AMS vs. TSTL, BVC, SPEC, AKR, CNSL, ODX, CTEC, CLIN, EMIS, and GNS
Should you be buying Advanced Medical Solutions Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Advanced Medical Solutions Group include Tristel (TSTL), BATM Advanced Communications (BVC), INSPECS Group (SPEC), Akers Biosciences (AKR), Cambridge Nutritional Sciences (CNSL), Omega Diagnostics Group (ODX), ConvaTec Group (CTEC), Clinigen Group (CLIN), EMIS Group (EMIS), and Genus (GNS). These companies are all part of the "medical" sector.
Tristel (LON:TSTL) and Advanced Medical Solutions Group (LON:AMS) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation and risk.
Advanced Medical Solutions Group has a consensus target price of GBX 300, indicating a potential upside of 38.25%. Given Tristel's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Advanced Medical Solutions Group is more favorable than Tristel.
Advanced Medical Solutions Group has higher revenue and earnings than Tristel. Advanced Medical Solutions Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Tristel, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Advanced Medical Solutions Group had 1 more articles in the media than Tristel. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Advanced Medical Solutions Group and 1 mentions for Tristel. Advanced Medical Solutions Group's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Tristel's score of 0.36 indicating that Tristel is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Tristel has a beta of 0.26, meaning that its stock price is 74% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Advanced Medical Solutions Group has a beta of 0.57, meaning that its stock price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500.
50.2% of Tristel shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.7% of Advanced Medical Solutions Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.3% of Tristel shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of Advanced Medical Solutions Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Advanced Medical Solutions Group received 16 more outperform votes than Tristel when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 57.36% of users gave Tristel an outperform vote while only 49.70% of users gave Advanced Medical Solutions Group an outperform vote.
Tristel has a net margin of 15.29% compared to Tristel's net margin of 12.59%. Advanced Medical Solutions Group's return on equity of 20.35% beat Tristel's return on equity.
Tristel pays an annual dividend of GBX 13 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Advanced Medical Solutions Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Tristel pays out 10,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Advanced Medical Solutions Group pays out 2,857.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Summary
Tristel beats Advanced Medical Solutions Group on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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