AUNA vs. LFMD, TVTX, EHAB, TSHA, OFIX, VYGR, WGS, FULC, KALV, and ALEC
Should you be buying Auna stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Auna include LifeMD (LFMD), Travere Therapeutics (TVTX), Enhabit (EHAB), Taysha Gene Therapies (TSHA), Orthofix Medical (OFIX), Voyager Therapeutics (VYGR), GeneDx (WGS), Fulcrum Therapeutics (FULC), KalVista Pharmaceuticals (KALV), and Alector (ALEC). These companies are all part of the "medical" sector.
LifeMD (NASDAQ:LFMD) and Auna (NYSE:AUNA) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, risk and earnings.
LifeMD presently has a consensus target price of $11.60, indicating a potential upside of 50.26%. Auna has a consensus target price of $14.15, indicating a potential upside of 65.50%. Given LifeMD's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Auna is more favorable than LifeMD.
In the previous week, LifeMD had 4 more articles in the media than Auna. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for LifeMD and 2 mentions for Auna. Auna's average media sentiment score of 0.28 beat LifeMD's score of 0.20 indicating that LifeMD is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Auna has lower revenue, but higher earnings than LifeMD.
35.5% of LifeMD shares are held by institutional investors. 18.9% of LifeMD shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Auna has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Auna's net margin of -14.75%.
LifeMD received 22 more outperform votes than Auna when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Auna an outperform vote while only 70.27% of users gave LifeMD an outperform vote.
Summary
LifeMD beats Auna on 7 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.
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