Head to Head Review: Vitro Diagnostics (OTCMKTS:VODG) and Tectonic Therapeutic (NASDAQ:TECX)

Tectonic Therapeutic (NASDAQ:TECX) and Vitro Diagnostics (OTCMKTS:VODG) are both medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, valuation and analyst recommendations.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and recommmendations for Tectonic Therapeutic and Vitro Diagnostics, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Tectonic Therapeutic	0	0	4	1	3.20
Vitro Diagnostics	0	0	0	0	0.00

Tectonic Therapeutic currently has a consensus price target of $74.67, indicating a potential upside of 56.37%. Given Tectonic Therapeutic’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Tectonic Therapeutic is more favorable than Vitro Diagnostics.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Tectonic Therapeutic and Vitro Diagnostics”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Tectonic Therapeutic	N/A	N/A	$12.16 million	($5.89)	-8.11
Vitro Diagnostics	$1.76 million	N/A	-$5.36 million	($2.19)	-0.18

Tectonic Therapeutic has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Vitro Diagnostics. Tectonic Therapeutic is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Vitro Diagnostics, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

This table compares Tectonic Therapeutic and Vitro Diagnostics’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Tectonic Therapeutic	N/A	-38.10%	-34.42%
Vitro Diagnostics	-524.96%	N/A	-131.27%

Insider and Institutional Ownership

62.6% of Tectonic Therapeutic shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.2% of Tectonic Therapeutic shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 27.7% of Vitro Diagnostics shares are owned 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.

Summary

Tectonic Therapeutic beats Vitro Diagnostics on 8 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Tectonic Therapeutic

Avrobio, Inc. is a bio-technology company. It develops step-change cell and gene therapies for the treatment of cancer and rare disease. The company operates primarily in the United States and Canada. Avrobio, Inc. is based in MA, United States.

About Vitro Diagnostics

Vitro Diagnostics, Inc., doing business as Vitro Biopharma, focuses on the development, manufacture, and distribution of stem cell products and related tools for use in research, drug discovery, and clinical trials in the United States. Its stem cell technology includes cell lines, supporting products, and methods for generation and differentiation of stem cells into products for the treatment of diseases, such as heart disease, arthritis, multiple sclerosis, brain injury, autism, stroke, Parkinson's, and Alzheimer's diseases. The company also offers Tools for Stem Cell and Drug Discovery that provide researchers basic tools needed to advance stem cell technology, including stem cells and their derivatives; media for growth and differentiation of stem cells; and tools for measurement of stem cell quality, potency, and response to toxic agents. In addition, it offers MSC-Gro, a cell culture media product; MSC cell line for the treatment of skeletal muscular conditions, such as tendonitis, ligament injury, osteoarthritis and accelerated bone fracture healing, etc.; and testing and therapies related to endogenous stem cell activation. Further, the company provides diagnostic testing of stem cell activation and determination of stem cell functional status; and cell-based assays for discovery of novel stem cell activation agents and drugs for the treatment of osteoporosis. Vitro Diagnostics, Inc. was founded in 1986 and is based in Golden, Colorado.