SMLR vs. ELMD, OM, FONR, EDAP, VANI, AXGN, HYPR, ZYXI, JYNT, and HITI
Should you be buying Semler Scientific stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Semler Scientific include Electromed (ELMD), Outset Medical (OM), FONAR (FONR), Edap Tms (EDAP), Vivani Medical (VANI), AxoGen (AXGN), Hyperfine (HYPR), Zynex (ZYXI), Joint (JYNT), and High Tide (HITI). These companies are all part of the "medical" sector.
Semler Scientific (NASDAQ:SMLR) and Electromed (NYSE:ELMD) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, community ranking, profitability, valuation and dividends.
In the previous week, Semler Scientific had 6 more articles in the media than Electromed. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Semler Scientific and 0 mentions for Electromed. Semler Scientific's average media sentiment score of 0.79 beat Electromed's score of 0.05 indicating that Semler Scientific is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Electromed received 12 more outperform votes than Semler Scientific when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 85.71% of users gave Electromed an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave Semler Scientific an outperform vote.
Semler Scientific has a beta of 0.92, meaning that its share price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Electromed has a beta of 0.4, meaning that its share price is 60% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Semler Scientific has higher revenue and earnings than Electromed. Semler Scientific is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Electromed, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
49.4% of Semler Scientific shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 40.8% of Electromed shares are owned by institutional investors. 13.0% of Semler Scientific shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 12.7% of Electromed shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Semler Scientific has a net margin of 30.19% compared to Electromed's net margin of 7.62%. Semler Scientific's return on equity of 30.60% beat Electromed's return on equity.
Summary
Semler Scientific beats Electromed on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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