Analyzing TriSalus Life Sciences (NASDAQ:TLSI) and United American Healthcare (OTCMKTS:UAHC)

United American Healthcare (OTCMKTS:UAHC) and TriSalus Life Sciences (NASDAQ:TLSI) are both medical companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership and risk.

Profitability

This table compares United American Healthcare and TriSalus Life Sciences’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
United American Healthcare	N/A	N/A	N/A
TriSalus Life Sciences	-206.24%	N/A	-236.83%

Insider and Institutional Ownership

2.6% of TriSalus Life Sciences shares are owned by institutional investors. 14.3% of United American Healthcare shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 32.8% of TriSalus Life Sciences shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings for United American Healthcare and TriSalus Life Sciences, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
United American Healthcare	0	0	0	0	0.00
TriSalus Life Sciences	0	0	6	2	3.25

TriSalus Life Sciences has a consensus target price of $12.08, indicating a potential upside of 166.74%. Given TriSalus Life Sciences’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe TriSalus Life Sciences is more favorable than United American Healthcare.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares United American Healthcare and TriSalus Life Sciences”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
United American Healthcare	N/A	N/A	$720,000.00	N/A	N/A
TriSalus Life Sciences	$18.51 million	7.46	-$59.04 million	($2.49)	-1.82

United American Healthcare has higher earnings, but lower revenue than TriSalus Life Sciences.

Risk and Volatility

United American Healthcare has a beta of -1.34, indicating that its share price is 234% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TriSalus Life Sciences has a beta of 0.49, indicating that its share price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

TriSalus Life Sciences beats United American Healthcare on 8 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About United American Healthcare

United American Healthcare Corporation, through its subsidiaries, provides contract manufacturing services to the medical device industry. It also focuses on the production of natural rubber. The company was incorporated in 1983 and is based in Chicago, Illinois.

About TriSalus Life Sciences

TriSalus Life Sciences, Inc., a medical technology company, researches, develops, and sells drug delivery technologies and immune-oncology therapeutics for the treatment of liver and pancreatic cancer. The company offers Pressure Enabled Drug Delivery infusion systems, such as the TriNav infusion system, which is used in transarterial radioembolization and chemoembolization procedures for patients with liver cancer and metastases; and the Pancreatic Retrograde Venous Infusion device, which is in Phase 1 clinical trial, for locally advanced pancreatic cancer. It also develops nelitolimod, an investigational immunotherapeutic in Phase 1 clinical trial for the treatment of uveal melanoma with liver metastases, hepatocellular carcinoma, intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma, and locally advanced pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma. The company serves interventional radiologists, IR technicians, medical oncologists, nursing support, value analysis committee staff, and patients through its sales representatives and sales managers. TriSalus Life Sciences, Inc. was founded in 2009 and is headquartered in Westminster, Colorado.