Contrasting Vicarious Surgical (NYSE:RBOT) and Autonomix Medical (NASDAQ:AMIX)

Vicarious Surgical (NYSE:RBOT) and Autonomix Medical (NASDAQ:AMIX) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, dividends and valuation.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for Vicarious Surgical and Autonomix Medical, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Vicarious Surgical	1	2	0	0	1.67
Autonomix Medical	1	1	1	0	2.00

Vicarious Surgical presently has a consensus price target of $7.00, indicating a potential upside of 882.87%. Autonomix Medical has a consensus price target of $2.00, indicating a potential upside of 386.85%. Given Vicarious Surgical’s higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Vicarious Surgical is more favorable than Autonomix Medical.

Profitability

This table compares Vicarious Surgical and Autonomix Medical’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Vicarious Surgical	N/A	-184.13%	-112.50%
Autonomix Medical	N/A	-239.36%	-192.46%

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Vicarious Surgical and Autonomix Medical”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Vicarious Surgical	N/A	N/A	-$63.22 million	($6.69)	-0.11
Autonomix Medical	N/A	N/A	-$16.72 million	($3.55)	-0.12

Autonomix Medical is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Vicarious Surgical, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Risk and Volatility

Vicarious Surgical has a beta of 1.75, suggesting that its stock price is 75% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Autonomix Medical has a beta of -1.43, suggesting that its stock price is 243% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

47.3% of Vicarious Surgical shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.8% of Autonomix Medical shares are held by institutional investors. 9.5% of Vicarious Surgical shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.2% of Autonomix Medical shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Vicarious Surgical beats Autonomix Medical on 7 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Vicarious Surgical

Vicarious Surgical Inc. operates as a robotics technology company in the United States. The company focuses on developing and commercializing Vicarious System, a single-incision surgical robot that virtually transports surgeons inside the patient to perform minimally invasive surgery. Vicarious Surgical Inc. was incorporated in 2014 and is headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts.

About Autonomix Medical

Autonomix Medical, Inc., a development stage medical device development company, focuses on advancing technologies for sensing and treating disorders relating to the peripheral nervous system. Its technology platform includes a catheter-based microchip-enabled sensing array to detect and differentiate peripheral neural signals. The company was incorporated in 2014 and is based in The Woodlands, Texas.