Contrasting Teva Pharmaceutical Industries (NYSE:TEVA) & Viveon Health Acquisition (NYSE:VHAQ)

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries (NYSE:TEVA) and Viveon Health Acquisition (NYSE:VHAQ) are both medical companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations and risk.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Teva Pharmaceutical Industries and Viveon Health Acquisition”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries	$15.85 billion	1.24	-$559.00 million	($0.85)	-20.39
Viveon Health Acquisition	N/A	N/A	-$610,000.00	N/A	N/A

Viveon Health Acquisition has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Teva Pharmaceutical Industries.

Risk and Volatility

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries has a beta of 0.79, meaning that its stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Viveon Health Acquisition has a beta of -0.11, meaning that its stock price is 111% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and target prices for Teva Pharmaceutical Industries and Viveon Health Acquisition, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries	0	2	7	0	2.78
Viveon Health Acquisition	0	0	0	0	0.00

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries presently has a consensus price target of $19.67, indicating a potential upside of 13.48%. Given Teva Pharmaceutical Industries’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Teva Pharmaceutical Industries is more favorable than Viveon Health Acquisition.

Profitability

This table compares Teva Pharmaceutical Industries and Viveon Health Acquisition’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries	-5.73%	42.92%	7.25%
Viveon Health Acquisition	N/A	N/A	N/A

Insider and Institutional Ownership

54.1% of Teva Pharmaceutical Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 22.1% of Viveon Health Acquisition shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Teva Pharmaceutical Industries shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 75.3% of Viveon Health Acquisition shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries beats Viveon Health Acquisition on 8 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Teva Pharmaceutical Industries

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Limited develops, manufactures, markets, and distributes generic medicines, specialty medicines, and biopharmaceutical products in North America, Europe, Israel, and internationally. It offers generic medicines in various dosage forms, such as tablets, capsules, injectables, inhalants, liquids, transdermal patches, ointments, and creams; sterile products, hormones, high-potency drugs, and cytotoxic substances in parenteral and solid dosage forms; and generic products with medical devices and combination products. The company focuses on the central nervous system (CNS), respiratory, and oncology areas. It provides active pharmaceutical ingredients, as well as contract manufacturing services; and operates an out-licensing platform that offers a portfolio of products to other pharmaceutical companies. The company also offers BENDEKA and TREANDA injections for the treatment of chronic lymphocytic leukemia and indolent b-cell non-hodgkin’s lymphoma; GRANIX; TRISENOX; LONQUEX; and TEVAGRASTIM/RATIOGRASTIM. In addition, it provides COPAXONE for the treatment of relapsing forms of multiple sclerosis; AJOVY for the preventive treatment of migraine in adults; AUSTEDO for the treatment of neurodegenerative and movement disorders associated with Huntington’s disease and tardive dyskinesia; UZEDY for the treatment of schizophrenia; ProAir RespiClick inhalation powder; QVAR for treatment for asthma; BRALTUS, a long-acting muscarinic antagonist; CINQAIR/CINQAERO injection; DuoResp Spiromax, an inhaled corticosteroid and long-acting beta-agonist bronchodilator; and AirDuo RespiClick fluticasone propionate and salmeterol inhalation powder. The company offers its OTC products under SUDOCREM, NasenDuo, DICLOX FORTE, OLFEN Max, and FLEGAMINA brand names. It has collaboration agreements with MedinCell; Sanofi; Alvotech; and Biolojic Design Ltd., as well as license agreement with MODAG GmbH. The company was founded in 1901 and is based in Tel Aviv, Israel.

About Viveon Health Acquisition

Viveon Health Acquisition Corp. does not have significant operations. It intends to effect a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, recapitalization, reorganization, or similar business combination with one or more businesses in the healthcare industry in North America. The company was incorporated in 2020 and is based in Atlanta, Georgia. Viveon Health Acquisition Corp. operates as a subsidiary of Viveon Health LLC.