AXNX vs. PRCT, IRTC, TNDM, NARI, ICUI, NVCR, INSP, IART, MMSI, and HAE
Should you be buying Axonics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Axonics include PROCEPT BioRobotics (PRCT), iRhythm Technologies (IRTC), Tandem Diabetes Care (TNDM), Inari Medical (NARI), ICU Medical (ICUI), NovoCure (NVCR), Inspire Medical Systems (INSP), Integra LifeSciences (IART), Merit Medical Systems (MMSI), and Haemonetics (HAE). These companies are all part of the "surgical & medical instruments" industry.
Axonics (NASDAQ:AXNX) and PROCEPT BioRobotics (NASDAQ:PRCT) are both mid-cap medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership and profitability.
99.5% of Axonics shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.5% of PROCEPT BioRobotics shares are held by institutional investors. 1.9% of Axonics shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 17.4% of PROCEPT BioRobotics shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Axonics received 146 more outperform votes than PROCEPT BioRobotics when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.92% of users gave Axonics an outperform vote while only 62.22% of users gave PROCEPT BioRobotics an outperform vote.
Axonics has a beta of 0.6, meaning that its share price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PROCEPT BioRobotics has a beta of 0.95, meaning that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Axonics and Axonics both had 5 articles in the media. Axonics' average media sentiment score of 1.22 beat PROCEPT BioRobotics' score of 0.79 indicating that Axonics is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Axonics presently has a consensus price target of $70.73, indicating a potential upside of 4.70%. PROCEPT BioRobotics has a consensus price target of $61.20, indicating a potential downside of 10.13%. Given Axonics' higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Axonics is more favorable than PROCEPT BioRobotics.
Axonics has a net margin of -4.12% compared to PROCEPT BioRobotics' net margin of -66.12%. Axonics' return on equity of -2.58% beat PROCEPT BioRobotics' return on equity.
Axonics has higher revenue and earnings than PROCEPT BioRobotics. Axonics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than PROCEPT BioRobotics, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Axonics beats PROCEPT BioRobotics on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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