NantHealth (NH) Competitors

NantHealth (NASDAQ:NH) and Fluent (NASDAQ:FLNT) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, community ranking, risk and valuation.

Do analysts recommend NH or FLNT?

Fluent has a consensus price target of $3.00, indicating a potential upside of 57.89%. Given Fluent's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Fluent is more favorable than NantHealth.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
NantHealth	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Fluent	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Which has more volatility & risk, NH or FLNT?

NantHealth has a beta of 1.82, meaning that its share price is 82% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fluent has a beta of 1.56, meaning that its share price is 56% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of NH or FLNT?

4.5% of NantHealth shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 23.3% of Fluent shares are held by institutional investors. 61.3% of NantHealth shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 43.5% of Fluent shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is NH or FLNT more profitable?

Fluent has a net margin of -10.59% compared to NantHealth's net margin of -94.67%. NantHealth's return on equity of 0.00% beat Fluent's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
NantHealth	-94.67%	N/A	-39.82%
Fluent	-10.59%	-64.75%	-17.47%

Does the media favor NH or FLNT?

In the previous week, Fluent had 9 more articles in the media than NantHealth. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Fluent and 0 mentions for NantHealth. Fluent's average media sentiment score of 0.28 beat NantHealth's score of 0.00 indicating that Fluent is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
NantHealth	Neutral
Fluent	Neutral

Which has better valuation & earnings, NH or FLNT?

Fluent has higher revenue and earnings than NantHealth. Fluent is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than NantHealth, 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
NantHealth	$67.68M	0.00	-$67.78M	-$7.65	N/A
Fluent	$243.85M	0.16	-$63.22M	-$1.81	-1.05

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in NH or FLNT?

NantHealth received 100 more outperform votes than Fluent when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 46.80% of users gave NantHealth an outperform vote while only 42.54% of users gave Fluent an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
NantHealth	Outperform Votes 271 46.80%	Underperform Votes 308 53.20%
Fluent	Outperform Votes 171 42.54%	Underperform Votes 231 57.46%

Summary

Fluent beats NantHealth on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.