as harmonic scalpels, shaver blades, burr shavers, radio frequency probes, biopsy probes, trocars, electrocautery components, wound dressings, GERD treatment components, and phacoemulsification needles. Further, it provides orthopedic products that include instruments used in hip, knee, and spine surgeries, as well as reamers and chisels. Additionally, the company offers customized battery power and power management systems, and battery solutions for the energy, military, and environmental markets. Furthermore, the company provides medical technologies. It serves multi-national original equipment manufacturers and their affiliated subsidiaries in the cardiac rhythm management, neuromodulation, orthopedics, vascular, and advanced surgical and portable medical markets. Integer Holdings Corporation was founded in 1970 and is headquartered in Plano, Texas.