Acutus Medical (NASDAQ:AFIB) versus Assure (NASDAQ:IONM) Head to Head Survey

Institutional and Insider Ownership

56.9% of Acutus Medical shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.3% of Assure shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.2% of Acutus Medical shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.8% of Assure shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Acutus Medical and Assure”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Acutus Medical	$7.16 million	0.01	-$81.66 million	($0.11)	-0.02
Assure	$149,000.00	0.01	-$26.08 million	($56.12)	0.00

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

Profitability

This table compares Acutus Medical and Assure’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Acutus Medical	-272.74%	-311.64%	-11.57%
Assure	-25,178.32%	N/A	-249.78%

Volatility and Risk

Acutus Medical has a beta of -1.32, meaning that its stock price is 232% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Assure has a beta of 213.49, meaning that its stock price is 21,249% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Acutus Medical beats Assure on 6 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Acutus Medical

Acutus Medical, Inc. designs, manufactures, and markets various tools for catheter-based ablation procedures to treat various arrhythmias in the United States and internationally. Its product portfolio includes novel access sheaths, transseptal crossing tools, diagnostic and mapping catheters, conventional and contact ablation catheters, and mapping and imaging consoles and accessories, as well as supporting algorithms and software programs. Acutus Medical, Inc. was incorporated in 2011 and is headquartered in Carlsbad, California.

About Assure

Assure Holdings Corp., through its subsidiaries, provides technical and professional intraoperative neuromonitoring surgical support services in the United States. It offers services in the areas of neurosurgery, spine, cardiovascular, orthopedic, ear, nose, throat, and other surgical procedures. The company delivers various clinical and operational services, including scheduling of the interoperative neurophysiologist and supervising practitioner, real time monitoring, patient advocacy, and billing services to support surgeons and medical facilities during invasive procedures. Assure Holdings Corp. is based in Englewood, Colorado.