Contrasting Biostage (OTCMKTS:BSTG) and Bluejay Diagnostics (NASDAQ:BJDX)

Profitability

This table compares Biostage and Bluejay Diagnostics’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Biostage	N/A	N/A	-174.43%
Bluejay Diagnostics	N/A	-155.67%	-117.82%

Institutional and Insider Ownership

18.5% of Bluejay Diagnostics shares are owned by institutional investors. 15.3% of Biostage shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Bluejay Diagnostics shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Biostage and Bluejay Diagnostics”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Biostage	N/A	N/A	-$6.07 million	($0.58)	-7.67
Bluejay Diagnostics	$250,000.00	7.59	-$9.95 million	($1,372.00)	0.00

Biostage has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Bluejay Diagnostics. Biostage is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bluejay Diagnostics, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Risk and Volatility

Biostage has a beta of -1.02, meaning that its share price is 202% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bluejay Diagnostics has a beta of 0.46, meaning that its share price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Bluejay Diagnostics beats Biostage on 5 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Biostage

Biostage, Inc., a biotechnology company, offers products to cure patients of cancers, injuries, and birth defects of the gastro-intestinal tract and the airways. The company's pipeline includes organ-regeneration technology for the repair or replacement of diseased or damaged organs, as well as product candidates to treat cancer, injury, and birth defects of the bronchus. Its lead product candidate is Biostage Esophageal Implant for the treatment of severe esophageal disease. The company was formerly known as Harvard Apparatus Regenerative Technology, Inc. and changed its name to Biostage, Inc. in March 2016. Biostage, Inc. was founded in 2009 and is headquartered in Holliston, Massachusetts.

About Bluejay Diagnostics

Bluejay Diagnostics, Inc., a medical diagnostic company, develops rapid test for the monitoring of disease progression in the United States. It is developing Symphony platform, a technology platform comprising Symphony analyzer that orchestrates blood processing, biomarker isolation, and immunoassay preparation using non-contact centrifugal force; and Symphony Cartridge, which includes reagents and components. The company also offers ALLEREYE diagnostic test, a point-of-care device for the diagnosis of allergic conjunctivitis. In addition, it develops IL-6 for the monitoring of disease progression in critical care; as well as hsTNT/I and NT-proBNP for the monitoring of patients acuity with chest pain. The company was incorporated in 2015 and is headquartered in Acton, Massachusetts.