Vivos Therapeutics (NASDAQ:VVOS) versus Haemonetics (NYSE:HAE) Critical Survey

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

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and target prices for Vivos Therapeutics and Haemonetics, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

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

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

Volatility and Risk

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

Earnings & Valuation

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

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

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.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

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

Profitability

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

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

Summary

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

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.

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.