Movano (NASDAQ:MOVE) versus Integer (NYSE:ITGR) Financial Analysis

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

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Integer and Movano”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Integer	$1.60 billion	2.83	$90.65 million	$3.24	41.64
Movano	$852,000.00	27.27	-$29.28 million	($6.75)	-0.52

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

Risk and Volatility

Integer has a beta of 1.09, indicating that its stock price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Movano has a beta of 0.18, indicating that its stock price is 82% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Integer and Movano, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Integer	0	1	7	0	2.88
Movano	0	0	1	0	3.00

Integer currently has a consensus price target of $139.75, indicating a potential upside of 3.59%. Movano has a consensus price target of $30.00, indicating a potential upside of 752.27%. Given Movano’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Movano is more favorable than Integer.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Integer	6.70%	11.63%	5.86%
Movano	N/A	-452.96%	-233.43%

Insider & Institutional Ownership

99.3% of Integer shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.6% of Movano shares are held by institutional investors. 2.0% of Integer shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 13.4% of Movano 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.

Summary

Integer beats Movano on 10 of the 14 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 Movano

Movano Inc. engages in developing a platform to deliver healthcare solutions at the intersection of medical and consumer devices. The company is involved in the development of Evie Ring, which is a wearable designed specifically for women that combines health and wellness metrics comprises resting heart rate, heart rate variability (HRV), blood oxygen saturation (SpO2), respiration rate, skin temperature variability, period and ovulation tracking, and menstrual symptom tracking, as well as activity profile, including steps, active minutes and calories burned, sleep stages and duration, and mood tracking. It develops System-on-a-Chip (SoC) for blood pressure or continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) systems. The company was formerly known as Maestro Sensors Inc. and changed its name to Movano Inc. in August 2018. Movano Inc. was incorporated in 2018 and is based in Pleasanton, California.