Reviewing Vivos Therapeutics (NASDAQ:VVOS) & Haemonetics (NYSE:HAE)

Haemonetics (NYSE:HAE) and Vivos Therapeutics (NASDAQ:VVOS) are both healthcare companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk and dividends.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

99.7% of Haemonetics shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 26.4% of Vivos Therapeutics shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.1% of Haemonetics shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of Vivos Therapeutics shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Risk & Volatility

Haemonetics has a beta of 0.54, indicating that its stock price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vivos Therapeutics has a beta of 6.04, indicating that its stock price is 504% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and target prices for Haemonetics and Vivos Therapeutics, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Haemonetics	0	4	6	1	2.73
Vivos Therapeutics	1	1	2	0	2.25

Haemonetics presently has a consensus target price of $99.78, suggesting a potential downside of 3.13%. Vivos Therapeutics has a consensus target price of $2.80, suggesting a potential upside of 1,402.15%. Given Vivos Therapeutics’ higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Vivos Therapeutics is more favorable than Haemonetics.

Profitability

This table compares Haemonetics and Vivos Therapeutics’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Haemonetics	7.12%	27.55%	9.65%
Vivos Therapeutics	-122.00%	-2,325.64%	-102.01%

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Haemonetics and Vivos Therapeutics”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Haemonetics	$1.35 billion	3.47	$97.31 million	$2.04	50.49
Vivos Therapeutics	$17.44 million	0.15	-$21.17 million	($1.90)	-0.10

Haemonetics has higher revenue and earnings than Vivos Therapeutics. Vivos Therapeutics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Haemonetics, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

Haemonetics beats Vivos Therapeutics on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Haemonetics

Haemonetics Corporation, a healthcare company, provides suite of medical products and solutions in the United States and internationally. The company offers automated plasma collection systems, donor management software, and supporting software solutions including NexSys PCS and PCS2 plasmapheresis equipment and related disposables and solutions, as well as integrated information technology platforms for plasma customers to manage their donors, operations, and supply chain; and NexLynk DMS donor management system and Donor360 app. It also provides automated blood component and manual whole blood collection systems, such as MCS brand apheresis equipment to collect specific blood components from the donor; disposable whole blood collection and component storage sets; SafeTrace Tx blood bank information system; and BloodTrack blood management software, a suite of blood management and bedside transfusion solutions that combines software with hardware components, as well as an extension of the hospital's blood bank information system. In addition, the company offers hospital products comprising TEG and HAS hemostasis analyzer systems that provide a comprehensive assessment of a patient's overall hemostasis; and TEG Manager software, which connects various TEG analyzers throughout the hospital, providing clinicians remote access to active and historical test results that inform treatment decisions. Further, it provides Cell Saver Elite +, an autologous blood recovery system for cardiovascular, orthopedic, trauma, transplant, vascular, obstetrical, and gynecological surgeries; and VASCADE products comprising VASCADE and VASCADE MVP, a technology platform which offers catheter-based delivery system and leverages the natural clot-inducing properties of collagen. The company sells its products through direct sales force, independent distributors, and sales representatives. Haemonetics Corporation was founded in 1971 and is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

About Vivos Therapeutics

Vivos Therapeutics, Inc., a medical technology company, develops and commercializes treatment modalities for patients with dentofacial abnormalities, obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), and snoring in adults. It offers The Vivos Method, a non-invasive, non-surgical, non-pharmaceutical, multi-disciplinary treatment modality for the treatment of dentofacial abnormalities, OSA, and snoring. The company also offers VivoScore Program, a screening and home sleep test in adults and children. It markets and sells its appliances, and related treatments and services to licensed professionals, primarily general dentists in the United States and Canada. Vivos Therapeutics, Inc. was founded in 2016 and is based in Littleton, Colorado.