RFL vs. CODX, CTCX, NAII, QNCX, ICCC, PXDT, VYNE, SABS, ESLA, and LFWD
Should you be buying Rafael stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Rafael include Co-Diagnostics (CODX), Carmell (CTCX), Natural Alternatives International (NAII), Quince Therapeutics (QNCX), ImmuCell (ICCC), Pixie Dust Technologies (PXDT), VYNE Therapeutics (VYNE), SAB Biotherapeutics (SABS), Estrella Immunopharma (ESLA), and ReWalk Robotics (LFWD). These companies are all part of the "medical" sector.
Co-Diagnostics (NASDAQ:CODX) and Rafael (NYSE:RFL) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, risk and analyst recommendations.
Rafael has a net margin of 776.36% compared to Rafael's net margin of -582.36%. Co-Diagnostics' return on equity of -4.31% beat Rafael's return on equity.
15.0% of Co-Diagnostics shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 11.3% of Rafael shares are held by institutional investors. 2.4% of Co-Diagnostics shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 9.7% of Rafael shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Rafael had 21 more articles in the media than Co-Diagnostics. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for Rafael and 6 mentions for Co-Diagnostics. Rafael's average media sentiment score of 0.13 beat Co-Diagnostics' score of -0.03 indicating that Co-Diagnostics is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Co-Diagnostics received 273 more outperform votes than Rafael when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.49% of users gave Co-Diagnostics an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave Rafael an outperform vote.
Co-Diagnostics currently has a consensus target price of $2.50, suggesting a potential upside of 125.23%. Given Rafael's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Co-Diagnostics is more favorable than Rafael.
Rafael has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Co-Diagnostics. Co-Diagnostics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Rafael, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Co-Diagnostics has a beta of -0.65, meaning that its stock price is 165% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Rafael has a beta of 1.27, meaning that its stock price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Rafael beats Co-Diagnostics on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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