Contrasting TransMedics Group (NASDAQ:TMDX) & Precision Optics (NASDAQ:POCI)

TransMedics Group (NASDAQ:TMDX) and Precision Optics (NASDAQ:POCI) are both medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, risk, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership and analyst recommendations.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings for TransMedics Group and Precision Optics, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
TransMedics Group	0	2	8	1	2.91
Precision Optics	0	0	0	0	0.00

TransMedics Group presently has a consensus target price of $131.80, suggesting a potential upside of 67.73%. Given TransMedics Group’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe TransMedics Group is more favorable than Precision Optics.

Risk & Volatility

TransMedics Group has a beta of 2.08, meaning that its stock price is 108% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Precision Optics has a beta of 0.21, meaning that its stock price is 79% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

99.7% of TransMedics Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.7% of Precision Optics shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.0% of TransMedics Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 16.3% of Precision Optics shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares TransMedics Group and Precision Optics”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
TransMedics Group	$241.62 million	10.91	-$25.03 million	$0.94	83.60
Precision Optics	$18.98 million	1.70	-$2.95 million	($0.62)	-8.19

Precision Optics has lower revenue, but higher earnings than TransMedics Group. Precision Optics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TransMedics Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

This table compares TransMedics Group and Precision Optics’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
TransMedics Group	8.14%	18.74%	4.39%
Precision Optics	-20.01%	-35.51%	-21.67%

Summary

TransMedics Group beats Precision Optics on 13 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About TransMedics Group

TransMedics Group, Inc., a commercial-stage medical technology company, engages in transforming organ transplant therapy for end-stage organ failure patients in the United States and internationally. The company offers Organ Care System (OCS), a portable organ perfusion, optimization, and monitoring system that utilizes its proprietary and customized technology to replicate near-physiologic conditions for donor organs outside of the human body. Its OCS includes OCS LUNG for the preservation of standard criteria donor lungs for double-lung transplantation; OCS Heart, a technology for preservation of DBD donor hearts deemed unsuitable due to limitations of cold storage and for ex vivo reanimation, functional monitoring, and beating-heart preservation of donation-after-circulatory-death hearts; and OCS Liver for the preservation of DBD and DCD of donor livers. The company also developed national OCS program, a turnkey solution for outsourced organ retrieval; and provides OCS organ management and logistics services, including aviation and ground transportation, and other coordination activity. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Andover, Massachusetts.

About Precision Optics

Precision Optics Corporation, Inc. designs, develops, manufactures, and sells specialized optical and illumination systems and related components primarily in the United States and the European Economic Area. It offers medical instrumentation products, including endoscopes and endocouplers, as well as other custom imaging and illumination products, such as Microprecision lenses and micro medical cameras, and 3D endoscopes for use in minimally invasive surgical procedures by hospitals and physicians. The company also provides components and assemblies for industrial and military use. It markets its products to medical device companies. The company was incorporated in 1982 and is based in Gardner, Massachusetts.