Contrasting Pixie Dust Technologies (NASDAQ:PXDT) and Movano (NASDAQ:MOVE)

Pixie Dust Technologies (NASDAQ:PXDT) and Movano (NASDAQ:MOVE) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings and dividends.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations for Pixie Dust Technologies and Movano, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Pixie Dust Technologies	0	0	1	0	3.00
Movano	0	0	1	0	3.00

Pixie Dust Technologies presently has a consensus target price of $5.21, suggesting a potential upside of 798.28%. Movano has a consensus target price of $30.00, suggesting a potential upside of 395.87%. Given Pixie Dust Technologies’ higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Pixie Dust Technologies is more favorable than Movano.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

0.4% of Pixie Dust Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.6% of Movano shares are held by institutional investors. 13.4% of Movano shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares Pixie Dust Technologies and Movano’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Pixie Dust Technologies	N/A	N/A	N/A
Movano	N/A	-345.78%	-198.77%

Risk & Volatility

Pixie Dust Technologies has a beta of -0.25, meaning that its share price is 125% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Movano has a beta of 0.54, meaning that its share price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Pixie Dust Technologies and Movano”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Pixie Dust Technologies	$993.02 million	0.01	-$12.53 million	N/A	N/A
Movano	$902,000.00	44.50	-$29.28 million	($5.11)	-1.18

Pixie Dust Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than Movano.

Summary

Pixie Dust Technologies beats Movano on 5 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Pixie Dust Technologies

Pixie Dust Technologies, Inc., a technology company, focuses on personal care and diversity, and workspace and digital transformation businesses primarily in Japan. It offers SonoRepro, an ultrasonic non-contact vibrotactile stimulation scalp care device; VUEVO, a series of directional voice arrival detection devices for individuals with deaf and hard-of-hearing; and kikippa, an acoustic stimulation device functioning as a desk-top speaker. The company also provides iwasemi, a sound-absorbing or sound-proofing material for architectural and interior design firms; hackke, a location positioning technology; KOTOWARI, a technology offering spatial analysis data; and magickiri, a planning services and monitoring service, which monitors human behavior and analyzes the customer's environment on the customer's behalf. In addition, it operates Pixie Nest, a membership forum, which hosts meetings and distributes information to facilitate solving social issues. The company was incorporated in 2017 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

About Movano

Movano Inc. engages in developing a platform to deliver healthcare solutions at the intersection of medical and consumer devices. The company is involved in the development of Evie Ring, which is a wearable designed specifically for women that combines health and wellness metrics comprises resting heart rate, heart rate variability (HRV), blood oxygen saturation (SpO2), respiration rate, skin temperature variability, period and ovulation tracking, and menstrual symptom tracking, as well as activity profile, including steps, active minutes and calories burned, sleep stages and duration, and mood tracking. It develops System-on-a-Chip (SoC) for blood pressure or continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) systems. The company was formerly known as Maestro Sensors Inc. and changed its name to Movano Inc. in August 2018. Movano Inc. was incorporated in 2018 and is based in Pleasanton, California.