PEN vs. INSP, GMED, TFX, GKOS, SOLV, HAE, MMSI, SWAV, AXNX, and PODD
Should you be buying Penumbra stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Penumbra include Inspire Medical Systems (INSP), Globus Medical (GMED), Teleflex (TFX), Glaukos (GKOS), Solventum (SOLV), Haemonetics (HAE), Merit Medical Systems (MMSI), Shockwave Medical (SWAV), Axonics (AXNX), and Insulet (PODD). These companies are all part of the "surgical & medical instruments" industry.
Penumbra (NYSE:PEN) and Inspire Medical Systems (NYSE:INSP) are both mid-cap medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, profitability, media sentiment, earnings, risk and valuation.
Penumbra received 616 more outperform votes than Inspire Medical Systems when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 80.43% of users gave Penumbra an outperform vote while only 61.03% of users gave Inspire Medical Systems an outperform vote.
Penumbra has higher revenue and earnings than Inspire Medical Systems. Inspire Medical Systems is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Penumbra, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Penumbra has a beta of 0.57, indicating that its share price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Inspire Medical Systems has a beta of 1.35, indicating that its share price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Penumbra presently has a consensus price target of $300.64, suggesting a potential upside of 46.94%. Inspire Medical Systems has a consensus price target of $256.53, suggesting a potential upside of 60.58%. Given Inspire Medical Systems' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Inspire Medical Systems is more favorable than Penumbra.
Penumbra has a net margin of 8.52% compared to Inspire Medical Systems' net margin of -2.38%. Penumbra's return on equity of 7.83% beat Inspire Medical Systems' return on equity.
In the previous week, Inspire Medical Systems had 18 more articles in the media than Penumbra. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Inspire Medical Systems and 5 mentions for Penumbra. Inspire Medical Systems' average media sentiment score of 0.99 beat Penumbra's score of 0.22 indicating that Inspire Medical Systems is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
88.9% of Penumbra shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.9% of Inspire Medical Systems shares are held by institutional investors. 5.0% of Penumbra shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.1% of Inspire Medical Systems shares are held 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.
Summary
Penumbra beats Inspire Medical Systems on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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