MASS vs. FARO, QSI, GEOS, OWLT, AATC, SPEC, FLIR, BRKR, PKI, and WAT
Should you be buying 908 Devices stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of 908 Devices include FARO Technologies (FARO), Quantum-Si (QSI), Geospace Technologies (GEOS), Owlet (OWLT), Autoscope Technologies (AATC), Spectaire (SPEC), Teledyne FLIR (FLIR), Bruker (BRKR), Revvity (PKI), and Waters (WAT).
908 Devices (NASDAQ:MASS) and FARO Technologies (NASDAQ:FARO) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership and dividends.
In the previous week, 908 Devices and 908 Devices both had 1 articles in the media. 908 Devices' average media sentiment score of 1.93 beat FARO Technologies' score of 1.91 indicating that 908 Devices is being referred to more favorably in the media.
FARO Technologies received 352 more outperform votes than 908 Devices when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.48% of users gave FARO Technologies an outperform vote while only 61.54% of users gave 908 Devices an outperform vote.
908 Devices presently has a consensus price target of $14.00, suggesting a potential upside of 126.90%. FARO Technologies has a consensus price target of $26.50, suggesting a potential upside of 51.43%. Given 908 Devices' higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe 908 Devices is more favorable than FARO Technologies.
88.1% of 908 Devices shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.2% of FARO Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 27.8% of 908 Devices shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of FARO Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
908 Devices has a beta of 1.06, suggesting that its share price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FARO Technologies has a beta of 1.32, suggesting that its share price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500.
FARO Technologies has a net margin of -11.92% compared to 908 Devices' net margin of -68.57%. FARO Technologies' return on equity of -16.09% beat 908 Devices' return on equity.
908 Devices has higher earnings, but lower revenue than FARO Technologies. FARO Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than 908 Devices, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
FARO Technologies beats 908 Devices on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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