Reviewing Sotera Health (NASDAQ:SHC) & RushNet (OTCMKTS:RSHN)

Sotera Health (NASDAQ:SHC) and RushNet (OTCMKTS:RSHN) are both medical companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends and earnings.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

91.0% of Sotera Health shares are held by institutional investors. 55.1% of Sotera Health shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent recommendations for Sotera Health and RushNet, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Sotera Health	0	1	4	0	2.80
RushNet	0	0	0	0	N/A

Sotera Health presently has a consensus price target of $17.70, indicating a potential upside of 56.36%. Given Sotera Health’s higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Sotera Health is more favorable than RushNet.

Profitability

This table compares Sotera Health and RushNet’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Sotera Health	4.90%	51.32%	6.49%
RushNet	N/A	N/A	N/A

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Sotera Health and RushNet’s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Sotera Health	$1.05 billion	3.05	$51.38 million	$0.18	62.89
RushNet	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Sotera Health has higher revenue and earnings than RushNet.

Summary

Sotera Health beats RushNet on 8 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Sotera Health

Sotera Health Company engages in the provision of sterilization, lab testing, and advisory services in the United States and internationally. The company operates through three segments: Sterigenics, Nordion, and Nelson Labs. It provides mission-critical end-to-end sterilization services, including gamma and electron beam irradiation, and ethylene oxide processing, as well as designs, installs, and maintains gamma irradiation systems. The company also provides microbiological and analytical chemistry testing, as well as technical assistance, regulatory consulting, and advisory services. It serves medical devices, pharmaceuticals, food safety, agricultural products, cancer treatment, and high-performance materials industries, as well as commercial, advanced, and specialty application industries. The company was formerly known as Sotera Health Topco, Inc. and changed its name to Sotera Health Company in October 2020. Sotera Health Company was incorporated in 2015 and is headquartered in Broadview Heights, Ohio.

About RushNet

RushNet, Inc. provides laboratory diagnostic testing services. It offers high-complexity urine drug testing, behavioral drug testing, allergy droplet cards, oral fluids, and infectious disease services. The company is based in Jacksonville, Florida.