Star Equity (STRR) Competitors

Cutera (NASDAQ:CUTR) and Star Equity (NASDAQ:STRR) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership and risk.

Do analysts prefer CUTR or STRR?

Cutera currently has a consensus target price of $12.67, suggesting a potential upside of 559.72%. Given Star Equity's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Cutera is more favorable than Star Equity.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Cutera	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Star Equity	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Which has better earnings and valuation, CUTR or STRR?

Star Equity has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Cutera. Cutera is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Star Equity, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Cutera	$212.37M	0.18	-$162.83M	-$7.22	-0.27
Star Equity	$45.78M	0.29	$25.13M	$1.30	0.63

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of CUTR or STRR?

90.7% of Cutera shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.8% of Star Equity shares are held by institutional investors. 2.1% of Cutera shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 28.8% of Star Equity shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is CUTR or STRR more profitable?

Star Equity has a net margin of 52.81% compared to Star Equity's net margin of -73.42%. Star Equity's return on equity of 0.00% beat Cutera's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cutera	-73.42%	N/A	-37.78%
Star Equity	52.81%	-5.42%	-3.38%

Does the media favor CUTR or STRR?

In the previous week, Cutera had 2 more articles in the media than Star Equity. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Cutera and 1 mentions for Star Equity. Cutera's average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat Star Equity's score of -0.33 indicating that Star Equity is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Cutera	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Star Equity	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk and volatility, CUTR or STRR?

Cutera has a beta of 1.42, indicating that its stock price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Star Equity has a beta of 0.16, indicating that its stock price is 84% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CUTR or STRR?

Cutera received 331 more outperform votes than Star Equity when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Star Equity an outperform vote while only 64.85% of users gave Cutera an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Cutera	Outperform Votes 334 64.85%	Underperform Votes 181 35.15%
Star Equity	Outperform Votes 3 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes

Summary

Star Equity beats Cutera on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.