Head-To-Head Review: TriSalus Life Sciences (NASDAQ:TLSI) and Valeritas (OTCMKTS:VLRXQ)

Valeritas (OTCMKTS:VLRXQ) and TriSalus Life Sciences (NASDAQ:TLSI) are both medical companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk and valuation.

Profitability

This table compares Valeritas and TriSalus Life Sciences’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Valeritas	N/A	N/A	N/A
TriSalus Life Sciences	-60.85%	N/A	-69.91%

Insider and Institutional Ownership

2.6% of TriSalus Life Sciences shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Valeritas shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 16.3% of TriSalus Life Sciences shares are held by 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.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent recommendations for Valeritas and TriSalus Life Sciences, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Valeritas	0	0	0	0	0.00
TriSalus Life Sciences	1	1	2	0	2.25

TriSalus Life Sciences has a consensus target price of $7.50, suggesting a potential upside of 92.80%. Given TriSalus Life Sciences’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe TriSalus Life Sciences is more favorable than Valeritas.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Valeritas and TriSalus Life Sciences”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Valeritas	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
TriSalus Life Sciences	$45.15 million	5.29	-$39.23 million	($1.41)	-2.76

Valeritas has higher earnings, but lower revenue than TriSalus Life Sciences.

Summary

TriSalus Life Sciences beats Valeritas on 6 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Valeritas

Valeritas Holdings, Inc., a commercial-stage medical technology company, focuses on the development and commercialization of technologies to treat patients with Type 2 diabetes in the United States. The company offers V-Go, a wearable insulin delivery device for basal-bolus therapy. It also develops V-Go Prefill that is in the design-development stage for eliminating the device-filling process and the need for EZ fill refrigeration for patients with Type 2 diabetes; and V-Go SIM for real-time tracking information of basal and bolus dosing utilization. The company sells V-Go to third-party wholesalers and medical supply distributors. Valeritas Holdings, Inc. was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Bridgewater, New Jersey.

About TriSalus Life Sciences

TriSalus Life Sciences, Inc., a medical technology company, researches, develops, and sells drug delivery technologies and immune-oncology therapeutics for the treatment of liver and pancreatic cancer. The company offers Pressure Enabled Drug Delivery infusion systems, such as the TriNav infusion system, which is used in transarterial radioembolization and chemoembolization procedures for patients with liver cancer and metastases; and the Pancreatic Retrograde Venous Infusion device, which is in Phase 1 clinical trial, for locally advanced pancreatic cancer. It also develops nelitolimod, an investigational immunotherapeutic in Phase 1 clinical trial for the treatment of uveal melanoma with liver metastases, hepatocellular carcinoma, intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma, and locally advanced pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma. The company serves interventional radiologists, IR technicians, medical oncologists, nursing support, value analysis committee staff, and patients through its sales representatives and sales managers. TriSalus Life Sciences, Inc. was founded in 2009 and is headquartered in Westminster, Colorado.