Bioventus Inc. (BVS) vs CeriBell, Inc. (CBLL)

Bioventus Inc. and CeriBell, Inc. are both Medical Devices companies. CeriBell, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $1.0B against $899.9M — 1.1× the size. CeriBell, Inc. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Bioventus Inc. trades at 12.3×. CeriBell, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 31.3% against 3.87%. Bioventus Inc. has the higher net margin (9.78% vs −68.0%) and the higher return on invested capital (7.22% vs −236.3%). Across the 17 metrics below, Bioventus Inc. leads on 12 and CeriBell, Inc. on 5.

Valuation

Metric BVS CBLL Medical Devices median
P/E 12.32 n/m 25.58
P/S 1.24 9.21 2.54
P/B 2.48 8.52 2.48
Price to free cash flow 8.53 n/m 28.81
EV/EBITDA 9.16 n/m 11.51
EV/Sales 1.58 8.31 2.72
Earnings yield 8.12% (7.48%) (12.82%)
Free cash flow yield 11.73% (5.83%) (8.18%)

Profitability

Metric BVS CBLL Medical Devices median
Gross margin 68.70% 89.26% 57.76%
Operating margin 9.69% (69.79%) (15.07%)
Net margin 9.78% (67.96%) (14.45%)
Free cash flow margin 14.51% (53.69%) (3.88%)
Return on equity 22.96% (52.47%) (10.35%)
Return on assets 8.33% (41.52%) (17.26%)
Return on invested capital 7.22% (236.27%) (5.27%)

Growth

Metric BVS CBLL Medical Devices median
Revenue growth (TTM) 3.87% 31.28% 10.41%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 158.93% 56.93% 28.17%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 12.08% — 15.74%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 6.73% — 0.00%

Health

Metric BVS CBLL Medical Devices median
Debt to equity 0.79 0.17 0.04
Current ratio 1.68 8.18 2.74
Net debt to EBITDA 2.40 2.38 0.54

Dividend

Metric BVS CBLL Medical Devices median
Dividend yield — — 1.02%
Payout ratio — — 0.37

Size

Metric BVS CBLL Medical Devices median
Market cap 899.91m 1.01b 239.53m

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