AUNA vs. LFMD, TVTX, EHAB, TSHA, OFIX, VYGR, WGS, FULC, KALV, and ALEC
Should you be buying Auna stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Auna include LifeMD (LFMD), Travere Therapeutics (TVTX), Enhabit (EHAB), Taysha Gene Therapies (TSHA), Orthofix Medical (OFIX), Voyager Therapeutics (VYGR), GeneDx (WGS), Fulcrum Therapeutics (FULC), KalVista Pharmaceuticals (KALV), and Alector (ALEC). These companies are all part of the "medical" sector.
Auna (NYSE:AUNA) and LifeMD (NASDAQ:LFMD) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings, community ranking, risk and dividends.
Auna has a net margin of 0.00% compared to LifeMD's net margin of -14.75%.
Auna has higher earnings, but lower revenue than LifeMD.
LifeMD received 22 more outperform votes than Auna when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Auna an outperform vote while only 70.27% of users gave LifeMD an outperform vote.
Auna currently has a consensus target price of $14.15, indicating a potential upside of 61.99%. LifeMD has a consensus target price of $11.60, indicating a potential upside of 39.59%. Given Auna's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Auna is more favorable than LifeMD.
In the previous week, LifeMD had 9 more articles in the media than Auna. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for LifeMD and 4 mentions for Auna. Auna's average media sentiment score of 0.12 beat LifeMD's score of 0.11 indicating that Auna is being referred to more favorably in the media.
35.5% of LifeMD shares are owned by institutional investors. 18.9% of LifeMD shares are owned 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.
Summary
LifeMD beats Auna on 6 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.
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