Can B (CANB) Competitors

Invitae (NYSE:NVTA) and Can B (NASDAQ:CANB) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment and valuation.

Which has more volatility and risk, NVTA or CANB?

Invitae has a beta of 1.59, indicating that its stock price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Can B has a beta of 2.8, indicating that its stock price is 180% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to NVTA or CANB?

In the previous week, Can B had 42 more articles in the media than Invitae. MarketBeat recorded 45 mentions for Can B and 3 mentions for Invitae. Invitae's average media sentiment score of -0.14 beat Can B's score of -0.51 indicating that Can B is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Invitae	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Negative
Can B	2 Very Positive mention(s)	11 Positive mention(s)	18 Neutral mention(s)	11 Negative mention(s)	3 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer NVTA or CANB?

Invitae received 434 more outperform votes than Can B when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.03% of users gave Invitae an outperform vote while only 58.62% of users gave Can B an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Invitae	Outperform Votes 451 61.03%	Underperform Votes 288 38.97%
Can B	Outperform Votes 17 58.62%	Underperform Votes 12 41.38%

Do insiders & institutionals believe in NVTA or CANB?

61.3% of Invitae shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.1% of Can B shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Invitae shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is NVTA or CANB more profitable?

Invitae has a net margin of -299.14% compared to Invitae's net margin of -442.95%. Invitae's return on equity of 0.00% beat Can B's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Invitae	-299.14%	-6,100.71%	-19.68%
Can B	-442.95%	N/A	-73.68%

Do analysts rate NVTA or CANB?

Invitae currently has a consensus target price of $1.00, suggesting a potential upside of 124,900.00%. Given Can B's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Invitae is more favorable than Can B.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Invitae	3 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.00
Can B	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, NVTA or CANB?

Can B has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Invitae. Can B is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Invitae, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Invitae	$481.58M	0.00	-$3.11B	-$5.38	0.00
Can B	$6.69M	0.17	-$14.92M	-$1.71	-0.02

Summary

Invitae beats Can B on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.