IHC vs. POLX, RUA, MHC, SUN, BELL, IUG, INHC, PRM, KNB, and IMM
Should you be buying Inspiration Healthcare Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Inspiration Healthcare Group include Polarean Imaging (POLX), RUA Life Sciences (RUA), MyHealthChecked (MHC), Surgical Innovations Group (SUN), Belluscura (BELL), Intelligent Ultrasound Group (IUG), Induction Healthcare Group (INHC), Proteome Sciences (PRM), Kanabo Group (KNB), and ImmuPharma (IMM). These companies are all part of the "medical" sector.
Inspiration Healthcare Group (LON:IHC) and Polarean Imaging (LON:POLX) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends.
In the previous week, Inspiration Healthcare Group had 1 more articles in the media than Polarean Imaging. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Inspiration Healthcare Group and 0 mentions for Polarean Imaging. Inspiration Healthcare Group's average media sentiment score of 0.35 beat Polarean Imaging's score of 0.00 indicating that Inspiration Healthcare Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Inspiration Healthcare Group has higher revenue and earnings than Polarean Imaging. Inspiration Healthcare Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Polarean Imaging, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Polarean Imaging has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Inspiration Healthcare Group's net margin of -1.34%. Inspiration Healthcare Group's return on equity of -1.56% beat Polarean Imaging's return on equity.
Inspiration Healthcare Group has a beta of 0.13, suggesting that its stock price is 87% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Polarean Imaging has a beta of 0.69, suggesting that its stock price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500.
50.6% of Inspiration Healthcare Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 23.4% of Polarean Imaging shares are held by institutional investors. 32.0% of Inspiration Healthcare Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 28.0% of Polarean Imaging 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.
Inspiration Healthcare Group received 80 more outperform votes than Polarean Imaging when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.21% of users gave Inspiration Healthcare Group an outperform vote while only 67.65% of users gave Polarean Imaging an outperform vote.
Summary
Inspiration Healthcare Group beats Polarean Imaging on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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