ICU vs. RVP, AKLI, FEMY, NMTC, MDAI, LNSR, MODD, IINN, CODX, and CTCX
Should you be buying SeaStar Medical stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of SeaStar Medical include Retractable Technologies (RVP), Akili (AKLI), Femasys (FEMY), NeuroOne Medical Technologies (NMTC), Spectral AI (MDAI), LENSAR (LNSR), Modular Medical (MODD), Inspira Technologies Oxy B.H.N. (IINN), Co-Diagnostics (CODX), and Carmell (CTCX). These companies are all part of the "surgical & medical instruments" industry.
SeaStar Medical (NASDAQ:ICU) and Retractable Technologies (NYSE:RVP) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, profitability and risk.
Retractable Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than SeaStar Medical. Retractable Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SeaStar Medical, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
SeaStar Medical received 1 more outperform votes than Retractable Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 100.00% of users gave SeaStar Medical an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave Retractable Technologies an outperform vote.
SeaStar Medical has a beta of -0.96, meaning that its stock price is 196% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Retractable Technologies has a beta of 2.11, meaning that its stock price is 111% more volatile than the S&P 500.
1.7% of SeaStar Medical shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 7.6% of Retractable Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 3.0% of SeaStar Medical shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 55.0% of Retractable Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
SeaStar Medical has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Retractable Technologies' net margin of -18.84%. SeaStar Medical's return on equity of 0.00% beat Retractable Technologies' return on equity.
In the previous week, Retractable Technologies had 1 more articles in the media than SeaStar Medical. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Retractable Technologies and 7 mentions for SeaStar Medical. SeaStar Medical's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Retractable Technologies' score of -0.22 indicating that SeaStar Medical is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Retractable Technologies beats SeaStar Medical on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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