Surgical Science Sweden AB (publ) (OTCMKTS:SUSRF) & Weave Communications (NYSE:WEAV) Head to Head Analysis

Weave Communications (NYSE:WEAV) and Surgical Science Sweden AB (publ) (OTCMKTS:SUSRF) are both healthcare companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, earnings and valuation.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

86.8% of Weave Communications shares are held by institutional investors. 16.4% of Weave Communications shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for Weave Communications and Surgical Science Sweden AB (publ), as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Weave Communications	1	1	3	0	2.40
Surgical Science Sweden AB (publ)	0	1	0	0	2.00

Weave Communications presently has a consensus price target of $8.33, suggesting a potential upside of 27.58%. Given Weave Communications’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Weave Communications is more favorable than Surgical Science Sweden AB (publ).

Profitability

This table compares Weave Communications and Surgical Science Sweden AB (publ)’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Weave Communications	-10.05%	-26.46%	-10.39%
Surgical Science Sweden AB (publ)	N/A	N/A	N/A

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Weave Communications and Surgical Science Sweden AB (publ)”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Weave Communications	$239.02 million	2.17	-$28.05 million	($0.31)	-21.07
Surgical Science Sweden AB (publ)	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Surgical Science Sweden AB (publ) has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Weave Communications.

Summary

Weave Communications beats Surgical Science Sweden AB (publ) on 6 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Weave Communications

Weave Communications, Inc. provides a customer experience and payments software platform in the United States and Canada. Its platform enables small and medium-sized healthcare businesses to maximize the value of their patient interactions and minimize the time and effort spent on manual or mundane tasks. The company's products include Unified Phone Number; Customized Phone System, a smarter phone system to identify whether incoming calls are from new or current patients, provide information at every call, and manages heavy call times; Softphones to make and receive calls from anywhere with an internet connection; Text Messaging to communicate with patients; Missed Call Text to take action in real time upon notification of a missed call; Missed Text Auto-Reply; Team Chat, a group messaging solution that helps practitioners and their staff communicate with each other from their work stations; and Weave Mobile App; It also offers Weave Reviews and Respond Assistant to request, collect, monitor, and respond to reviews; Weave Email Marketing and Email Assistant; Text Connect to interact with their existing and potential patients online directly through their websites; Weave Payments, a payment processing solution; Practice Analytics provides real-time data on patient retention, appointment scheduling, treatment acceptance rates, and revenue generation; and Call Intelligence. In addition, the company provides Digital Forms to collect patient information; Insurance Verification that provides patient insurance plan details; and Scheduling to send automatic scheduling reminders through text message. It serves customers in dental, optometry, veterinary, medical, plastic surgery, physical therapy, medical spa, and other medical specialty industries. The company was formerly known as Recall Solutions, LLC and changed its name to Weave Communications, Inc. in October 2015. Weave Communications, Inc. was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in Lehi, Utah.

About Surgical Science Sweden AB (publ)

Surgical Science Sweden AB (publ) develops and markets virtual reality simulators for evidence-based medical training in Europe, North and South America, Asia, and internationally. The company offers Angio Mentor simulator for endovascular training; BRONCH Express, a portable version of BRONCH mentor simulator; ARTHRO Mentor for arthroscopic surgery skills acquisition; BRONCH Mentor, a simulator for optimizing bronchoscopy training; GI Mentor, a simulator for GI Endoscopy; HYST Mentor for True-To-Life diagnostic and therapeutic hysteroscopy training; URO Mentor, a virtual reality simulator for endourology training; EndoSim, a realistic scope simulator; FlexVR, a flexible and portable training platform which is designed to teach basic and advanced skills for robotic surgery; and LAP Mentor provides a wide array of laparoscopic training cases. It also provides LapSim training system comprising LapSim Haptic simulator provides laparoscopic training; LapSim essence, a portable and ready-to-use VR simulator; and LapSim 360, which provides high-immersion virtual reality training experience; MentorLearn, an end-to-end educational platform that makes simulation course management; and LapSim ST, a state-of-the-art training system that prepares students for the operating room. In addition, the company offers PELVIC Mentor simulator provides anatomy and pelvic exam training; Perc Mentor suite for image-guided interventions; RobotiX Mentor for practice the motor and cognitive skills for surgeons; Simball Box, which combines with digitally collected metrics into a powerful training tool; Spine Mentor, a training simulator for minimal invasive spine surgery; TEE Express, designed to teach Trans-Esophageal Echocardiography procedure using a TEE probe; TraumaVR, an ultimate mix of manikin and VR simulation; and Ultrasound Mentor for ultrasound training with multiple medical specialties. Surgical Science AB was incorporated in 1997 and is headquartered in Gothenburg, Sweden.