Reviewing bioAffinity Technologies (BIAF) and Its Rivals

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

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for bioAffinity Technologies and its rivals, as provided 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	1303	31	2.60

As a group, “Commercial physical research” companies have a potential upside of 14.60%. Given bioAffinity Technologies’ rivals higher probable upside, analysts clearly 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	-249.52%	-18.84%	-11.22%

Institutional & Insider 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 company insiders. Comparatively, 16.7% of shares of all “Commercial physical research” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares bioAffinity Technologies and its rivals gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
bioAffinity Technologies	$2.53 million	-$7.94 million	-2.68
bioAffinity Technologies Competitors	$1.55 billion	$101.44 million	8.97

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.

Risk and Volatility

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

Summary

bioAffinity Technologies rivals beat bioAffinity Technologies on 8 of the 9 factors compared.

bioAffinity Technologies Company Profile

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.