Analyzing Better Therapeutics (NASDAQ:BTTX) and Covalon Technologies (OTCMKTS:CVALF)

Covalon Technologies (OTCMKTS:CVALF – Get Rating) and Better Therapeutics (NASDAQ:BTTX – Get Rating) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends and profitability.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Covalon Technologies and Better Therapeutics’ gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Covalon Technologies	$15.54 million	2.74	$18.58 million	$0.67	2.45
Better Therapeutics	$10,000.00	2,384.51	-$40.33 million	N/A	N/A

Covalon Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than Better Therapeutics.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for Covalon Technologies and Better Therapeutics, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Covalon Technologies	0	0	0	0	N/A
Better Therapeutics	0	0	3	0	3.00

Better Therapeutics has a consensus price target of $18.00, indicating a potential upside of 1,682.18%. Given Better Therapeutics’ higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Better Therapeutics is more favorable than Covalon Technologies.

Profitability

This table compares Covalon Technologies and Better Therapeutics’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Covalon Technologies	81.96%	6.91%	3.91%
Better Therapeutics	N/A	-129.08%	-25.72%

Insider and Institutional Ownership

76.6% of Better Therapeutics shares are owned by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Covalon Technologies beats Better Therapeutics on 5 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Covalon Technologies (Get Rating)

Covalon Technologies Ltd. researches, develops, manufactures, commercializes, and licenses medical technologies and products in the United States, Canada, Europe, the Middle East, Asia, Latin America, and internationally. The company has 3 proprietary platform technologies, including collagen matrix platform that is used to manufacture a family of products to treat chronic and infected wounds, including diabetic ulcers, pressure ulcers, venous ulcers, donor and graft sites, traumatic wounds healing by secondary intention, dehisced surgical wounds, and first and second degree burns; antimicrobial silicone adhesive platform that is used for family of pre and post-surgical, and vascular access products that are designed to kill bacteria or yeast that comes into contact with the antimicrobial silicone providing broad-spectrum antimicrobial activity; and medical coating platform, a proprietary process that utilizes photo-polymerization to create active grafting sites where new polymer chains are initiated and propagated from the surface of an existing medical device. Its products include wound care dressings; surgical and peri-operative products; and infection management products. The company offers its products under the Covalon brand name through third-party distribution networks and company's direct sales force. It serves hospitals, wound care centers, burn centers, extended/alternate care and acute care facilities, home health care agencies, and physicians' offices. The company is headquartered in Mississauga, Canada.

About Better Therapeutics (Get Rating)

Better Therapeutics, Inc. develops prescription digital therapeutics. It is developing Nutritional Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (Nutritional CBT), a behavioral therapy for patients with type 2 diabetes and other cardiometabolic diseases. Its development pipeline products include BTÂ001 for type2 diabetes; BTÂ002 for Type 2 diabetes with hypertension; BTÂ003 for hypertension; and BTÂ004 for hyperlipidemia. The company was incorporated in 2015 and is based in San Francisco, California.