VICR vs. VREX, MVIS, AEIS, PI, NTCT, BHE, UDMY, GETY, ZUO, and UPWK
Should you be buying Vicor stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Vicor include Varex Imaging (VREX), MicroVision (MVIS), Advanced Energy Industries (AEIS), Impinj (PI), NetScout Systems (NTCT), Benchmark Electronics (BHE), Udemy (UDMY), Getty Images (GETY), Zuora (ZUO), and Upwork (UPWK).
Varex Imaging (NASDAQ:VREX) and Vicor (NASDAQ:VICR) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation and profitability.
Varex Imaging currently has a consensus target price of $27.00, suggesting a potential upside of 80.60%. Vicor has a consensus target price of $55.00, suggesting a potential upside of 57.68%. Given Vicor's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Varex Imaging is more favorable than Vicor.
In the previous week, Vicor had 6 more articles in the media than Varex Imaging. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Vicor and 1 mentions for Varex Imaging. Vicor's average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat Varex Imaging's score of 0.54 indicating that Varex Imaging is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Vicor has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Varex Imaging. Varex Imaging is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Vicor, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Vicor received 5 more outperform votes than Varex Imaging when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.46% of users gave Varex Imaging an outperform vote while only 59.75% of users gave Vicor an outperform vote.
Varex Imaging has a beta of 0.72, suggesting that its stock price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vicor has a beta of 1.53, suggesting that its stock price is 53% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Vicor has a net margin of 11.49% compared to Vicor's net margin of 4.90%. Varex Imaging's return on equity of 8.55% beat Vicor's return on equity.
47.5% of Vicor shares are held by institutional investors. 5.2% of Varex Imaging shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 31.3% of Vicor shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Vicor beats Varex Imaging on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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