Head to Head Survey: IsoPlexis (ISO) & The Competition

IsoPlexis (NASDAQ:ISO – Get Rating) is one of 42 public companies in the “Analytical instruments” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its competitors? We will compare IsoPlexis to similar businesses based on the strength of its risk, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation and institutional ownership.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares IsoPlexis and its competitors gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
IsoPlexis	$16.76 million	-$106.00 million	-0.27
IsoPlexis Competitors	$1.10 billion	-$255.49 million	2.31

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

Profitability

This table compares IsoPlexis and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
IsoPlexis	-632.41%	-127.86%	-71.41%
IsoPlexis Competitors	-336.82%	230.37%	-19.53%

Volatility and Risk

IsoPlexis has a beta of 1.32, meaning that its stock price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, IsoPlexis’ competitors have a beta of 1.04, meaning that their average stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and target prices for IsoPlexis and its competitors, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
IsoPlexis	0	2	0	0	2.00
IsoPlexis Competitors	193	1090	1691	59	2.53

IsoPlexis presently has a consensus price target of $1.60, suggesting a potential upside of 115.92%. As a group, “Analytical instruments” companies have a potential upside of 14.91%. Given IsoPlexis’ higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe IsoPlexis is more favorable than its competitors.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

44.9% of IsoPlexis shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.5% of shares of all “Analytical instruments” companies are held by institutional investors. 6.4% of IsoPlexis shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 16.3% of shares of all “Analytical instruments” companies are held by company insiders. 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

IsoPlexis competitors beat IsoPlexis on 10 of the 13 factors compared.

IsoPlexis Company Profile

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IsoPlexis Corporation, a life sciences company, provides solutions for the development of curative medicines and personalized therapeutics in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Belgium, France, the Czech Republic, Spain, Germany, Sweden, Italy, Israel, Switzerland, China and Taiwan, Singapore, Japan, Australia, and Korea. The company offers single cell proteomics platform, including instruments, chip consumables, and software that provides an end-to-end solution to view of protein function at an individual cellular level. It provides IsoLight and IsoSpark instruments; IsoCode chips that offer multiplexed chip solutions for single cell functional proteomics; CodePlex chips that provide multiplexed solutions for ultra-low volume bulk samples; and IsoSpeak software that offers dimensional data and automates analysis with an intuitive push button user interface to deliver same day single cell and bulk proteome visualizations, as well as research support and services, and post-warranty services. The company was incorporated in 2013 and is based in Branford, Connecticut.