Critical Review: Amarantus Bioscience (OTCMKTS:AMBS) & Progyny (NASDAQ:PGNY)

Progyny (NASDAQ:PGNY) and Amarantus Bioscience (OTCMKTS:AMBS) are both medical companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends and valuation.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for Progyny and Amarantus Bioscience, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Progyny	0	4	9	0	2.69
Amarantus Bioscience	0	0	0	0	0.00

Progyny currently has a consensus price target of $29.36, suggesting a potential upside of 33.78%. Given Progyny’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Progyny is more favorable than Amarantus Bioscience.

Profitability

This table compares Progyny and Amarantus Bioscience’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Progyny	4.46%	10.71%	7.27%
Amarantus Bioscience	N/A	N/A	N/A

Institutional and Insider Ownership

94.9% of Progyny shares are held by institutional investors. 9.4% of Progyny shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.3% of Amarantus Bioscience shares are held by company 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 Progyny and Amarantus Bioscience”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Progyny	$1.17 billion	1.62	$54.34 million	$0.63	34.84
Amarantus Bioscience	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Progyny has higher revenue and earnings than Amarantus Bioscience.

Volatility & Risk

Progyny has a beta of 0.96, meaning that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Amarantus Bioscience has a beta of 1.61, meaning that its stock price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Progyny beats Amarantus Bioscience on 8 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Progyny

Progyny, Inc., a benefits management company, specializes in fertility and family building benefits solutions in the United States. Its fertility benefits solution includes differentiated benefits plan design, personalized concierge-style member support services, and selective network of fertility specialists. The company also offers Progyny Rx, an integrated pharmacy benefits solution that provides its members with access to the medications needed during their treatment. In addition, it provides assistance service programs where various services can be offered through a reimbursement program, including adoption, surrogacy, doula, and travel reimbursement when travel is required to receive medical services. The company was formerly known as Auxogyn, Inc. and changed its name to Progyny, Inc. in 2015. Progyny, Inc. was incorporated in 2008 and is headquartered in New York, New York.

About Amarantus Bioscience

Amarantus BioScience Holdings, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, focuses on the development of diagnostic and therapeutic product candidates in the areas of neurology, psychiatry, ophthalmology, and regenerative medicine. The company's diagnostic products in development include the lymphocyte proliferation (LymPro) test, a diagnostic blood test for Alzheimer's disease; and MSPrecise, a proprietary DNA sequencing assay for the identification of patients with multiple sclerosis. Its therapeutic products in development comprise Eltoprazine, a small molecule drug for the treatment of Parkinson's disease Levadopa-Induced Dyskinesia and attention deficit hyperactivity disorders; and mesencephalic-astrocyte-derived neurotrophic factor for the treatment of various animal models, including retinitis pigmentosa and retinal artery occlusion. It also develops NuroPro, a neurodegenerative disease diagnostic platform with application in Parkinson's disease; BC-SeraPro, an oncology diagnostic platform with application in breast cancer; and PhenoGuard platform for neurrotrophic factor discovery. In addition, the company develops Engineered Skin Substitute (ESS), a cell therapy-based autologous skin replacement product that is in mid-stage clinical development for the treatment of life-threatening severe burns. Amarantus BioScience Holdings, Inc. has a cooperative research and development agreement with the U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research and Rutgers University. The company was formerly known as Amarantus Bioscience, Inc. and changed its name to Amarantus BioScience Holdings, Inc. in April 2013. Amarantus BioScience Holdings, Inc. was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in New York, New York.