Analyzing SANUWAVE Health (OTCMKTS:SNWV) and Retractable Technologies (NYSE:RVP)

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Retractable Technologies and SANUWAVE Health”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Retractable Technologies	$38.16 million	0.64	-$7.01 million	($0.29)	-2.83
SANUWAVE Health	$39.19 million	8.08	-$25.81 million	($8.25)	-4.48

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

Risk and Volatility

Retractable Technologies has a beta of 1.4, meaning that its stock price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SANUWAVE Health has a beta of 1.39, meaning that its stock price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

7.6% of Retractable Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.5% of SANUWAVE Health shares are owned by institutional investors. 57.1% of Retractable Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 14.9% of SANUWAVE Health shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Retractable Technologies and SANUWAVE Health’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Retractable Technologies	-41.11%	-17.15%	-9.33%
SANUWAVE Health	-1.33%	-23.83%	-20.60%

Summary

Retractable Technologies beats SANUWAVE Health on 6 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

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.

About SANUWAVE Health

SANUWAVE Health, Inc., a shock wave technology company, researches, develops, and commercializes noninvasive, high-energy, and acoustic shock waves for regenerative medicine and other applications in the United States and internationally. Its shockwaves are used to produce a biological response resulting in the body healing itself through the repair and regeneration of tissue, musculoskeletal, and vascular structures. The company's pulsed acoustic cellular expression systems, including dermaPACE system for treating diabetic foot ulcers and other chronic wounds; orthoPACE system for treating tendinopathies and acute and nonunion fractures; and Profile is used to provide solution for pain management in sports medicine and physical therapy. Its portfolio of wound treatment solutions provides patients with a noninvasive technology that boosts the body's normal healing and tissue regeneration processes. In addition, the company offers UltraMIST, non-contact and non-thermal ultrasound therapy device used to treat diabetic foot ulcers, pressure ulcers, venous leg ulcers, deep tissue pressure injuries, and surgical wounds. SANUWAVE Health, Inc. was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Eden Prairie, Minnesota.