Orchestra BioMed (OBIO) vs. The Competition Head-To-Head Comparison

Orchestra BioMed (NASDAQ:OBIO) is one of 231 publicly-traded companies in the “Surgical & medical instruments” industry, but how does it contrast to its peers? We will compare Orchestra BioMed to related companies based on the strength of its profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, institutional ownership and dividends.

Risk & Volatility

Orchestra BioMed has a beta of 0.15, indicating that its stock price is 85% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Orchestra BioMed’s peers have a beta of 1.12, indicating that their average stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Orchestra BioMed and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Orchestra BioMed	-1,779.71%	-58.32%	-41.47%
Orchestra BioMed Competitors	-742.74%	-147.96%	-29.43%

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Orchestra BioMed and its peers top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Orchestra BioMed	$2.76 million	-$49.12 million	-2.99
Orchestra BioMed Competitors	$1.04 billion	$4.00 million	-7.63

Orchestra BioMed’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than Orchestra BioMed. Orchestra BioMed is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for Orchestra BioMed and its peers, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Orchestra BioMed	0	0	2	0	3.00
Orchestra BioMed Competitors	1591	4301	8441	220	2.50

Orchestra BioMed currently has a consensus target price of $17.00, indicating a potential upside of 279.46%. As a group, “Surgical & medical instruments” companies have a potential upside of 28.41%. Given Orchestra BioMed’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Orchestra BioMed is more favorable than its peers.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

53.6% of Orchestra BioMed shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 48.2% of shares of all “Surgical & medical instruments” companies are owned by institutional investors. 15.4% of shares of all “Surgical & medical instruments” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Orchestra BioMed peers beat Orchestra BioMed on 7 of the 13 factors compared.

About Orchestra BioMed

Orchestra BioMed Holdings, Inc. operates as a biomedical innovation company. The company's flagship product candidates include BackBeat Cardiac Neuromodulation Therapy (CNT) for the treatment of hypertension (HTN); and Virtue Sirolimus AngioInfusion Balloon (SAB) for the treatment of atherosclerotic artery disease. Its products also comprise FreeHold devices and minimally invasive surgery devices. The company has a collaboration agreement with Medtronic, Inc. for the development and commercialization of BackBeat CNT for the treatment of HTN in patients indicated for a cardiac pacemaker; and a strategic collaboration with Terumo Medical Corporation for the development and commercialization of Virtue SAB for the treatment of coronary and peripheral artery disease. Orchestra BioMed Holdings, Inc. is based in New Hope, Pennsylvania.