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Bioventus, Inc. Class ABVSCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

United States · USD·Health Care›Medical Specialties

Maker of orthobiologics products, including bone-graft substitutes and hyaluronic-acid injections for joint pain and healing.

Momentum weak 27
Mkt cap
$894M
US dollars, full cap
Free float
69%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$7.88M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
13.1×
forward earnings
ROIC−WACC
+1.1 pp
WACC 7.6%
Hurdle
-5 pp
Req g minus delivered
Next earnings
125 days
11 Mar 2027
Close · USD$10.61
1D-0.7%
1W-20.4%
1M-16.4%
3M-24.0%
6M+1.1%
YTD+42.6%
1Y+43.8%
ATR %7.5%
Beta0.87
52w lowhigh33.2% off high

What Bioventus does

Maker of orthobiologics products, including bone-graft substitutes and hyaluronic-acid injections for joint pain and healing.

Sells mainly to orthopaedic and pain clinics, which buy injections such as hyaluronic acid (a lubricating gel put into the knee) and are paid back by insurers, so insurer coverage and surgeon preference matter as much as the clinical case. A bone-healing ultrasound device, Exogen, gives it a second, steadier line.

Products and services

  • Hyaluronic acid injections (Durolane, Supartz)
  • Bone-graft substitutes/orthobiologics
  • Pain treatment/restorative therapies

Customers

  • Orthopedic surgeons
  • Pain management physicians

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Medical devices/biologics
  • Orthobiologics
  • Bone healing & joint pain treatment…

What could go right

  • Aging population joint-pain treatment demand
  • Bone healing product adoption

What could go wrong

  • Reimbursement/payer coverage pressure
  • Competitive orthobiologics pricing

Moat: narrow (brand, regulatory licence). Established orthobiologics brands with regulatory approvals, though facing generic/biosimilar-style competition.

Headquarters: Durham, North Carolina · Founded: 2012 · Employees: 930

Named competitors

Bioventus at a glance

Size Bioventus (BVS) is a United States Health Care company (Medical Specialties) with a market value of $894M, the 2317th largest of 3,117 United States companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at $10.61 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares gained 1.1%, against -13.8% for the median peer and -1.1% for the United States market (cap-weighted) — 9th highest of 21 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 3.9% over the last twelve months (peer median +12.3%); the operating margin is 10.1% (peer median 12.2%).

Valuation It trades at 13.1× forward earnings against a peer median of 23.5× (3rd cheapest of 18).

Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 7% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +12%, so the hurdle is -5 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.

Capital Return on invested capital runs 1.1 points above its cost of capital (7.6% WACC).

Short interest Short interest is 4.7% of the free float (15 Oct 2026).

Next results Next results expected around 11 Mar 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

7510012515011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026BVS 104Peer median 86
Six months, rebased to 100: Bioventus against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Bioventus financials

Reported figures in USD; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue$586M$568M$573M$512M$512M
Revenue growth—-1%+12%0%—
Gross profit$398M$382M$381M$319M$321M
EBITDA$103M$106M$100M$73.4M$52.8M
Net income$57.3M$22.7M-$36.1M-$156M-$159M
Free cash flow$84.3M$71.4M$36.6M$7.98M-$23.6M
Capital expenditure$2.45M$2.56M$1.72M$7.36M$11.5M
Total debt$244M$311M$356M$409M$436M

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Bioventus competitor charts

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Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

-25%0%+25%+50%-20%-10%0%+10%SFL6033677730603108002658130268880509653036003015806881083046MCAP7780BBNX3011222190688575KURNBVS6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Bioventus is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

0%+20%+40%+60%20×40×60×SFL60336777306031080026581302096530360030158068810877803011222190688575KURNBVSRevenue growth (TTM) →Forward P/E →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. Bioventus is the large dot.

Capital: growth delivered against growth the price implies

0%+50%+100%0%50%100%SFL603367773060310800265813026888050965303600301580688108MCAP2190BVSGrowth delivered (Del g) →Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) →
Above the diagonal = the price needs more growth than the company has been delivering; below = the price already allows for a slowdown. Bioventus is the large dot.

Bioventus competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (BVS vs ZBH vs SYK vs ORGO)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq g
Bioventus BVS$894M+1%+4%10%13.1×6.9%
Zimmer Biomet ZBH$20.1B+29%+7%16%12.0×-1.4%
Stryker SYK$124B+14%+8%25%20.4×10.6%
Organogenesis ORGOn/a-66%n/an/an/an/a
Smith & Nephew SN..L$13.1B+5%+2%17%14.4×11.1%

How Bioventus compares with its peers

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.

Bioventus against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasureBVSPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return-16.4%-5.2%3rd lowest of 21
6-month return+1.1%-13.8%9th highest of 21
Distance from 52-week high-33.2%-36.2%10th highest of 21
Revenue growth (TTM)+3.9%+12.3%8th lowest of 21
Operating margin10.1%12.2%9th lowest of 21
Forward P/E13.1×23.5×3rd cheapest of 18
Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs)6.9%4.3%8th most demanding of 17
Growth delivered (Del g)+12.1%+11.5%8th highest of 17
Hurdle (Req g minus delivered)-5.1 pp-4.3 pp9th least demanding of 17
ROIC minus cost of capital+1.1 pp+3.5 pp7th lowest of 21
EV / EBITDA11.2×9.4×6th most expensive of 12
Net debt / EBITDA2.1×-0.4×2nd most indebted of 12

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq gDelivered g
Bioventus BVSUnited States$894M+1%+4%10%13.1×6.9%+12.1%
Safilo SFL.MIItaly$890M+24%-4%9%16.0×-0.5%+4.7%
Cisen Pharmaceutical 603367.SSChina$890M-15%-6%8%8.3×-12.9%-1.3%
Mani 7730.TJapan$909M-15%+10%30%18.4×1.5%+13.9%
Shanghai Runda Medical Technology 603108.SSChina$909M-25%-12%-2%25.1×22.2%-0.2%
Beijing SDL Technology 002658.SZChina$910M-21%-13%9%23.6×18.0%+2.9%
LifeTech Scientific 1302.HKHong Kong$914M-18%+1%12%23.5×13.3%+15.5%
Ningbo Jansen Superconducting Technologies 688805.SSChina$915M-30%+36%14%n/a47.2%+17.1%
Seegene 096530.KSSouth Korea$915M+26%+12%13%15.9×-3.4%-15.9%
Modern Dental 3600.HKHong Kong$871M+19%+12%22%8.8×-7.0%+11.3%
Aidite (Qinhuangdao) Technology 301580.SZChina$919M-20%+17%18%27.1×19.9%+23.3%
Sino Medical Sciences Technology 688108.SSChina$868M-35%+22%19%69.2×31.0%+9.9%
JINS 3046.TJapan$865M-12%+14%10%16.6×-7.2%+11.7%
MedCap MCAP.STSweden$864M+6%+17%15%26.4×2.9%+20.9%
Menicon 7780.TJapan$854M+12%+5%9%19.3×n/an/a
Beta Bionics BBNXUnited States$854M+63%+44%-73%n/an/an/a
Caina Technology 301122.SZChina$938M+60%+61%0%72.0×n/an/a
Zylox-Tonbridge Medical Technology 2190.HKHong Kong$851M-13%+39%25%15.9×5.5%+105.8%
Shantou Institute of Ultrasonic Instruments 301602.SZChina$944M-19%+4%30%n/a13.1%+4.6%
Shenzhen YHLO Biotech 688575.SSChina$950M-20%+3%12%37.2×3.1%+12.7%
Kuros Biosciences KURN.SWSwitzerland$953M+3%+41%6%73.8×n/an/a

Questions

Who are Bioventus's main competitors?
Named competitors: Zimmer Biomet (ZBH), Stryker (SYK), Organogenesis Holdings (ORGO), Smith & Nephew (SN..L). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes Safilo (SFL.MI), Cisen Pharmaceutical (603367.SS), Mani (7730.T), Shanghai Runda Medical Technology (603108.SS), Beijing SDL Technology (002658.SZ), LifeTech Scientific (1302.HK).
Is Bioventus expensive compared with its peers?
On forward p/e it trades at 13.1× against a peer median of 23.5×, 3rd cheapest of 18 in its peer set. For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 7% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +12%, so the hurdle is -5 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.
How has Bioventus stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned +1.1% against -13.8% for the median peer; over one year +43.8%.

How these numbers are made. Returns are close-to-close in local currency. Revenue growth and margins are trailing twelve months. Req g is the revenue growth that today's enterprise value requires for seven years at the company's own cost of capital; Delivered g is what it actually grew; the gap is the hurdle (honest precision about ±8 points, so read the ranking more than the decimal). No fair values, price targets or analyst ratings are shown, by design. Method and validation.