Nutex Health (NASDAQ:NUTX) vs. Solventum (NYSE:SOLV) Head to Head Contrast

Nutex Health (NASDAQ:NUTX) and Solventum (NYSE:SOLV) are both medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings and valuation.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Nutex Health and Solventum”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Nutex Health	$875.26 million	0.98	$70.79 million	$12.94	9.66
Solventum	$8.33 billion	1.59	$1.56 billion	$8.16	9.36

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

Profitability

This table compares Nutex Health and Solventum’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Nutex Health	10.95%	23.50%	10.47%
Solventum	17.33%	23.51%	7.63%

Institutional & Insider Ownership

5.3% of Nutex Health shares are held by institutional investors. 44.7% of Nutex Health shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Solventum shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for Nutex Health and Solventum, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Nutex Health	0	1	2	0	2.67
Solventum	1	5	8	0	2.50

Nutex Health currently has a consensus price target of $220.00, indicating a potential upside of 75.96%. Solventum has a consensus price target of $84.25, indicating a potential upside of 10.28%. Given Nutex Health’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Nutex Health is more favorable than Solventum.

Volatility and Risk

Nutex Health has a beta of 0.26, suggesting that its share price is 74% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Solventum has a beta of 0.69, suggesting that its share price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500.

About Nutex Health

Nutex Health Inc. operates as a physician-led, healthcare services, and operations company. It operates through three segments: Hospital, Population Health Management (PHM), and Real Estate. The PHM segment establishes and operates independent physician associations; and offers a cloud-based platform for healthcare organizations to provide value-based care and population health management. The Real Estate segment owns and owns and leases land and hospital building. The Hospital segment develops and operates a network of micro-hospitals, specialty hospitals and hospital outpatient departments which offers 24/7 care. It also provides operational and managerial services, including management, billing, collections, human resources and recruiting, legal, accounting, and marketing. In addition, the company offers healthcare services, including emergency room care, inpatient care, and behavioral health, as well as onsite imaging, such as CT scan, X-ray, MRI, ultrasound, etc.; certified and accredited laboratories; and onsite inpatient pharmacies. The company was founded in 2011 and is based in Houston, Texas.

About Solventum

Solventum Corporation, a healthcare company, engages in the developing, manufacturing, and commercializing a portfolio of solutions to address critical customer and patient needs. It operates through four segments: Medsurg, Dental Solutions, Health Information Systems, and Purification and Filtration. The Medsurg segment is a provider of solutions including advanced wound care, I.V. site management, sterilization assurance, temperature management, surgical supplies, stethoscopes, and medical electrodes. The Dental Solutions segment provides a comprehensive suite of dental and orthodontic products including brackets, aligners, restorative cements, and bonding agents. The Health Information Systems provides software solutions including computer-assisted, physician documentation, direct-to-bill and coding automation, classification methodologies, speech, recognition, and data visualization platforms. The Purification and Filtration segment provides purification and filtration technologies including filters, purifiers, cartridges, and membranes. The company was incorporated in 2023 and is based in Saint Paul, Minnesota.