Applied Digital (NASDAQ:APLD) vs. CompuMed (OTCMKTS:CMPD) Financial Comparison

Applied Digital (NASDAQ:APLD) and CompuMed (OTCMKTS:CMPD) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership and risk.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Applied Digital and CompuMed’s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Applied Digital	$55.39 million	6.51	-$44.65 million	($0.79)	-3.72
CompuMed	$5.84 million	0.37	-$30,000.00	($0.03)	-56.67

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

Profitability

This table compares Applied Digital and CompuMed’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Applied Digital	-61.84%	-75.46%	-20.50%
CompuMed	-0.85%	-1.49%	-1.09%

Volatility & Risk

Applied Digital has a beta of 4.12, meaning that its share price is 312% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CompuMed has a beta of 0.28, meaning that its share price is 72% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for Applied Digital and CompuMed, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Applied Digital	0	0	5	0	3.00
CompuMed	0	0	0	0	N/A

Applied Digital presently has a consensus price target of $9.20, suggesting a potential upside of 212.93%. Given Applied Digital’s higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Applied Digital is more favorable than CompuMed.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

65.7% of Applied Digital shares are held by institutional investors. 23.7% of Applied Digital shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 22.0% of CompuMed shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Applied Digital beats CompuMed on 8 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Applied Digital

Applied Digital Corporation designs, develops, and operates datacenters in North America. Its datacenters provide digital infrastructure solutions to the high-performance computing industry. The company also provides artificial intelligence cloud services, high performance computing datacenter hosting, and crypto datacenter hosting services. The company was formerly known as Applied Blockchain, Inc. and changed its name to Applied Digital Corporation in November 2022. Applied Digital Corporation is based in Dallas, Texas.

About CompuMed

CompuMed, Inc., an enterprise telemedicine solutions company, provides clinical care services for patients and medical facilities. It offers telecardiology and teleradiology services that provide real-time access to U.S. Board-Certified specialists through cloud-based technology and integrated medical devices to medical facilities worldwide. The company also provides enterprise telemedicine solutions; a suite of telecardiology services and diagnostic exam interpretations for pediatric and adult patients, including electrocardiogram (ECG) devices, echocardiogram, ECG, vascular, holter, nuclear, and video consults; and reading, transcription, reporting, storage, and video consultations in the areas of Vscan, X-ray, ultrasound, mammography, computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, and radiologist video consults. It also offers OsteoGram software that works in combination with standard or digital X-ray equipment to support osteoporosis screening, diagnosis, and therapy monitoring. In addition, the company provides mobile ECG and ultrasound solutions that provide patients with immediate access to its board-certified specialists; and medical devices. It serves organ procurement organizations, rural healthcare, and correctional healthcare industries. CompuMed, Inc. was founded in 1973 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.