TriSalus Life Sciences (NASDAQ:TLSI – Get Free Report) and Tenon Medical (NASDAQ:TNON – Get Free Report) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability and risk.
Profitability
This table compares TriSalus Life Sciences and Tenon Medical’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| TriSalus Life Sciences | -206.24% | N/A | -236.83% |
| Tenon Medical | -413.88% | -1,785.88% | -164.26% |
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for TriSalus Life Sciences and Tenon Medical, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| TriSalus Life Sciences | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 3.20 |
| Tenon Medical | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3.00 |
Volatility and Risk
TriSalus Life Sciences has a beta of 0.51, indicating that its share price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tenon Medical has a beta of 1.89, indicating that its share price is 89% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
2.6% of TriSalus Life Sciences shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 22.7% of Tenon Medical shares are held by institutional investors. 32.8% of TriSalus Life Sciences shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.7% of Tenon Medical shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares TriSalus Life Sciences and Tenon Medical”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| TriSalus Life Sciences | $26.89 million | 6.27 | -$59.04 million | ($2.49) | -2.22 |
| Tenon Medical | $3.32 million | 1.38 | -$15.58 million | ($27.23) | -0.05 |
Tenon Medical has lower revenue, but higher earnings than TriSalus Life Sciences. TriSalus Life Sciences is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Tenon Medical, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
TriSalus Life Sciences beats Tenon Medical on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
About TriSalus Life Sciences
TriSalus Life Sciences, Inc., a medical technology company, researches, develops, and sells drug delivery technologies and immune-oncology therapeutics for the treatment of liver and pancreatic cancer. The company offers Pressure Enabled Drug Delivery infusion systems, such as the TriNav infusion system, which is used in transarterial radioembolization and chemoembolization procedures for patients with liver cancer and metastases; and the Pancreatic Retrograde Venous Infusion device, which is in Phase 1 clinical trial, for locally advanced pancreatic cancer. It also develops nelitolimod, an investigational immunotherapeutic in Phase 1 clinical trial for the treatment of uveal melanoma with liver metastases, hepatocellular carcinoma, intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma, and locally advanced pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma. The company serves interventional radiologists, IR technicians, medical oncologists, nursing support, value analysis committee staff, and patients through its sales representatives and sales managers. TriSalus Life Sciences, Inc. was founded in 2009 and is headquartered in Westminster, Colorado.
About Tenon Medical
Tenon Medical, Inc., a medical device company, engages in the development of surgical implant systems to treat severe lower back pain in the United States and Puerto Rico. The company offers CATAMARAN SI-Joint Fusion System to fuse sacroiliac joints (SI-Joints) to treat SI-Joint dysfunction that often causes severe lower back pain; and features fixation device that passes through the axial and sagittal planes of the ilium and sacrum, as well as transfixes the SI joints. Tenon Medical, Inc. was incorporated in 2012 and is headquartered in Los Gatos, California.
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