LMAT vs. NVCR, ATEC, IART, MDXG, ATRC, AORT, ICUI, NARI, FNA, and KIDS
Should you be buying LeMaitre Vascular stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of LeMaitre Vascular include NovoCure (NVCR), Alphatec (ATEC), Integra LifeSciences (IART), MiMedx Group (MDXG), AtriCure (ATRC), Artivion (AORT), ICU Medical (ICUI), Inari Medical (NARI), Paragon 28 (FNA), and OrthoPediatrics (KIDS). These companies are all part of the "surgical & medical instruments" industry.
LeMaitre Vascular (NASDAQ:LMAT) and NovoCure (NASDAQ:NVCR) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, valuation, earnings, community ranking, risk and analyst recommendations.
LeMaitre Vascular has a beta of 0.88, meaning that its share price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NovoCure has a beta of 0.5, meaning that its share price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500.
LeMaitre Vascular has higher earnings, but lower revenue than NovoCure. NovoCure is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than LeMaitre Vascular, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
LeMaitre Vascular has a net margin of 16.99% compared to NovoCure's net margin of -36.67%. LeMaitre Vascular's return on equity of 11.57% beat NovoCure's return on equity.
LeMaitre Vascular received 34 more outperform votes than NovoCure when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.96% of users gave LeMaitre Vascular an outperform vote while only 63.71% of users gave NovoCure an outperform vote.
In the previous week, LeMaitre Vascular had 25 more articles in the media than NovoCure. MarketBeat recorded 38 mentions for LeMaitre Vascular and 13 mentions for NovoCure. LeMaitre Vascular's average media sentiment score of 0.37 beat NovoCure's score of 0.08 indicating that LeMaitre Vascular is being referred to more favorably in the media.
84.6% of LeMaitre Vascular shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.6% of NovoCure shares are held by institutional investors. 10.8% of LeMaitre Vascular shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.7% of NovoCure shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
LeMaitre Vascular presently has a consensus target price of $73.83, suggesting a potential downside of 2.39%. NovoCure has a consensus target price of $30.88, suggesting a potential upside of 90.82%. Given NovoCure's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe NovoCure is more favorable than LeMaitre Vascular.
Summary
LeMaitre Vascular beats NovoCure on 15 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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