NAYA Biosciences (NAYA) Competitors

NAYA Biosciences (NASDAQ:NAYA) and Innovative Eyewear (NASDAQ:LUCY) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, community ranking and media sentiment.

Is NAYA or LUCY more profitable?

NAYA Biosciences has a net margin of -119.91% compared to Innovative Eyewear's net margin of -514.01%. NAYA Biosciences' return on equity of 0.00% beat Innovative Eyewear's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
NAYA Biosciences	-119.91%	N/A	-41.72%
Innovative Eyewear	-514.01%	-115.86%	-105.40%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer NAYA or LUCY?

Innovative Eyewear received 1 more outperform votes than NAYA Biosciences when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
NAYA Biosciences	Outperform Votes 1 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes
Innovative Eyewear	Outperform Votes 2 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes

Which has higher valuation and earnings, NAYA or LUCY?

Innovative Eyewear has lower revenue, but higher earnings than NAYA Biosciences.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
NAYA Biosciences	$6.23M	0.17	-$8.03M	N/A	N/A
Innovative Eyewear	$1.64M	2.91	-$6.66M	-$6.27	-0.31

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in NAYA or LUCY?

12.0% of NAYA Biosciences shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.0% of Innovative Eyewear shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.8% of NAYA Biosciences shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 6.4% of Innovative Eyewear shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts rate NAYA or LUCY?

NAYA Biosciences currently has a consensus price target of $24.00, suggesting a potential upside of 1,390.68%. Given NAYA Biosciences' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe NAYA Biosciences is more favorable than Innovative Eyewear.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
NAYA Biosciences	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Innovative Eyewear	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the media favor NAYA or LUCY?

In the previous week, NAYA Biosciences had 2 more articles in the media than Innovative Eyewear. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for NAYA Biosciences and 3 mentions for Innovative Eyewear. Innovative Eyewear's average media sentiment score of 0.48 beat NAYA Biosciences' score of 0.31 indicating that Innovative Eyewear is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
NAYA Biosciences	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Innovative Eyewear	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has more risk & volatility, NAYA or LUCY?

NAYA Biosciences has a beta of 2.03, indicating that its stock price is 103% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Innovative Eyewear has a beta of 3.03, indicating that its stock price is 203% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

NAYA Biosciences beats Innovative Eyewear on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.