Vapor (OTCMKTS:HCMC) & STAAR Surgical (NASDAQ:STAA) Financial Comparison

Vapor (OTCMKTS:HCMC) and STAAR Surgical (NASDAQ:STAA) are both medical companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, profitability and valuation.

Volatility & Risk

Vapor has a beta of -1.24, meaning that its share price is 224% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, STAAR Surgical has a beta of 0.74, meaning that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Vapor and STAAR Surgical’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Vapor	N/A	-570.86%	-356.77%
STAAR Surgical	-42.45%	-16.11%	-12.54%

Institutional & Insider Ownership

0.1% of Vapor shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.7% of STAAR Surgical shares are owned by institutional investors. 44.9% of Vapor shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of STAAR Surgical shares are owned 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.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Vapor and STAAR Surgical”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Vapor	N/A	N/A	-$11.89 million	N/A	N/A
STAAR Surgical	$313.90 million	4.38	-$20.21 million	($1.93)	-14.37

Vapor has higher earnings, but lower revenue than STAAR Surgical.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for Vapor and STAAR Surgical, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Vapor	0	0	0	0	0.00
STAAR Surgical	0	10	0	0	2.00

STAAR Surgical has a consensus price target of $20.67, indicating a potential downside of 25.50%. Given STAAR Surgical’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe STAAR Surgical is more favorable than Vapor.

Summary

STAAR Surgical beats Vapor on 7 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Vapor

Healthier Choices Management Corp. operates natural and organic retail stores in the United States. The company operates in two segments, Grocery and Vapor. The company operates Ada's Natural Market and Paradise Health & Nutrition stores that offer fresh produce, bulk foods, vitamins and supplements, packaged groceries, meat and seafood, deli, baked goods, dairy products, frozen foods, health and beauty products, and natural household items; Mother Earth's Storehouse and Ellwood Thompson stores, which provide organic and health foods, and vitamins; and Greens Natural Food stores that offers organic produce and non-GMO groceries and bulk foods, various local products, juice and smoothie bar, fresh foods, vitamins and supplements, and health and beauty products. It also sells vitamins and supplements, as well as health, beauty, and personal care products through its TheVitaminStore.com website. In addition, the company offers Q-Unit and Q-Cup technology, a product that enables consumers to vape concentrates either medicinally or recreationally. Healthier Choices Management Corp. is headquartered in Hollywood, Florida.

About STAAR Surgical

STAAR Surgical Company, together with its subsidiaries, designs, develops, manufactures, markets, and sells implantable lenses for the eye, and companion delivery systems to deliver the lenses into the eye. The company provides implantable Collamer lens product family (ICLs) to treat visual disorders, such as myopia, hyperopia, astigmatism, and presbyopia. It markets its products to health care providers, including ophthalmic surgeons, vision and surgical centers, hospitals, government facilities, and distributors, as well as products are primarily used by ophthalmologists. The company sells its products directly through its sales representatives in the United States, Japan, Germany, Spain, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Singapore, as well as through own representatives and independent distributors in China, Korea, India, France, Benelux, Italy, and internationally. STAAR Surgical Company was incorporated in 1982 and is headquartered in Lake Forest, California.