Analyzing Check-Cap (MBAI) and Its Competitors

Check-Cap (NASDAQ:MBAI) is one of 27 publicly-traded companies in the “Surgical, Medical, And Dental Instruments And Supplies” industry, but how does it contrast to its peers? We will compare Check-Cap to similar businesses based on the strength of its valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, risk and dividends.

Volatility & Risk

Check-Cap has a beta of 0.74, indicating that its stock price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Check-Cap’s peers have a beta of 1.80, indicating that their average stock price is 80% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Check-Cap and its peers revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Check-Cap	N/A	-$25.15 million	-0.63
Check-Cap Competitors	$62.62 million	-$27.52 million	1.57

Check-Cap’s peers have higher revenue, but lower earnings than Check-Cap. Check-Cap is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Profitability

This table compares Check-Cap and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Check-Cap	N/A	N/A	N/A
Check-Cap Competitors	-500.48%	-116.39%	-48.91%

Institutional and Insider Ownership

1.1% of Check-Cap shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.3% of shares of all “Surgical, Medical, And Dental Instruments And Supplies” companies are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Check-Cap shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 19.5% of shares of all “Surgical, Medical, And Dental Instruments And Supplies” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for Check-Cap and its peers, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Check-Cap	1	0	0	0	1.00
Check-Cap Competitors	80	82	167	7	2.30

As a group, “Surgical, Medical, And Dental Instruments And Supplies” companies have a potential upside of 53.86%. Given Check-Cap’s peers stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Check-Cap has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Summary

Check-Cap peers beat Check-Cap on 9 of the 13 factors compared.

About Check-Cap

Check-Cap Ltd., a clinical stage medical diagnostics company, engages in the development of a capsule-based screening technology that utilizes ultra-low-dose X-rays to scan the inner lining of the colon for precancerous polyps, and other structural abnormalities in Israel. Its C-Scan system consists of C-Scan Cap, an X-ray scanning capsule for detection of suspected polyps; C-Scan Track, a disposable system attached to the patient’s back through biocompatible adhesive skin patches; and C-Scan View software, a client/server-based application that enables procedure data download from the C-Scan Track, data analysis, and report generation. The company was incorporated in 2004 and is based in Isfiya, Israel.