Analyzing Positron (OTCMKTS:POSC) & Sonova (OTCMKTS:SONVY)

Positron (OTCMKTS:POSC) and Sonova (OTCMKTS:SONVY) are both medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, valuation, earnings, profitability and institutional ownership.

Volatility and Risk

Positron has a beta of 0.59, meaning that its share price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sonova has a beta of 1.26, meaning that its share price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Positron and Sonova’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Positron	-222.99%	N/A	-65.25%
Sonova	N/A	N/A	N/A

Insider and Institutional Ownership

0.0% of Sonova shares are held by institutional investors. 17.2% of Positron shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Sonova shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Positron and Sonova’s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Positron	$740,000.00	41.35	-$1.64 million	N/A	N/A
Sonova	$3.80 billion	4.68	$629.66 million	N/A	N/A

Sonova has higher revenue and earnings than Positron.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings for Positron and Sonova, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Positron	0	0	0	0	N/A
Sonova	0	0	0	0	N/A

Summary

Sonova beats Positron on 6 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Positron

Positron Corporation, a nuclear medicine healthcare company, specializes in the business of cardiac positron emission tomography (PET) imaging in the United States. It offers attrius PET scanner, clinical and technical services, and financing solutions enables healthcare providers to accurately diagnose cardiac disease, improve patient outcomes, and practice cost effective medicines. Positron Corporation was incorporated in 1983 and is based in Niagara Falls, New York.

About Sonova

Sonova Holding AG manufactures and sells hearing care solutions for adults and children in the United States, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific. It operates through two segments, Hearing Instruments and Cochlear Implants segments. The Hearing Instruments segments engages in the design, development, manufacture, distribution, and service of hearing instruments and related products, as well as wireless headsets, speech-enhanced hearables, and audiophile headphones under the Phonak, Unitron, Hansaton, and Sennheiser brand names; and audiological care services under the AudioNova, Audium, Audition Santé, Boots Hearingcare, Connect Hearing, Geers, Hansaton, Lapperre, Schoonenberg, and Triton Hearing brands. The Cochlear Implants segment is involved in the design, development, manufacture, distribution, and service of hearing implants and related products under the Advanced Bionics brand. The company sells its products through independent distributors; and provides hearing care services through a network of stores and clinics. The company was formerly known as Phonak Holding AG and changed its name to Sonova Holding AG in August 2007. Sonova Holding AG was founded in 1947 and is headquartered in Stäfa, Switzerland.