Contrasting Retractable Technologies (NYSE:RVP) and Beyond Air (NASDAQ:XAIR)

Beyond Air (NASDAQ:XAIR) and Retractable Technologies (NYSE:RVP) are both small-cap healthcare companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation and risk.

Profitability

This table compares Beyond Air and Retractable Technologies’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Beyond Air	-435.71%	-440.26%	-98.50%
Retractable Technologies	-41.11%	-17.15%	-9.33%

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for Beyond Air and Retractable Technologies, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Beyond Air	1	0	2	0	2.33
Retractable Technologies	0	0	0	0	0.00

Beyond Air currently has a consensus target price of $200.00, indicating a potential upside of 3,402.63%. Given Beyond Air’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Beyond Air is more favorable than Retractable Technologies.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

31.5% of Beyond Air shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 7.6% of Retractable Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 10.0% of Beyond Air shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 59.5% of Retractable Technologies shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Volatility & Risk

Beyond Air has a beta of 0.23, indicating that its stock price is 77% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Retractable Technologies has a beta of 1.22, indicating that its stock price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Beyond Air and Retractable Technologies”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Beyond Air	$7.68 million	0.54	-$33.25 million	($68.40)	-0.08
Retractable Technologies	$33.90 million	0.62	-$7.01 million	($0.12)	-5.83

Retractable Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than Beyond Air. Retractable Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Beyond Air, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

Retractable Technologies beats Beyond Air on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Beyond Air

Beyond Air, Inc. operates as a commercial-stage medical device and biopharmaceutical company in the United States. The company engages in the development of LungFit platform, a nitric oxide generator and delivery system. It offers LungFit PH for the treatment of persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn. The company is also developing LungFit PRO for the treatment of viral lung infections, such as community-acquired viral pneumonia, including COVID-19, as well as bronchiolitis in hospitalized patients; and LungFit GO for the treatment of nontuberculous mycobacteria. The company was formerly known as AIT Therapeutics, Inc. and changed its name to Beyond Air, Inc. in June 2019. Beyond Air, Inc. is based in Garden City, New York.

About Retractable Technologies

Retractable Technologies, Inc. designs, develops, manufactures, and markets safety syringes and other safety medical products for the healthcare profession in the United States, rest of North and South America, and internationally. The company offers VanishPoint insulin syringes; tuberculin, insulin, and allergy antigen syringes; small diameter tube adapters; blood collection tube holders; allergy trays; IV safety catheters; Patient Safe syringes and Luer Caps; VanishPoint blood collection sets; EasyPoint needles; and VanishPoint autodisable syringes. It distributes its products through general line and specialty distributor; international distributors; and a direct marketing network. Retractable Technologies, Inc. was incorporated in 1994 and is headquartered in Little Elm, Texas.