CUTR vs. IRIX, EGIO, PHUN, REFR, GAN, ONDS, RNLX, CMTL, LPSN, and MCHX
Should you be buying Cutera stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cutera include IRIDEX (IRIX), Edgio (EGIO), Phunware (PHUN), Research Frontiers (REFR), GAN (GAN), Ondas (ONDS), Renalytix (RNLX), Comtech Telecommunications (CMTL), LivePerson (LPSN), and Marchex (MCHX). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Cutera (NASDAQ:CUTR) and IRIDEX (NASDAQ:IRIX) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, risk and analyst recommendations.
Cutera received 62 more outperform votes than IRIDEX when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.74% of users gave IRIDEX an outperform vote while only 64.98% of users gave Cutera an outperform vote.
90.7% of Cutera shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 20.1% of IRIDEX shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.1% of Cutera shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.2% of IRIDEX shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Cutera had 2 more articles in the media than IRIDEX. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Cutera and 3 mentions for IRIDEX. IRIDEX's average media sentiment score of 0.47 beat Cutera's score of -0.25 indicating that IRIDEX is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
IRIDEX has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Cutera. IRIDEX is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cutera, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Cutera currently has a consensus target price of $12.67, indicating a potential upside of 441.31%. IRIDEX has a consensus target price of $2.00, indicating a potential downside of 29.82%. Given Cutera's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Cutera is more favorable than IRIDEX.
IRIDEX has a net margin of -18.45% compared to Cutera's net margin of -68.87%. Cutera's return on equity of 0.00% beat IRIDEX's return on equity.
Cutera has a beta of 1.43, meaning that its share price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, IRIDEX has a beta of 0.82, meaning that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Cutera beats IRIDEX on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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