AORT vs. ATRC, EMBC, ATRI, SILK, MDXG, KIDS, FNA, SIBN, OFIX, and IRMD
Should you be buying Artivion stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Artivion include AtriCure (ATRC), Embecta (EMBC), Atrion (ATRI), Silk Road Medical (SILK), MiMedx Group (MDXG), OrthoPediatrics (KIDS), Paragon 28 (FNA), SI-BONE (SIBN), Orthofix Medical (OFIX), and Iradimed (IRMD). These companies are all part of the "surgical & medical instruments" industry.
Artivion (NYSE:AORT) and AtriCure (NASDAQ:ATRC) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and risk.
In the previous week, Artivion and Artivion both had 5 articles in the media. Artivion's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat AtriCure's score of 0.60 indicating that Artivion is being referred to more favorably in the media.
AtriCure received 533 more outperform votes than Artivion when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.00% of users gave Artivion an outperform vote while only 68.98% of users gave AtriCure an outperform vote.
Artivion has a beta of 1.66, suggesting that its share price is 66% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AtriCure has a beta of 1.41, suggesting that its share price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500.
AtriCure has higher revenue and earnings than Artivion. Artivion is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AtriCure, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Artivion has a net margin of -2.61% compared to AtriCure's net margin of -8.98%. Artivion's return on equity of 3.64% beat AtriCure's return on equity.
Artivion currently has a consensus price target of $27.50, indicating a potential upside of 17.02%. AtriCure has a consensus price target of $49.78, indicating a potential upside of 119.96%. Given AtriCure's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe AtriCure is more favorable than Artivion.
86.4% of Artivion shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.1% of AtriCure shares are held by institutional investors. 8.1% of Artivion shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.2% of AtriCure shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Artivion beats AtriCure on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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