WORK Medical Technology Group (NASDAQ:WOK) & Teleflex (NYSE:TFX) Critical Analysis

Teleflex (NYSE:TFX) and WORK Medical Technology Group (NASDAQ:WOK) are both medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends and risk.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Teleflex and WORK Medical Technology Group”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Teleflex	$3.05 billion	1.51	$69.68 million	($7.35)	-14.17
WORK Medical Technology Group	$11.51 million	0.00	-$3.49 million	N/A	N/A

Teleflex has higher revenue and earnings than WORK Medical Technology Group.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Teleflex and WORK Medical Technology Group, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Teleflex	2	9	1	0	1.92
WORK Medical Technology Group	1	0	0	0	1.00

Teleflex currently has a consensus price target of $142.43, indicating a potential upside of 36.78%. Given Teleflex’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Teleflex is more favorable than WORK Medical Technology Group.

Profitability

This table compares Teleflex and WORK Medical Technology Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Teleflex	-10.28%	15.64%	8.71%
WORK Medical Technology Group	N/A	N/A	N/A

Risk and Volatility

Teleflex has a beta of 0.93, indicating that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, WORK Medical Technology Group has a beta of 3.63, indicating that its stock price is 263% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

95.6% of Teleflex shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of Teleflex shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Teleflex beats WORK Medical Technology Group on 10 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Teleflex

Teleflex Incorporated designs, develops, manufactures, and supplies single-use medical devices for common diagnostic and therapeutic procedures in critical care and surgical applications worldwide. The company provides vascular access products that comprise Arrow branded catheters, catheter navigation and tip positioning systems, and intraosseous access systems for the administration of intravenous therapies, the measurement of blood pressure, and the withdrawal of blood samples through a single puncture site. It also offers interventional products, which consists of various coronary catheters, structural heart support devices, and peripheral intervention and mechanical circulatory support platform that are used by interventional cardiologists and radiologists, and vascular surgeons; and Arrow branded pumps and catheters, Guideline, Turnpike, and Trapliner catheters, the Manta Vascular Closure, and Arrow Oncontrol devices. The company provides anesthesia products, such as airway and pain management products to support hospital, emergency medicine, and military channels; and surgical products, including metal and polymer ligation clips, and fascial closure surgical systems that are used in laparoscopic surgical procedures, percutaneous surgical systems, and other surgical instruments. It also offers interventional urology products comprising the UroLift System, an invasive technology for treating lower urinary tract symptoms due to benign prostatic hyperplasia; respiratory products, including oxygen and aerosol therapies, spirometry, and ventilation management products for use in various care settings; urology products, such as catheters, urine collectors, and catheterization accessories and products for operative endourology; and bladder management services. The company serves hospitals and healthcare providers, medical device manufacturers, and home care markets. Teleflex Incorporated was incorporated in 1943 and is headquartered in Wayne, Pennsylvania.

About WORK Medical Technology Group

WORK Medical Technology Group Ltd. engages in developing health instruments. It manufactures and sells medical devices, including endotracheal tubes, laryngeal mask airways, heat and moisture exchanging filters, disposable breathing circuits, nebulizer kits, and yankauer suction sets. The company was founded on March 1, 2022 and is headquartered in Hangzhou, China.