Clover Health Investments (NASDAQ:CLOV – Get Free Report) and Tivic Health Systems (NASDAQ:TIVC – Get Free Report) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, risk and profitability.
Volatility & Risk
Clover Health Investments has a beta of 2.09, suggesting that its stock price is 109% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tivic Health Systems has a beta of 1.98, suggesting that its stock price is 98% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Profitability
This table compares Clover Health Investments and Tivic Health Systems’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Clover Health Investments | -3.29% | -16.79% | -9.95% |
| Tivic Health Systems | -1,557.26% | -202.20% | -173.34% |
Valuation & Earnings
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Clover Health Investments | $1.37 billion | 0.81 | -$43.01 million | ($0.11) | -19.55 |
| Tivic Health Systems | $780,000.00 | 2.34 | -$5.66 million | ($6.68) | -0.15 |
Tivic Health Systems has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Clover Health Investments. Clover Health Investments is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Tivic Health Systems, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Clover Health Investments and Tivic Health Systems, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Clover Health Investments | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 |
| Tivic Health Systems | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
Clover Health Investments presently has a consensus target price of $3.23, indicating a potential upside of 50.39%. Given Clover Health Investments’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Clover Health Investments is more favorable than Tivic Health Systems.
Insider and Institutional Ownership
19.8% of Clover Health Investments shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 4.3% of Tivic Health Systems shares are held by institutional investors. 24.1% of Clover Health Investments shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.4% of Tivic Health Systems shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Clover Health Investments beats Tivic Health Systems on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Clover Health Investments
Clover Health Investments, Corp. provides medicare advantage plans in the United States. It operates through two segments: Insurance and Non-Insurance. It also offers Clover Assistant, a cloud-based software platform, that enables physicians to detect, identify, and manage chronic diseases earlier; and access to data-driven and personalized insights for the patients they treat. Clover Health Investments, Corp. is based in Franklin, Tennessee.
About Tivic Health Systems
Tivic Health Systems Inc. operates as a health tech company, focuses on developing and commercializing bioelectronic medicine. Its primary product is ClearUP, a bioelectronic medicine for the treatment of sinus and nasal inflammation. The company sells its products on direct-to-consumer channel through its own websites; and platforms, such as Amazon.com and Walmart.com, as well as to U.S. online retailers, such as BestBuy and FSAStore and through distributors. Tivic Health Systems, Inc. was incorporated in 2016 and is headquartered in Hayward, California.
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