Contrasting Biostage (OTCMKTS:BSTG) and InVivo Therapeutics (NASDAQ:NVIV)

InVivo Therapeutics (NASDAQ:NVIV – Get Rating) and Biostage (OTCMKTS:BSTG – Get Rating) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation and profitability.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

8.6% of InVivo Therapeutics shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of InVivo Therapeutics shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 14.6% of Biostage shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations for InVivo Therapeutics and Biostage, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
InVivo Therapeutics	0	0	0	0	N/A
Biostage	0	0	0	0	N/A

Risk and Volatility

InVivo Therapeutics has a beta of 0.85, indicating that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Biostage has a beta of -0.93, indicating that its share price is 193% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares InVivo Therapeutics and Biostage’s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
InVivo Therapeutics	N/A	N/A	-$10.49 million	($8.14)	-0.12
Biostage	N/A	N/A	-$7.98 million	($0.97)	-6.29

Biostage is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than InVivo Therapeutics, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

This table compares InVivo Therapeutics and Biostage’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
InVivo Therapeutics	N/A	-77.46%	-62.83%
Biostage	N/A	N/A	-281.32%

About InVivo Therapeutics

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Invivo Therapeutics Holdings Corp. operates as a research and clinical-stage biotechnology company, which engages in developing and commercializing biopolymer scaffolding devices for the treatment of spinal cord injuries. Its clinical development program is the Neuro-Spinal Scaffold implant, which is an investigational bioresorbable polymer scaffold that is designed for implantation at the site of injury within a spinal cord. The company was founded by Joseph P. Vacanti, Frank M. Reynolds, and Robert Langer in January 2005 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

About Biostage

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Biostage, Inc. is a biotechnology company, which engages in the development of organ implants to treat congenital defects, cancers, and life-threatening conditions of the esophagus, bronchus and trachea. It operates through Cellframe technology, engineered to stimulate the body’s signaling pathways and natural healing process to regenerate and restore organ function. The company was founded on May 3, 2012 and is headquartered in Holliston, MA.