Analyzing bioAffinity Technologies (BIAF) and Its Peers

bioAffinity Technologies (NASDAQ:BIAF) is one of 39 public companies in the “Commercial physical research” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its rivals? We will compare bioAffinity Technologies to similar companies based on the strength of its institutional ownership, profitability, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends and earnings.

Volatility and Risk

bioAffinity Technologies has a beta of 3.93, suggesting that its stock price is 293% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, bioAffinity Technologies’ rivals have a beta of 6.02, suggesting that their average stock price is 502% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

1.6% of bioAffinity Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.6% of shares of all “Commercial physical research” companies are held by institutional investors. 44.3% of bioAffinity Technologies shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 16.7% of shares of all “Commercial physical research” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings for bioAffinity Technologies and its rivals, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
bioAffinity Technologies	0	0	0	0	N/A
bioAffinity Technologies Competitors	50	817	1306	31	2.60

As a group, “Commercial physical research” companies have a potential upside of 13.21%. Given bioAffinity Technologies’ rivals higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe bioAffinity Technologies has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Profitability

This table compares bioAffinity Technologies and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
bioAffinity Technologies	-313.34%	-107.20%	-84.10%
bioAffinity Technologies Competitors	-249.49%	-18.82%	-11.21%

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares bioAffinity Technologies and its rivals top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
bioAffinity Technologies	$2.53 million	-$7.94 million	-2.63
bioAffinity Technologies Competitors	$1.55 billion	$101.44 million	8.94

bioAffinity Technologies’ rivals have higher revenue and earnings than bioAffinity Technologies. bioAffinity Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Summary

bioAffinity Technologies rivals beat bioAffinity Technologies on 9 of the 10 factors compared.

About bioAffinity Technologies

bioAffinity Technologies, Inc., a biotechnology company, engages in developing non-invasive diagnostic tests and targeted cancer therapeutics. The company offers CyPath lung, a diagnostic test, for early detection of lung cancer. It also researches targeted therapies to treat lung cancer and other diseases of the lung at the cellular level. The company was incorporated in 2014 and is based in San Antonio, Texas.