Innovative Eyewear (NASDAQ:LUCY – Get Free Report) and Butterfly Network (NYSE:BFLY – Get Free Report) are both healthcare companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, risk and dividends.
Risk & Volatility
Innovative Eyewear has a beta of 2.76, suggesting that its stock price is 176% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Butterfly Network has a beta of 2.08, suggesting that its stock price is 108% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Profitability
This table compares Innovative Eyewear and Butterfly Network’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Innovative Eyewear | -225.26% | -88.90% | -80.34% |
| Butterfly Network | -66.74% | -33.99% | -22.96% |
Analyst Recommendations
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Innovative Eyewear | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.50 |
| Butterfly Network | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2.50 |
Butterfly Network has a consensus price target of $7.25, suggesting a potential downside of 20.77%. Given Butterfly Network’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Butterfly Network is more favorable than Innovative Eyewear.
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares Innovative Eyewear and Butterfly Network”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Innovative Eyewear | $2.66 million | 3.13 | -$7.59 million | ($1.29) | -0.74 |
| Butterfly Network | $97.61 million | 24.96 | -$77.06 million | ($0.29) | -31.56 |
Innovative Eyewear has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Butterfly Network. Butterfly Network is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Innovative Eyewear, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Insider and Institutional Ownership
1.0% of Innovative Eyewear shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 37.9% of Butterfly Network shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.7% of Innovative Eyewear shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 22.0% of Butterfly Network shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Butterfly Network beats Innovative Eyewear on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Innovative Eyewear
Innovative Eyewear, Inc. develops and sells smart eyeglasses and sunglasses. The company's flagship product is Lucyd Lyte glasses that enable the wearer to listen to music, take and make calls, and use voice assistants to perform various smartphone tasks hands-free. It also offers Vyrb, a social media application that enables the user to receive and send posts through Lucyd Lyte smart glasses with voice. In addition, the company launches an application, Lucyd app for iOS/Android users. It sells its products through various e-commerce, and retail store and distribution channels. Innovative Eyewear, Inc. has a license agreement with Lucyd Ltd. The company was incorporated in 2019 and is headquartered in North Miami, Florida. Innovative Eyewear, Inc. is a subsidiary of Lucyd Ltd.
About Butterfly Network
Butterfly Network, Inc. develops, manufactures, and commercializes ultrasound imaging solutions in the United States and internationally. It offers Butterfly iQ, a handheld and single-probe whole body ultrasound system; Butterfly iQ+ and iQ3 ultrasound devices that can perform whole-body imaging in a single handheld probe integrated with the clinical workflow, and accessible on a user's smartphone, tablet, and almost any hospital computer system; and Butterfly iQ+ Vet, a handheld ultrasound system designed for veterinarians. The company also provides Butterfly system, which includes probes, and related accessories and software subscriptions to healthcare systems, physicians, and healthcare providers through a direct sales force, distributors, and eCommerce channel. In addition, it offers cloud-based software solutions to healthcare systems, teleguidance, in-app educational tutorials, and formal education programs through its Butterfly Academy software, as well as professional services for large scale deployments; and ScanLab, an education-only app provides written walkthroughs and reference imagery to guide real-time educational scanning, enhancing the learning process. Butterfly Network, Inc. was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in Burlington, Massachusetts.
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