Analyzing Abbott Laboratories (NYSE:ABT) & United Health Products (OTCMKTS:UEEC)

Abbott Laboratories (NYSE:ABT) and United Health Products (OTCMKTS:UEEC) are both medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership and dividends.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings for Abbott Laboratories and United Health Products, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Abbott Laboratories	1	4	19	2	2.85
United Health Products	0	0	0	0	0.00

Abbott Laboratories currently has a consensus price target of $118.30, suggesting a potential upside of 30.78%. Given Abbott Laboratories’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Abbott Laboratories is more favorable than United Health Products.

Volatility & Risk

Abbott Laboratories has a beta of 0.63, indicating that its share price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, United Health Products has a beta of -0.29, indicating that its share price is 129% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Abbott Laboratories and United Health Products’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Abbott Laboratories	13.90%	17.62%	10.01%
United Health Products	N/A	N/A	-783.98%

Insider & Institutional Ownership

75.2% of Abbott Laboratories shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.1% of United Health Products shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Abbott Laboratories shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of United Health Products shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Abbott Laboratories and United Health Products”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Abbott Laboratories	$44.33 billion	3.55	$6.52 billion	$3.57	25.34
United Health Products	N/A	N/A	-$2.67 million	N/A	N/A

Abbott Laboratories has higher revenue and earnings than United Health Products.

Summary

Abbott Laboratories beats United Health Products on 11 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Abbott Laboratories

Abbott Laboratories, together with its subsidiaries, discovers, develops, manufactures, and sells health care products worldwide. It operates in four segments: Established Pharmaceutical Products, Diagnostic Products, Nutritional Products, and Medical Devices. The company provides generic pharmaceuticals for the treatment of pancreatic exocrine insufficiency, irritable bowel syndrome or biliary spasm, intrahepatic cholestasis or depressive symptoms, gynecological disorder, hormone replacement therapy, dyslipidemia, hypertension, hypothyroidism, Ménière’s disease and vestibular vertigo, pain, fever, inflammation, and migraine, as well as provides anti-infective clarithromycin, influenza vaccine, and products to regulate physiological rhythm of the colon. It also offers laboratory and transfusion medicine systems in the areas of immunoassay, clinical chemistry, hematology, and transfusion; molecular diagnostics polymerase chain reaction instrument systems that automate the extraction, purification, and preparation of DNA and RNA from patient samples, and detect and measure infectious agents; point of care systems; cartridges for testing blood gas, chemistry, electrolytes, coagulation, and immunoassay; rapid diagnostics lateral flow testing products; molecular point-of-care testing for HIV, SARS-CoV-2, influenza A and B, RSV, and strep A; cardiometabolic test systems; drug and alcohol test, and remote patient monitoring and consumer self-test systems; and informatics and automation solutions for laboratories. In addition, the company provides pediatric and adult nutritional products; rhythm management, electrophysiology, heart failure, vascular, and structural heart devices for the treatment of cardiovascular diseases; diabetes care products, such as glucose and blood glucose monitoring systems; and neuromodulation devices for the management of chronic pain and movement disorders. Abbott Laboratories was founded in 1888 and is based in North Chicago, Illinois.

About United Health Products

United Health Products, Inc. develops, manufactures, and markets hemostatic gauze products for the healthcare and wound care sectors in the United States. The company offers HemoStyp hemostatic gauze products to absorb exudate/drainage from superficial wounds, as well as helps in controlling bleeding. It serves hospitals and surgery centers, clinics and physicians, military medical care providers, hemodialysis centers, nursing homes and assisted living, and veterinary hospitals; and EMS, fire departments, and other first responders, as well as dental, oral, and maxillofacial surgery offices. The company was formerly known as United EcoEnergy Corp. and changed its name to United Health Products, Inc. in September 2010. United Health Products, Inc. was incorporated in 1997 and is headquartered in Mount Laurel, New Jersey.