Analyzing Integer (NYSE:ITGR) & QT Imaging (NASDAQ:QTI)

Integer (NYSE:ITGR) and QT Imaging (NASDAQ:QTI) are both healthcare companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk and valuation.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Integer	5.68%	11.84%	5.98%
QT Imaging	-77.25%	-1,202.69%	-46.76%

Volatility & Risk

Integer has a beta of 0.6, suggesting that its stock price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, QT Imaging has a beta of 0.05, suggesting that its stock price is 95% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Integer and QT Imaging”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Integer	$1.85 billion	2.32	$102.81 million	$2.98	42.48
QT Imaging	$18.92 million	1.48	-$21.08 million	($1.57)	-1.29

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

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and recommmendations for Integer and QT Imaging, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Integer	0	11	1	0	2.08
QT Imaging	1	1	3	0	2.40

Integer presently has a consensus target price of $113.67, indicating a potential downside of 10.21%. QT Imaging has a consensus target price of $8.50, indicating a potential upside of 318.72%. Given QT Imaging’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe QT Imaging is more favorable than Integer.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

99.3% of Integer shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 24.2% of QT Imaging shares are held by institutional investors. 1.1% of Integer shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 25.4% of QT Imaging shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Integer beats QT Imaging on 9 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

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.

About QT Imaging

QT Imaging Holdings, Inc. engages in the research, development, and commercialization of body imaging systems for detection, diagnosis, monitoring, and treatment of diseases. The company offers QT Ultrasound Breast Scanner, an ultrasonic imaging system that provides reflection-mode and transmission-mode images of a patient’s breast. QT Imaging Holdings, Inc. was founded in 2011 and is based in Novato, California.