PETV vs. ICAD, AMIX, XAIR, MODD, GBS, CODX, AKLI, ICU, RVP, and TTOO
Should you be buying PetVivo stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of PetVivo include iCAD (ICAD), Autonomix Medical (AMIX), Beyond Air (XAIR), Modular Medical (MODD), GBS (GBS), Co-Diagnostics (CODX), Akili (AKLI), SeaStar Medical (ICU), Retractable Technologies (RVP), and T2 Biosystems (TTOO). These companies are all part of the "surgical & medical instruments" industry.
PetVivo (NASDAQ:PETV) and iCAD (NASDAQ:ICAD) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations and dividends.
iCAD received 228 more outperform votes than PetVivo when rated by MarketBeat users.
24.6% of PetVivo shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 24.6% of iCAD shares are held by institutional investors. 20.1% of PetVivo shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 12.0% of iCAD shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
iCAD has a consensus target price of $5.00, suggesting a potential upside of 214.47%. Given iCAD's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe iCAD is more favorable than PetVivo.
iCAD has a net margin of -15.20% compared to PetVivo's net margin of -1,016.64%. iCAD's return on equity of -14.00% beat PetVivo's return on equity.
In the previous week, iCAD had 5 more articles in the media than PetVivo. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for iCAD and 0 mentions for PetVivo. iCAD's average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat PetVivo's score of 0.00 indicating that iCAD is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
PetVivo has a beta of 2.15, meaning that its share price is 115% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, iCAD has a beta of 1.36, meaning that its share price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500.
iCAD has higher revenue and earnings than PetVivo. iCAD is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than PetVivo, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
iCAD beats PetVivo on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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