Comparing Pixie Dust Technologies (NASDAQ:PXDT) & Vivani Medical (NASDAQ:VANI)

Pixie Dust Technologies (NASDAQ:PXDT) and Vivani Medical (NASDAQ:VANI) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, risk, profitability and earnings.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for Pixie Dust Technologies and Vivani Medical, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Pixie Dust Technologies	0	0	1	0	3.00
Vivani Medical	0	0	0	0	N/A

Pixie Dust Technologies presently has a consensus price target of $5.21, indicating a potential upside of 291.73%. Given Pixie Dust Technologies’ higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Pixie Dust Technologies is more favorable than Vivani Medical.

Profitability

This table compares Pixie Dust Technologies and Vivani Medical’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Pixie Dust Technologies	N/A	N/A	N/A
Vivani Medical	N/A	-93.91%	-47.76%

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Pixie Dust Technologies and Vivani Medical’s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Pixie Dust Technologies	$993.02 million	0.02	-$14.45 million	N/A	N/A
Vivani Medical	N/A	N/A	-$25.65 million	($0.50)	-2.70

Pixie Dust Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than Vivani Medical.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

0.4% of Pixie Dust Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.8% of Vivani Medical shares are held by institutional investors. 55.6% of Vivani Medical shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Pixie Dust Technologies beats Vivani Medical on 6 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Pixie Dust Technologies

Pixie Dust Technologies, Inc., a technology company, focuses on personal care and diversity, and workspace and digital transformation businesses primarily in Japan. It offers SonoRepro, an ultrasonic non-contact vibrotactile stimulation scalp care device; VUEVO, a series of directional voice arrival detection devices for individuals with deaf and hard-of-hearing; and kikippa, an acoustic stimulation device functioning as a desk-top speaker. The company also provides iwasemi, a sound-absorbing or sound-proofing material for architectural and interior design firms; hackke, a location positioning technology; KOTOWARI, a technology offering spatial analysis data; and magickiri, a planning services and monitoring service, which monitors human behavior and analyzes the customer's environment on the customer's behalf. In addition, it operates Pixie Nest, a membership forum, which hosts meetings and distributes information to facilitate solving social issues. The company was incorporated in 2017 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

About Vivani Medical

Vivani Medical, Inc., a clinical stage company, develops various implants that treat chronic diseases with high unmet medical need. It engages in developing a portfolio of miniature drug implants to deliver minimally fluctuating drug profiles; and implantable visual prostheses devices to deliver useful artificial vision to blind individuals. The company is headquartered in Emeryville, California.