Azenta (NASDAQ:AZTA – Get Free Report) and Careview Communications (OTCMKTS:CRVW – Get Free Report) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, valuation, profitability and institutional ownership.
Risk and Volatility
Azenta has a beta of 1.39, meaning that its share price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Careview Communications has a beta of -0.66, meaning that its share price is 166% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares Azenta and Careview Communications”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Azenta | $593.82 million | 1.74 | -$55.76 million | ($3.96) | -5.67 |
| Careview Communications | $9.02 million | 3.55 | -$3.20 million | ($0.01) | -5.49 |
Careview Communications has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Azenta. Azenta is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Careview Communications, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for Azenta and Careview Communications, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Azenta | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2.38 |
| Careview Communications | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
Azenta currently has a consensus price target of $39.50, suggesting a potential upside of 75.87%. Given Azenta’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Azenta is more favorable than Careview Communications.
Institutional & Insider Ownership
99.1% of Azenta shares are held by institutional investors. 10.9% of Azenta shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 63.9% of Careview Communications shares are held by 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.
Profitability
This table compares Azenta and Careview Communications’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Azenta | -30.49% | 1.23% | 1.02% |
| Careview Communications | -33.85% | N/A | -60.92% |
Summary
Azenta beats Careview Communications on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Azenta
Azenta, Inc. provides biological and chemical compound sample exploration and management solutions for the life sciences market in North America, Africa, China, the United Kingdom, rest of Europe, the Asia Pacific, and internationally. The company operates in two reportable segments, Life Sciences Products and Life Sciences Services. The Life Sciences Products segment offers automated cold storage solutions, consumables and instruments, controlled rate thawing devices, and temperature-controlled storage and transportation solutions. This segment also provides sample management solutions, such as consumable vials and tubes, polymerase chain reaction, plates, instruments for supporting workflows, and informatics. The Life Sciences Services segment provides genomic services, that includes gene sequencing and gene synthesis services; and sample repository solutions, such as on-site and off-site sample storage, cold chain logistics, sample transport and collection relocation, bio-processing solutions, disaster recovery and business continuity, and biospecimen procurement services, as well as project management and consulting services for genomic analysis and the management and care of biological samples used in pharmaceutical, biotech, healthcare, clinical, and academic research, and development sectors. It serves a range of life science customers, including pharmaceutical companies, biotechnology companies, biorepositories, and research institutes. The company was formerly known as Brooks Automation, Inc. and changed its name to Azenta, Inc. in December 2021. Azenta, Inc. was founded in 1978 and is headquartered in Burlington, Massachusetts.
About Careview Communications
CareView Communications, Inc. provides video monitoring solutions in the United States. Its products include CareView Patient Safety System, a video monitoring tool to improve the practice of nursing, create a better work environment, and make the patient's hospital stay more satisfying, which is used in hospitals, nursing homes, adult living centers, and outpatient care facilities; and CareView Connect, which provides resident monitoring products and services for the long- term care industry; an array of wearable and stationary buttons that allow a resident to summon help either for an emergency or assistance; a mobile app capable of delivering an alert to the caregiver and allows them document information around that alert; and alert management and monitoring system that provides a suite of hardware and software to facilitate a data-driven solution for alert management and monitoring. The company also offers Caregiver Platform that offers caregiver connect mobile application to provide a convenient and intuitive interface to capture critical workflows, such as acknowledging and documenting alert presses by the resident. In addition, it provides SitterView and TeleMedView that allows hospital staff to use CareView's video cameras to observe and communicate with patients remotely. CareView Communications, Inc. is based in Lewisville, Texas.
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