Vicarious Surgical (NYSE:RBOT – Get Free Report) and Sight Sciences (NASDAQ:SGHT – Get Free Report) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, dividends and earnings.
Insider & Institutional Ownership
47.3% of Vicarious Surgical shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.5% of Sight Sciences shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.0% of Vicarious Surgical shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 28.9% of Sight Sciences shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares Vicarious Surgical and Sight Sciences”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Vicarious Surgical | N/A | N/A | -$63.22 million | ($9.05) | -0.22 |
| Sight Sciences | $79.87 million | 3.48 | -$51.51 million | ($0.90) | -5.84 |
Sight Sciences has higher revenue and earnings than Vicarious Surgical. Sight Sciences is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Vicarious Surgical, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Volatility & Risk
Vicarious Surgical has a beta of 1.53, meaning that its stock price is 53% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sight Sciences has a beta of 2.43, meaning that its stock price is 143% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Profitability
This table compares Vicarious Surgical and Sight Sciences’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Vicarious Surgical | N/A | -184.13% | -112.50% |
| Sight Sciences | -60.63% | -61.59% | -36.11% |
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of current ratings and price targets for Vicarious Surgical and Sight Sciences, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Vicarious Surgical | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.67 |
| Sight Sciences | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2.56 |
Vicarious Surgical presently has a consensus target price of $7.00, indicating a potential upside of 252.64%. Sight Sciences has a consensus target price of $8.76, indicating a potential upside of 66.59%. Given Vicarious Surgical’s higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Vicarious Surgical is more favorable than Sight Sciences.
Summary
Sight Sciences beats Vicarious Surgical on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Vicarious Surgical
Vicarious Surgical Inc. operates as a robotics technology company in the United States. The company focuses on developing and commercializing Vicarious System, a single-incision surgical robot that virtually transports surgeons inside the patient to perform minimally invasive surgery. Vicarious Surgical Inc. was incorporated in 2014 and is headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts.
About Sight Sciences
Sight Sciences, Inc., an ophthalmic medical device company, engages in the development and commercialization of surgical and nonsurgical technologies for the treatment of eye diseases. It operates through two segments, Surgical Glaucoma and Dry Eye. The company's products include OMNI Surgical System, an implant-free glaucoma surgery technology indicated to reduce intraocular pressure in adult patients with primary open-angle glaucoma; and SION Surgical Instrument, a manually operated device used in ophthalmic surgical procedures to excise trabecular meshwork. It also offers TearCare System, a wearable eyelid technology for adult patients with evaporative dry eye disease due to meibomian gland dysfunction, as well as related components. It offers its products through sales representatives and distributors to hospitals, medical centers, and eyecare professionals in the United States. Sight Sciences, Inc. was incorporated in 2010 and is headquartered in Menlo Park, California.
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