Steakholder Foods (OTCMKTS:MTTCF) versus Allurion Technologies (NYSE:ALUR) Critical Review

Allurion Technologies (NYSE:ALUR) and Steakholder Foods (OTCMKTS:MTTCF) are both medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership and dividends.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for Allurion Technologies and Steakholder Foods, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Allurion Technologies	0	1	3	1	3.00
Steakholder Foods	0	0	0	0	0.00

Allurion Technologies currently has a consensus price target of $71.88, indicating a potential upside of 710.32%. Given Allurion Technologies’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Allurion Technologies is more favorable than Steakholder Foods.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

21.4% of Allurion Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 22.4% of Allurion Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Allurion Technologies and Steakholder Foods”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Allurion Technologies	$34.75 million	0.66	-$80.61 million	($12.00)	-0.74
Steakholder Foods	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Steakholder Foods has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Allurion Technologies.

Profitability

This table compares Allurion Technologies and Steakholder Foods’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Allurion Technologies	-71.24%	N/A	-56.75%
Steakholder Foods	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

Allurion Technologies beats Steakholder Foods on 7 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Allurion Technologies

Allurion Technologies Inc. focuses on ending obesity with a weight loss platform to treat people who are overweight. Its platform, the Allurion Program, features swallowable and procedure-less intragastric balloon for weight loss (the Allurion Balloon), as well as offers access to AI-powered remote patient monitoring tools, a proprietary behavior change program, secure messaging, and video telehealth that are delivered by the Allurion Virtual Care Suite. Allurion Technologies Inc. is headquartered in Natick, Massachusetts.

About Steakholder Foods

Steakholder Foods Ltd., a deep-tech food company, develops cultivated meat production technologies in Israel. The company develops alternative protein manufacturing machines, including three-dimensional printers to produce meat, fish, and seafood analogs; and hybrid cultivated meat technologies to be integrated into production processes, as well as hybrid meat blends, cell lines, growth media, and bioreactors. It also offers premix blends as a plant-based alternative for meat and seafood under the SHMeat and SHFish brand names. In addition, the company provides consulting and implementation services. It serves food processing and retail companies; and cultivated meat producers. Steakholder Foods Ltd. was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in Rehovot, Israel.