Contrasting bioAffinity Technologies (BIAF) & Its Competitors

bioAffinity Technologies (NASDAQ:BIAF) is one of 38 public companies in the “Commercial physical research” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its competitors? We will compare bioAffinity Technologies to related companies based on the strength of its institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, dividends and profitability.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and recommmendations for bioAffinity Technologies and its competitors, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
bioAffinity Technologies	0	0	0	0	N/A
bioAffinity Technologies Competitors	45	732	1154	26	2.59

As a group, “Commercial physical research” companies have a potential upside of 15.66%. Given bioAffinity Technologies’ competitors higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe bioAffinity Technologies has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Profitability

This table compares bioAffinity Technologies and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
bioAffinity Technologies	-313.34%	-107.20%	-84.10%
bioAffinity Technologies Competitors	-262.38%	-20.35%	-12.08%

Volatility & Risk

bioAffinity Technologies has a beta of 3.93, suggesting that its stock price is 293% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, bioAffinity Technologies’ competitors have a beta of 6.20, suggesting that their average stock price is 520% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares bioAffinity Technologies and its competitors revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
bioAffinity Technologies	$2.53 million	-$7.94 million	-2.72
bioAffinity Technologies Competitors	$1.30 billion	$81.79 million	7.53

bioAffinity Technologies’ competitors have higher revenue and earnings than bioAffinity Technologies. bioAffinity Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

1.6% of bioAffinity Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.9% of shares of all “Commercial physical research” companies are held by institutional investors. 44.3% of bioAffinity Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 15.6% of shares of all “Commercial physical research” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

bioAffinity Technologies competitors beat bioAffinity Technologies on 9 of the 10 factors compared.

bioAffinity Technologies Company Profile

bioAffinity Technologies, Inc., a biotechnology company, engages in developing non-invasive diagnostic tests and targeted cancer therapeutics. The company offers CyPath lung, a diagnostic test, for early detection of lung cancer. It also researches targeted therapies to treat lung cancer and other diseases of the lung at the cellular level. The company was incorporated in 2014 and is based in San Antonio, Texas.