Head to Head Contrast: Beta Bionics (NASDAQ:BBNX) & PolyPid (NASDAQ:PYPD)

Beta Bionics (NASDAQ:BBNX) and PolyPid (NASDAQ:PYPD) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, profitability, valuation and institutional ownership.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

26.5% of PolyPid shares are owned by institutional investors. 24.7% of PolyPid shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current recommendations and price targets for Beta Bionics and PolyPid, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Beta Bionics	0	3	5	1	2.78
PolyPid	0	0	3	1	3.25

Beta Bionics currently has a consensus price target of $24.83, suggesting a potential upside of 58.27%. PolyPid has a consensus price target of $11.33, suggesting a potential upside of 297.52%. Given PolyPid’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe PolyPid is more favorable than Beta Bionics.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Beta Bionics and PolyPid”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Beta Bionics	$53.03 million	12.68	N/A	N/A	N/A
PolyPid	N/A	N/A	-$29.02 million	($4.97)	-0.57

Beta Bionics has higher revenue and earnings than PolyPid.

Profitability

This table compares Beta Bionics and PolyPid’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Beta Bionics	N/A	N/A	N/A
PolyPid	N/A	-624.10%	-129.28%

About Beta Bionics

Beta Bionics, Inc. is a commercial-stage medical device company. It engages in the design, development, and commercialization of solutions for insulin-requiring people with diabetes. The company was founded by Edward R. Damiano on October 21, 2015 and is headquartered in Irvine, CA.

About PolyPid

PolyPid Ltd., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, developing targeted, locally administered, and prolonged-release therapeutics using its proprietary polymer-lipid encapsulation matrix (PLEX) technology to address unmet medical needs. Its lead product candidate is D-PLEX100, which is in a pivotal Phase 3 confirmatory trial for prevention of surgical site infections (SSIs) in patients undergoing abdominal colorectal surgery with large incisions. It is also developing OncoPLEX, for the treatment of intra-tumoral cancer. PolyPid Ltd. was incorporated in 2008 and is headquartered in Petah Tikva, Israel.