Helius Medical Technologies (NASDAQ:HSDT) versus Pheton Holdings Ltd Class A Ordinary Shares (NASDAQ:PTHL) Critical Analysis

Helius Medical Technologies (NASDAQ:HSDT) and Pheton Holdings Ltd Class A Ordinary Shares (NASDAQ:PTHL) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, risk and earnings.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings for Helius Medical Technologies and Pheton Holdings Ltd Class A Ordinary Shares, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Helius Medical Technologies	0	1	0	0	2.00
Pheton Holdings Ltd Class A Ordinary Shares	0	0	0	0	0.00

Insider & Institutional Ownership

18.6% of Helius Medical Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 5.1% of Helius Medical Technologies shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Helius Medical Technologies and Pheton Holdings Ltd Class A Ordinary Shares”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Helius Medical Technologies	$502,000.00	3.54	-$8.85 million	($6.18)	-0.08
Pheton Holdings Ltd Class A Ordinary Shares	$572,291.00	24.84	N/A	N/A	N/A

Pheton Holdings Ltd Class A Ordinary Shares has higher revenue and earnings than Helius Medical Technologies.

Profitability

This table compares Helius Medical Technologies and Pheton Holdings Ltd Class A Ordinary Shares’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Helius Medical Technologies	-1,764.74%	-244.82%	-127.10%
Pheton Holdings Ltd Class A Ordinary Shares	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

Pheton Holdings Ltd Class A Ordinary Shares beats Helius Medical Technologies on 5 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Helius Medical Technologies

Helius Medical Technologies, Inc., a neurotechnology company, focuses on developing, licensing, and acquiring non-implantable technologies for the treatment of symptoms caused by neurological disease or trauma. The company's product is Portable Neuromodulation Stimulator, a non-surgical medical device intended for use as a short term treatment of gait deficit due to symptoms from multiple sclerosis and balance deficit due to mild-to-moderate traumatic brain injury, as well as to be used in conjunction with supervised therapeutic exercise. The company was incorporated in 2014 and is headquartered in Newtown, Pennsylvania.

About Pheton Holdings Ltd Class A Ordinary Shares

Pheton Holdings Ltd. operates as a holding company with interests in providing healthcare solutions. The firm through its subsidiaries engages in the development and commercialization of brachytherapy TPS specifically used for radioactive particle implantation, a type of radiotherapy used in treating cancer patients by placing radioactive sources inside the patient that kill cancer cells and shrink tumors. The company was founded on November 2, 2022 and is headquartered in Beijing, China.