Biolase, Inc. (BIOLQ) vs Nuwellis, Inc. (NUWE)

Biolase, Inc. and Nuwellis, Inc. are both Medical Devices companies. Nuwellis, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $2.9M against $2.3M — 1.2× the size. Nuwellis, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 8.36% against −7.44%. Biolase, Inc. has the higher net margin (−71.8% vs −125.6%) and the lower return on invested capital (−109.5% vs 0.00%). Across the 16 metrics below, Biolase, Inc. leads on 10 and Nuwellis, Inc. on 6.

Valuation

Metric BIOLQ NUWE Medical Devices median
P/E n/m n/m 22.18
P/S n/m 0.02 2.70
P/B n/m n/m 2.46
Price to free cash flow n/m n/m 22.53
EV/EBITDA n/m 0.23 11.78
EV/Sales 0.28 (0.33) 2.38
Earnings yield 0.00% (16,998.08%) (8.22%)
Free cash flow yield 0.00% (8,970.82%) (7.80%)

Profitability

Metric BIOLQ NUWE Medical Devices median
Gross margin 34.44% 69.69% 56.01%
Operating margin (29.37%) (142.87%) (15.03%)
Net margin (71.75%) (125.57%) (20.40%)
Free cash flow margin (28.55%) (140.67%) (7.24%)
Return on equity 1,349.30% 205.50% (15.32%)
Return on assets (100.09%) (123.52%) (19.72%)
Return on invested capital (109.48%) 0.00% (10.33%)

Growth

Metric BIOLQ NUWE Medical Devices median
Revenue growth (TTM) (7.44%) 8.36% 8.80%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 92.92% 92.81% —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 1.27% 2.14% 15.23%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric BIOLQ NUWE Medical Devices median
Debt to equity (3.29) 0.00 0.07
Current ratio 0.63 1.97 2.50
Net debt to EBITDA (0.51) 0.10 0.49

Dividend

Metric BIOLQ NUWE Medical Devices median
Dividend yield — — 0.94%
Payout ratio 0.00 0.00 0.00

Size

Metric BIOLQ NUWE Medical Devices median
Market cap 2.33m 2.91m 172.91m

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