SSGI (OTCMKTS:VICP) & Beazer Homes USA (NYSE:BZH) Financial Analysis

SSGI (OTCMKTS:VICP) and Beazer Homes USA (NYSE:BZH) are both small-cap construction companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, risk, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations and dividends.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings for SSGI and Beazer Homes USA, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
SSGI	0	0	0	0	0.00
Beazer Homes USA	0	3	2	0	2.40

Beazer Homes USA has a consensus price target of $31.33, indicating a potential upside of 43.14%. Given Beazer Homes USA’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Beazer Homes USA is more favorable than SSGI.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares SSGI and Beazer Homes USA”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
SSGI	N/A	N/A	-$1.18 million	($0.04)	-44.25
Beazer Homes USA	$2.33 billion	0.28	$140.18 million	$2.20	9.95

Beazer Homes USA has higher revenue and earnings than SSGI. SSGI is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Beazer Homes USA, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Risk and Volatility

SSGI has a beta of 4.27, meaning that its stock price is 327% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Beazer Homes USA has a beta of 2.17, meaning that its stock price is 117% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

85.7% of Beazer Homes USA shares are held by institutional investors. 6.0% of SSGI shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 6.5% of Beazer Homes USA shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares SSGI and Beazer Homes USA’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
SSGI	N/A	N/A	N/A
Beazer Homes USA	2.84%	6.16%	2.86%

Summary

Beazer Homes USA beats SSGI on 12 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About SSGI

Vicapsys Life Sciences, Inc. focuses on the development and commercialization of VICAPSYN, a proprietary product. The company’s product is applied to transplantation therapies and related stem-cell applications in the transplantation field. It also develops VYBRIN, a product based on CXCL12 for prevention of post-surgical adhesions in abdominal surgery, coating of implantable medical devices and other implants to eliminate fibrosis, and wound healing with a focus on diabetic ulcers. The company was formerly known as Phage Therapeutics International, Inc. and changed its name to Vicapsys Life Sciences, Inc. in September 2017. Vicapsys Life Sciences, Inc. was incorporated in 1997 and is based in Suwanee, Georgia.

About Beazer Homes USA

Beazer Homes USA, Inc. operates as a homebuilder in the United States. It designs, constructs, and sells single-family and multi-family homes under the Beazer Homes, Gatherings, and Choice Plans names. The company also sells its homes through commissioned new home sales counselors and independent brokers in Arizona, California, Nevada, Texas, Indiana, Delaware, Maryland, Tennessee, Virginia, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina. Beazer Homes USA, Inc. was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.