Joint (JYNT) Competitors

Joint (NASDAQ:JYNT) and Noah (NYSE:NOAH) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation and community ranking.

Is JYNT or NOAH more profitable?

Noah has a net margin of 23.53% compared to Joint's net margin of -13.95%. Joint's return on equity of 8.24% beat Noah's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Joint	-13.95%	8.24%	2.33%
Noah	23.53%	6.43%	5.28%

Does the media refer more to JYNT or NOAH?

In the previous week, Joint had 4 more articles in the media than Noah. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Joint and 1 mentions for Noah. Noah's average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat Joint's score of 0.87 indicating that Noah is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Joint	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Noah	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts recommend JYNT or NOAH?

Joint presently has a consensus target price of $17.50, suggesting a potential upside of 66.83%. Noah has a consensus target price of $12.00, suggesting a potential upside of 26.25%. Given Joint's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Joint is more favorable than Noah.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Joint	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Noah	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Which has more risk & volatility, JYNT or NOAH?

Joint has a beta of 1.45, indicating that its share price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Noah has a beta of 0.78, indicating that its share price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor JYNT or NOAH?

Joint received 14 more outperform votes than Noah when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.39% of users gave Joint an outperform vote while only 57.39% of users gave Noah an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Joint	Outperform Votes 282 62.39%	Underperform Votes 170 37.61%
Noah	Outperform Votes 268 57.39%	Underperform Votes 199 42.61%

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, JYNT or NOAH?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Joint	$51.90M	3.10	-$9.75M	-$0.57	-18.40
Noah	$2.60B	0.24	$142.18M	$0.94	10.11

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of JYNT or NOAH?

76.9% of Joint shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.7% of Noah shares are held by institutional investors. 27.9% of Joint shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 47.2% of Noah shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Joint beats Noah on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.