Head to Head Contrast: Retractable Technologies (NYSE:RVP) vs. Titan Medical (NASDAQ:TMDIF)

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Titan Medical and Retractable Technologies”s revenue, earnings per share 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	0.53	-$7.01 million	($0.54)	-1.26

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.

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%

Insider and Institutional Ownership

0.0% of Titan Medical shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 7.6% of Retractable Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of Titan Medical shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 55.0% of Retractable Technologies shares are owned by 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.

Volatility & Risk

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