AXNX vs. IRTC, PRCT, TNDM, NARI, ICUI, MMSI, HAE, IART, ATEC, and LMAT
Should you be buying Axonics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Axonics include iRhythm Technologies (IRTC), PROCEPT BioRobotics (PRCT), Tandem Diabetes Care (TNDM), Inari Medical (NARI), ICU Medical (ICUI), Merit Medical Systems (MMSI), Haemonetics (HAE), Integra LifeSciences (IART), Alphatec (ATEC), and LeMaitre Vascular (LMAT). These companies are all part of the "surgical & medical instruments" industry.
Axonics (NASDAQ:AXNX) and iRhythm Technologies (NASDAQ:IRTC) are both mid-cap medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, community ranking, valuation and institutional ownership.
99.5% of Axonics shares are held by institutional investors. 1.9% of Axonics shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of iRhythm Technologies shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
iRhythm Technologies received 215 more outperform votes than Axonics when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.92% of users gave Axonics an outperform vote while only 66.04% of users gave iRhythm Technologies an outperform vote.
Axonics has a beta of 0.6, meaning that its stock price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, iRhythm Technologies has a beta of 1.31, meaning that its stock price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Axonics had 1 more articles in the media than iRhythm Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Axonics and 5 mentions for iRhythm Technologies. Axonics' average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat iRhythm Technologies' score of 0.70 indicating that Axonics is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Axonics presently has a consensus target price of $70.73, suggesting a potential upside of 5.05%. iRhythm Technologies has a consensus target price of $134.00, suggesting a potential upside of 35.53%. Given iRhythm Technologies' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe iRhythm Technologies is more favorable than Axonics.
Axonics has a net margin of -4.12% compared to iRhythm Technologies' net margin of -25.33%. Axonics' return on equity of -2.58% beat iRhythm Technologies' return on equity.
Axonics has higher earnings, but lower revenue than iRhythm Technologies. Axonics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than iRhythm Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Axonics beats iRhythm Technologies on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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