Contrasting Movano (NASDAQ:MOVE) & Integer (NYSE:ITGR)

Movano (NASDAQ:MOVE) and Integer (NYSE:ITGR) are both medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, earnings, valuation and dividends.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Movano and Integer, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Movano	0	0	1	0	3.00
Integer	0	1	7	0	2.88

Movano presently has a consensus price target of $30.00, indicating a potential upside of 834.58%. Integer has a consensus price target of $139.75, indicating a potential upside of 4.93%. Given Movano’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Movano is more favorable than Integer.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

16.6% of Movano shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.3% of Integer shares are owned by institutional investors. 13.4% of Movano shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Integer shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Risk & Volatility

Movano has a beta of 0.18, meaning that its share price is 82% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Integer has a beta of 1.09, meaning that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Movano	N/A	-452.96%	-233.43%
Integer	6.70%	11.63%	5.86%

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Movano and Integer”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Movano	N/A	N/A	-$29.28 million	($6.75)	-0.48
Integer	$1.60 billion	2.80	$90.65 million	$3.24	41.10

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

Summary

Integer beats Movano on 10 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Movano

Movano Inc. engages in developing a platform to deliver healthcare solutions at the intersection of medical and consumer devices. The company is involved in the development of Evie Ring, which is a wearable designed specifically for women that combines health and wellness metrics comprises resting heart rate, heart rate variability (HRV), blood oxygen saturation (SpO2), respiration rate, skin temperature variability, period and ovulation tracking, and menstrual symptom tracking, as well as activity profile, including steps, active minutes and calories burned, sleep stages and duration, and mood tracking. It develops System-on-a-Chip (SoC) for blood pressure or continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) systems. The company was formerly known as Maestro Sensors Inc. and changed its name to Movano Inc. in August 2018. Movano Inc. was incorporated in 2018 and is based in Pleasanton, 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.