Head-To-Head Contrast: Medpace (NASDAQ:MEDP) & Amarantus Bioscience (OTCMKTS:AMBS)

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

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current recommendations for Amarantus Bioscience and Medpace, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Amarantus Bioscience	0	0	0	0	0.00
Medpace	3	10	2	0	1.93

Medpace has a consensus price target of $491.27, indicating a potential downside of 17.16%. Given Amarantus Bioscience’s higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Amarantus Bioscience is more favorable than Medpace.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Amarantus Bioscience	N/A	N/A	N/A
Medpace	18.36%	91.88%	23.65%

Insider & Institutional Ownership

78.0% of Medpace shares are held by institutional investors. 10.3% of Amarantus Bioscience shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 20.3% of Medpace shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Amarantus Bioscience and Medpace”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Amarantus Bioscience	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Medpace	$2.11 billion	7.92	$404.39 million	$14.30	41.47

Medpace has higher revenue and earnings than Amarantus Bioscience.

Volatility & Risk

Amarantus Bioscience has a beta of 1.59, indicating that its share price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Medpace has a beta of 1.43, indicating that its share price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

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

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.

About Medpace

Medpace Holdings, Inc. engages in the provision of outsourced clinical development services to the biotechnology, pharmaceutical and medical device industries. Its services include medical department, clinical trial management, data-driven feasibility, study-start-up, clinical monitoring, regulatory affairs, patient recruitment and retention, medical writing, biometrics and data sciences, pharmacovigilance, core laboratory, laboratories, clinics, and quality assurance. The company was founded by August James Troendle in 1992 and is headquartered in Cincinnati, OH.