SilverSun Technologies (NASDAQ:SSNT) and NantHealth (NASDAQ:NH) Critical Analysis

SilverSun Technologies (NASDAQ:SSNT) and NantHealth (NASDAQ:NH) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation and earnings.

Profitability

This table compares SilverSun Technologies and NantHealth’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
SilverSun Technologies	0.94%	4.76%	2.24%
NantHealth	-94.67%	N/A	-39.82%

Risk and Volatility

SilverSun Technologies has a beta of 1.48, meaning that its share price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NantHealth has a beta of 1.82, meaning that its share price is 82% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current recommendations and price targets for SilverSun Technologies and NantHealth, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
SilverSun Technologies	0	0	0	0	N/A
NantHealth	0	0	0	0	N/A

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares SilverSun Technologies and NantHealth’s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
SilverSun Technologies	$44.99 million	0.37	-$280,000.00	$0.09	34.89
NantHealth	$67.68 million	0.05	-$67.78 million	($7.65)	-0.06

SilverSun Technologies has higher earnings, but lower revenue than NantHealth. NantHealth is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SilverSun Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

15.8% of SilverSun Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 4.5% of NantHealth shares are held by institutional investors. 40.1% of SilverSun Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 61.3% of NantHealth shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

SilverSun Technologies beats NantHealth on 8 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About SilverSun Technologies

SilverSun Technologies, Inc. operates as a business application, technology, and consulting company in the United States. The company provides solutions for accounting and business management, financial reporting, enterprise resource planning, human capital management, warehouse management systems, customer relationship management, and business intelligence. It also offers value-added services that focuses on consulting and professional, specialized programming, training, and technical support services. In addition, the company provides information technology managed services, such as cybersecurity, application hosting, disaster recovery, business continuity, cloud, and other services; and data back-up, network maintenance, and upgrade services. It serves small and medium-sized businesses primarily in the manufacturing, distribution, and service industries. The company was formerly known as Trey Resources, Inc. and changed its name to SilverSun Technologies, Inc. in June 2011. SilverSun Technologies, Inc. was founded in 1988 and is headquartered in East Hanover, New Jersey.

About NantHealth

NantHealth, Inc. engages in the provision of enterprise solutions that help businesses transform complex data into actionable insights. It is also involved in marketing solutions as a comprehensive integrated solution that includes clinical decision support, payer engagement solutions, data analysis, and network monitoring and management. The company was founded by Patrick Soon-Shiong on July 7, 2010 and is headquartered in Morrisville, NC.