Mitesco (OTCMKTS:MITI) versus TruBridge (NASDAQ:TBRG) Head to Head Contrast

Mitesco (OTCMKTS:MITI) and TruBridge (NASDAQ:TBRG) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership and earnings.

Profitability

This table compares Mitesco and TruBridge’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Mitesco	-7,638.20%	N/A	-2,270.77%
TruBridge	0.85%	12.23%	5.37%

Valuation and Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Mitesco	$40,000.00	63.04	-$2.51 million	($0.14)	-1.19
TruBridge	$339.17 million	0.97	-$19.67 million	$0.19	115.71

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

Volatility & Risk

Mitesco has a beta of 2.51, suggesting that its share price is 151% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TruBridge has a beta of 0.59, suggesting that its share price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current recommendations for Mitesco and TruBridge, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Mitesco	0	0	0	0	0.00
TruBridge	1	2	1	0	2.00

TruBridge has a consensus target price of $25.50, suggesting a potential upside of 15.99%. Given TruBridge’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe TruBridge is more favorable than Mitesco.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

0.0% of Mitesco shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.6% of TruBridge shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.9% of Mitesco shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 10.7% of TruBridge shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

TruBridge beats Mitesco on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Mitesco

Mitesco, Inc. does not have significant operations. Previously, it was engaged in healthcare technology and services business. Mitesco, Inc. is based in Vero Beach, Florida.

About TruBridge

TruBridge, Inc. provides healthcare solutions and services for community hospitals, clinics, and other healthcare systems in the United States and internationally. The company operates in three segments: Revenue Cycle Management (RCM), Electronic Health Record (HER), and Patient Engagement. It focuses on providing RCM solutions for care settings, regardless of primary healthcare information solutions provider along with business management, consulting, managed IT services, and analytics and business intelligence. The company provides acute care solutions and related services for community hospitals, and physician clinics; and patient engagement and empowerment technology solutions to improve patient outcomes and engagement strategies with care providers. In addition, it offers patient liability estimates eligibility verification, claim scrubbing and submission, remittance management, denial/audit management, and contract management; and offers RCM services, such as accounts receivable management, private pay service, medical coding, revenue cycle consulting, and other additional insurance and patient billing services. Further, it offers consulting and business management services; managed IT services; encoder solutions; patient management; financial accounting; clinical; patient care; and enterprise applications. Additionally, it offers TruBridge HER platform, including total system support, national client conference, continuing education, software releases, hardware replacement, cloud electronic health record, forms and supplies, and public cloud infrastructure services; post-acute care software systems, and support and maintenance services; and InstantPHR, an interactive portal and CHBase which funnels data from multiple sources into one platform. The company was formerly known as Computer Programs and Systems, Inc. and changed its name to TruBridge, Inc. in March 2024. TruBridge, Inc. was founded in 1979 and is headquartered in Mobile, Alabama.