Analyzing Retractable Technologies (NYSE:RVP) and Titan Medical (NASDAQ:TMDIF)

Insider & Institutional Ownership

0.0% of Titan Medical shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 7.6% of Retractable Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of Titan Medical shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 55.0% of Retractable Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Titan Medical and Retractable Technologies’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Titan Medical	N/A	-82.31%	-51.47%
Retractable Technologies	-41.11%	-17.15%	-9.33%

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Titan Medical and Retractable Technologies”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Titan Medical	$17.63 million	2.33	$6.95 million	$0.05	7.20
Retractable Technologies	$38.27 million	0.54	-$7.01 million	($0.54)	-1.27

Titan Medical has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Retractable Technologies. Retractable Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Titan Medical, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Volatility & Risk

Titan Medical has a beta of 1.26, indicating that its stock price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Retractable Technologies has a beta of 1.98, indicating that its stock price is 98% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Retractable Technologies beats Titan Medical on 6 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Titan Medical

Titan Medical Inc. operates as a medical technology company. It focuses on the development and licensing of robotic assisted surgical technologies. The company is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

About Retractable Technologies

Retractable Technologies, Inc. designs, develops, manufactures, and markets safety syringes and other safety medical products for the healthcare profession in the United States, rest of North and South America, and internationally. The company offers VanishPoint insulin syringes; tuberculin, insulin, and allergy antigen syringes; small diameter tube adapters; blood collection tube holders; allergy trays; IV safety catheters; Patient Safe syringes and Luer Caps; VanishPoint blood collection sets; EasyPoint needles; and VanishPoint autodisable syringes. It distributes its products through general line and specialty distributor; international distributors; and a direct marketing network. Retractable Technologies, Inc. was incorporated in 1994 and is headquartered in Little Elm, Texas.