Contrasting Prenetics Global (NASDAQ:PRE) and Telesis Bio (NASDAQ:TBIO)

Telesis Bio (NASDAQ:TBIO) and Prenetics Global (NASDAQ:PRE) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Risk and Volatility

Telesis Bio has a beta of 1.64, indicating that its share price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Prenetics Global has a beta of -0.31, indicating that its share price is 131% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Telesis Bio and Prenetics Global’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Telesis Bio	-336.59%	N/A	-61.89%
Prenetics Global	-191.73%	-16.45%	-13.34%

Insider & Institutional Ownership

37.6% of Telesis Bio shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 25.0% of Prenetics Global shares are held by institutional investors. 24.5% of Telesis Bio shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.8% of Prenetics Global shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Telesis Bio and Prenetics Global”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Telesis Bio	$27.51 million	0.03	-$47.72 million	($28.20)	-0.01
Prenetics Global	$21.74 million	3.04	-$62.72 million	($3.99)	-1.36

Telesis Bio has higher revenue and earnings than Prenetics Global. Prenetics Global is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Telesis Bio, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings for Telesis Bio and Prenetics Global, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Telesis Bio	0	0	0	0	0.00
Prenetics Global	0	0	1	0	3.00

Prenetics Global has a consensus price target of $9.00, suggesting a potential upside of 66.20%. Given Prenetics Global’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Prenetics Global is more favorable than Telesis Bio.

About Telesis Bio

Telesis Bio, Inc., a synthetic biology company, manufactures and sells synthetic biology instruments, reagents, and associated products and related services, primarily to pharmaceutical and academic laboratories worldwide. The company offers BioXp 3250 system and BioXp 9600 system that empower researchers to go from a digital DNA sequence to endpoint-ready synthetic deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) and messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) with onboard next generation sequencing (NGS) library preparation; BioXp portal, an online portal that offers an intuitive guided workflow and design tools for building new DNA sequences and assembling them into vectors of choice, as well as mRNA constructs; and BioXp De Novo kits, which contains building blocks and reagents, including proprietary Gibson assembly branded reagents for specific synthetic biology workflow applications. It also provides BioXp Select kits that offers to use non-telesis bio DNA while using the BioXp system to perform synthetic biology workflow applications, such as cloning, mRNA generation from plasmid, and cell free amplification; BioXp Next Generation Sequencing kits, which contains reagents to go from DNA or RNA to a sequencer-ready library; Benchtop reagents that contains the reagents to proceed specific synthetic biology workflow on the benchtop using products generated on the BioXp system; and custom Gibson short oligo ligation assembly enzymatic DNA synthesis solutions, which is designed to construct synthetic DNA, RNA, and proteins for development of mRNA-based vaccines, diagnostics, therapeutics, and personalized medicines. The company serves its products to government institutions, contract research organizations, and synthetic biology companies. The company was formerly known as Codex DNA, Inc. and changed its name to Telesis Bio Inc. in November 2022. Telesis Bio, Inc. was incorporated in 2011 and is headquartered in San Diego, California.

About Prenetics Global

Prenetics Global Limited, a genomics-driven health sciences company, engages in revolutionizing prevention, early detection, and treatment. It offers CircleDNA, a prevention arm that uses whole exome sequencing to offer comprehensive consumer DNA test. The company also, through its joint venture, Insighta, engages in pioneering multi-cancer early detection technologies. In addition, the company, through its equity interests in ACT Genomics Holdings Company Limited, is involved in genomic profiling of solid tumors through ACTOnco. Prenetics Global Limited was founded in 2007 and is based in Quarry Bay, Hong Kong.