Contrasting Bone Biologics (NASDAQ:BBLG) & Align Technology (NASDAQ:ALGN)

Bone Biologics (NASDAQ:BBLG) and Align Technology (NASDAQ:ALGN) are both medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings and risk.

Profitability

This table compares Bone Biologics and Align Technology’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Bone Biologics	N/A	-236.06%	-154.82%
Align Technology	11.52%	13.88%	8.26%

Insider & Institutional Ownership

34.3% of Bone Biologics shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.4% of Align Technology shares are held by institutional investors. 13.0% of Bone Biologics shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Align Technology shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for Bone Biologics and Align Technology, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Bone Biologics	0	0	0	0	N/A
Align Technology	1	3	5	0	2.44

Align Technology has a consensus target price of $339.91, indicating a potential upside of 13.25%. Given Align Technology’s higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Align Technology is more favorable than Bone Biologics.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Bone Biologics and Align Technology’s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Bone Biologics	N/A	N/A	-$8.95 million	($49.68)	-0.04
Align Technology	$3.86 billion	5.85	$445.05 million	$5.82	51.57

Align Technology has higher revenue and earnings than Bone Biologics. Bone Biologics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Align Technology, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Risk and Volatility

Bone Biologics has a beta of 0.18, suggesting that its share price is 82% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Align Technology has a beta of 1.65, suggesting that its share price is 65% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Align Technology beats Bone Biologics on 11 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Bone Biologics

Bone Biologics Corporation, a medical device company, focuses on bone regeneration in spinal fusion using the recombinant human protein. The company's NELL-1/DBM, an osteopromotive recombinant protein that provides target specific control over bone regeneration. It also develops NELL-1/DBM Fusion Device for use in spinal fusion procedures in skeletally mature patients with spinal degenerative disc disease at one level from L2-S1. The company's platform technology is used in delivering enhanced outcomes in the surgical specialties of spinal, orthopedic, general orthopedic, plastic reconstruction, neurosurgery, interventional radiology, and sports medicine. It has a license agreement with the UCLA Technology Development Group to develop and commercialize NELL-1 for spinal fusion applications. Bone Biologics Corporation was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Burlington, Massachusetts.

About Align Technology

Align Technology, Inc. designs, manufactures, and markets Invisalign clear aligners, and iTero intraoral scanners and services for orthodontists and general practitioner dentists in the United States, Switzerland, and internationally. The company's Clear Aligner segment offers comprehensive products, including Invisalign comprehensive package that addresses the orthodontic needs of younger patients, such as mandibular advancement, compliance indicators, and compensation for tooth eruption; and Invisalign First Phase I and Invisalign First Comprehensive Phase 2 package for younger patients generally between the ages of six and ten years, which is a mixture of primary/baby and permanent teeth. The segment also provides Invisalign moderate, lite and express packages, and Invisalign go and Invisalign Go Plus; retention products, Invisalign training, and adjusting tools used by dental professionals during the course of treatment; and Invisalign Palatal Expander, a 3D printed orthodontic device; and 3D printing solutions. Its Imaging Systems and CAD/CAM Services segment offers iTero intraoral scanning system, a single hardware platform for restorative or orthodontic procedures; restorative software for general practitioner dentists, prosthodontists, periodontists, and oral surgeons; and orthodontists software for digital records storage, orthodontic diagnosis, and fabrication of printed models and retainers. This segment also provides Invisalign outcome simulator, a chair-side and cloud-based application for the iTero scanner; Invisalign progress assessment tool; Align Oral Health Suite, a digital interface designed to enhance dental consultations; and TimeLapse technology, which allows doctors or practitioners to compare a patient's historic 3D scans to the present-day scan, as well as subscription software, disposables, rentals, leases, pay per scan, and CAD/CAM software solutions. The company was incorporated in 1997 and is headquartered in Tempe, Arizona.