Head to Head Contrast: UFP Technologies (NASDAQ:UFPT) & Valeritas (OTCMKTS:VLRXQ)

UFP Technologies (NASDAQ:UFPT) and Valeritas (OTCMKTS:VLRXQ) are both industrial products companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, risk, dividends, institutional ownership and valuation.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings for UFP Technologies and Valeritas, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
UFP Technologies	0	1	2	0	2.67
Valeritas	0	0	0	0	0.00

UFP Technologies presently has a consensus target price of $323.50, indicating a potential upside of 3.93%. Given UFP Technologies’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe UFP Technologies is more favorable than Valeritas.

Profitability

This table compares UFP Technologies and Valeritas’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
UFP Technologies	11.74%	18.92%	12.33%
Valeritas	N/A	N/A	N/A

Institutional and Insider Ownership

87.3% of UFP Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 6.2% of UFP Technologies shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Valeritas shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares UFP Technologies and Valeritas”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
UFP Technologies	$400.07 million	5.97	$44.92 million	$7.01	44.40
Valeritas	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

UFP Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than Valeritas.

Summary

UFP Technologies beats Valeritas on 9 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About UFP Technologies

UFP Technologies, Inc. designs and manufactures solutions for medical devices, sterile packaging, and other highly engineered custom products. The company offers protective drapes for robotic surgery, single patient use surfaces, advanced wound care, infection prevention, disposables for surgical and endoscopic procedures, packaging for medical devices, orthopedic implants, biopharma drug manufacturing, and coils for catheters; and molded components for applications in acoustic insulation, interior trim, load floors, sunshades, SUV cargo cover handles, driveshaft damping, engine and manifold covers, quarter panels, and wheel liners. It also provides molded composites for commercial aviation and military gear for use in backpack components, knee and elbow pads, eyewear, and helmets; and reusable cases and custom for applications in military ballistics panels, virtual training systems, drones, communications equipment, and rugged portable computers. In addition, the company provides engineered products and components to customers in the automotive, aerospace and defense, and industrial markets for applications in military uniform and gear components, automotive interior trim, air filtration, and protective cases and inserts. It markets and sells its products through a direct sales force. The company was founded in 1963 and is headquartered in Newburyport, Massachusetts.

About Valeritas

Valeritas Holdings, Inc., a commercial-stage medical technology company, focuses on the development and commercialization of technologies to treat patients with Type 2 diabetes in the United States. The company offers V-Go, a wearable insulin delivery device for basal-bolus therapy. It also develops V-Go Prefill that is in the design-development stage for eliminating the device-filling process and the need for EZ fill refrigeration for patients with Type 2 diabetes; and V-Go SIM for real-time tracking information of basal and bolus dosing utilization. The company sells V-Go to third-party wholesalers and medical supply distributors. Valeritas Holdings, Inc. was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Bridgewater, New Jersey.