Analyzing LogicMark (NASDAQ:LGMK) and Vicarious Surgical (NYSE:RBOT)

LogicMark (NASDAQ:LGMK) and Vicarious Surgical (NYSE:RBOT) are both small-cap industrial products companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends and risk.

Risk & Volatility

LogicMark has a beta of 1.36, meaning that its share price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vicarious Surgical has a beta of 1.23, meaning that its share price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares LogicMark and Vicarious Surgical’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
LogicMark	-82.71%	-36.86%	-30.73%
Vicarious Surgical	N/A	-82.61%	-63.88%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current recommendations for LogicMark and Vicarious Surgical, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
LogicMark	0	0	0	0	N/A
Vicarious Surgical	0	4	0	0	2.00

Vicarious Surgical has a consensus price target of $0.67, indicating a potential upside of 129.89%. Given Vicarious Surgical’s higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Vicarious Surgical is more favorable than LogicMark.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

7.9% of LogicMark shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 47.3% of Vicarious Surgical shares are held by institutional investors. 10.5% of LogicMark shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 14.7% of Vicarious Surgical shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares LogicMark and Vicarious Surgical’s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
LogicMark	$11.92 million	0.12	-$6.93 million	($10.05)	-0.10
Vicarious Surgical	N/A	N/A	-$71.07 million	($0.49)	-0.59

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

Summary

LogicMark beats Vicarious Surgical on 6 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About LogicMark

LogicMark, Inc. offers personal emergency response systems (PERS), health communications devices, and Internet of Things (IoT) technology that creates a connected care platform in the United States. It manufactures and distributes non-monitored and monitored personal emergency response systems, which are offered through healthcare durable medical equipment and monitored security dealers/distributors, and the United States Department of Veterans Affairs. The company was formerly known as Nxt-ID, Inc. and changed its name to LogicMark, Inc. in March 2022. LogicMark, Inc. was founded in 2006 and is based in Louisville, Kentucky.

About Vicarious Surgical

Vicarious Surgical Inc. operates as a robotics technology company in the United States. The company focuses on developing and commercializing Vicarious System, a single-incision surgical robot that virtually transports surgeons inside the patient to perform minimally invasive surgery. Vicarious Surgical Inc. was incorporated in 2014 and is headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts.