Comparing Kewaunee Scientific (NASDAQ:KEQU) & LogicMark (OTCMKTS:LGMKD)

Kewaunee Scientific (NASDAQ:KEQU) and LogicMark (OTCMKTS:LGMKD) are both small-cap healthcare companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, dividends, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

32.7% of Kewaunee Scientific shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 7.9% of LogicMark shares are owned by institutional investors. 14.1% of Kewaunee Scientific shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of LogicMark shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Kewaunee Scientific and LogicMark’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Kewaunee Scientific	3.41%	14.10%	5.55%
LogicMark	-90.21%	-57.08%	-44.90%

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Kewaunee Scientific and LogicMark”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Kewaunee Scientific	$282.00 million	0.38	$9.62 million	$3.22	11.51
LogicMark	$9.90 million	0.09	-$9.00 million	($94.52)	-0.01

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

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current recommendations and price targets for Kewaunee Scientific and LogicMark, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Kewaunee Scientific	0	1	0	0	2.00
LogicMark	0	1	0	0	2.00

Volatility & Risk

Kewaunee Scientific has a beta of 0.72, indicating that its stock price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, LogicMark has a beta of 1.67, indicating that its stock price is 67% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Kewaunee Scientific beats LogicMark on 10 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Kewaunee Scientific

Kewaunee Scientific Corporation designs, manufactures, and installs laboratory, healthcare, and technical furniture and infrastructure products. The company operates through two segments, Domestic and International. Its products include steel and wood casework, fume hoods, adaptable modular systems, moveable workstations, stand-alone benches, biological safety cabinets, and epoxy resin work surfaces and sinks. The company's laboratory products are used in chemistry, physics, biology, and other general science laboratories in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, industrial, chemical, commercial, educational, government, and health care markets; and technical products are used in facilities manufacturing computers and light electronics and by users of computer and networking furniture. It sells its products primarily through dealers, its subidiaries, and a national distributor. The company was founded in 1906 and is headquartered in Statesville, North Carolina.

About LogicMark

LogicMark, Inc. provides personal emergency response systems (PERS), health communications devices, and Internet of Things (IoT) technology that creates a connected care platform in the United States. The company’s devices provide people with the ability to receive care at home and age independently and to check, manage, and monitor a loved one’s health and safety remotely. It also manufactures and distributes non-monitored and monitored personal emergency response systems, which are offered through the United States Veterans Health Administration (VHA), direct-to-consumers, healthcare durable medical equipment dealers and distributors, monitored security dealers and distributors, and its ecommerce website logicmark.com and Amazon.com. 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.