BioLife Solutions (NASDAQ:BLFS – Get Free Report) and Vivani Medical (NASDAQ:VANI – Get Free Report) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and dividends.
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for BioLife Solutions and Vivani Medical, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| BioLife Solutions | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3.00 |
| Vivani Medical | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.00 |
BioLife Solutions presently has a consensus price target of $29.43, suggesting a potential upside of 10.41%. Vivani Medical has a consensus price target of $3.00, suggesting a potential upside of 164.32%. Given Vivani Medical’s higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Vivani Medical is more favorable than BioLife Solutions.
Profitability
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| BioLife Solutions | -38.98% | -6.61% | -5.54% |
| Vivani Medical | N/A | -102.42% | -49.21% |
Institutional and Insider Ownership
93.2% of BioLife Solutions shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.8% of Vivani Medical shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.2% of BioLife Solutions shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 44.3% of Vivani Medical shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares BioLife Solutions and Vivani Medical”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| BioLife Solutions | $143.27 million | 8.63 | -$66.43 million | ($1.06) | -25.15 |
| Vivani Medical | N/A | N/A | -$25.65 million | ($0.45) | -2.52 |
Vivani Medical has lower revenue, but higher earnings than BioLife Solutions. BioLife Solutions is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Vivani Medical, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Volatility & Risk
BioLife Solutions has a beta of 1.91, indicating that its stock price is 91% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vivani Medical has a beta of 3.22, indicating that its stock price is 222% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Vivani Medical beats BioLife Solutions on 7 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.
About BioLife Solutions
BioLife Solutions, Inc. develops, manufactures, and markets bioproduction tools and services for the cell and gene therapy (CGT) industry in the United States, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and internationally. The company’s products are used in the basic and applied research, and commercial manufacturing of biologic-based therapies. It offers proprietary biopreservation media products, including HypoThermosol FRS and CryoStor Freeze Media that are formulated to mitigate preservation-induced, delayed-onset cell damage and death; bioproduction tools, such as human platelet lysates for cell expansion and CellSeal closed system vials that are used in CGT; and the ThawSTAR line that comprises of a family of automated thawing devices for frozen cell and gene therapies packaged in cryovials and cryobags. The company also provides cryogenic freezer technology for controlled rate freezing and cryogenic storage of biologic materials; ultra-low temperature mechanical freezers; evo shipping containers that are cloud-connected passive storage and transport containers for temperature-sensitive biologics and pharmaceuticals; liquid nitrogen laboratory freezers, cryogenic equipment, and accessories; and biological and pharmaceutical storage and transport services. It markets and sells its products directly, as well as through third party distributors. The company was incorporated in 1987 and is headquartered in Bothell, Washington.
About Vivani Medical
Vivani Medical, Inc., a clinical stage company, develops various implants that treat chronic diseases with high unmet medical need. It engages in developing a portfolio of miniature drug implants to deliver minimally fluctuating drug profiles; and implantable visual prostheses devices to deliver useful artificial vision to blind individuals. The company is headquartered in Emeryville, California.
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