Avantor (NYSE:AVTR) & CarePayment Technologies (OTCMKTS:CPYT) Critical Comparison

Avantor (NYSE:AVTR) and CarePayment Technologies (OTCMKTS:CPYT) are both medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and dividends.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

95.1% of Avantor shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.2% of Avantor shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 13.9% of CarePayment Technologies shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Avantor and CarePayment Technologies”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Avantor	$6.78 billion	1.15	$711.50 million	($0.13)	-87.89
CarePayment Technologies	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Avantor has higher revenue and earnings than CarePayment Technologies.

Profitability

This table compares Avantor and CarePayment Technologies’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Avantor	-1.25%	10.91%	5.34%
CarePayment Technologies	N/A	N/A	N/A

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for Avantor and CarePayment Technologies, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Avantor	1	11	4	0	2.19
CarePayment Technologies	0	0	0	0	0.00

Avantor presently has a consensus price target of $13.97, suggesting a potential upside of 22.24%. Given Avantor’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Avantor is more favorable than CarePayment Technologies.

Summary

Avantor beats CarePayment Technologies on 7 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Avantor

Avantor, Inc. engages in the provision of mission-critical products and services to customers in the biopharma, healthcare, education and government, advanced technologies, and applied materials industries in the Americas, Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and Africa. The company offers materials and consumables, such as purity chemicals and reagents, lab products and supplies, formulated silicone materials, customized excipients, customized single-use assemblies, process chromatography resins and columns, analytical sample prep kits, education and microbiology products, clinical trial kits, peristaltic pumps, and fluid handling tips. It also provides equipment and instrumentation products, including filtration systems, virus inactivation systems, incubators, analytical instruments, evaporators, ultra-low-temperature freezers, biological safety cabinets, and critical environment supplies. In addition, the company offers services and specialty procurements comprising onsite lab and production, clinical, equipment, procurement and sourcing, and biopharmaceutical material scale-up and development services. Further, it provides scientific research support services, such as DNA extraction, bioreactor servicing, clinical and biorepository, and compound management services. The company was founded in 1904 and is headquartered in Radnor, Pennsylvania.

About CarePayment Technologies

CarePayment Technologies, Inc. provides accounts receivable services in the United States. It offers services for accounts receivables generated by healthcare providers in connection with providing healthcare services to their patients under the CarePayment brand name. The company was formerly known as microHelix, Inc. CarePayment Technologies, Inc. was founded in 1991 and is based in Lake Oswego, Oregon.