VICR vs. VREX, MVIS, AEIS, PI, WIRE, FELE, ENS, BDC, BRC, and POWL
Should you be buying Vicor stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Vicor include Varex Imaging (VREX), MicroVision (MVIS), Advanced Energy Industries (AEIS), Impinj (PI), Encore Wire (WIRE), Franklin Electric (FELE), EnerSys (ENS), Belden (BDC), Brady (BRC), and Powell Industries (POWL).
Varex Imaging (NASDAQ:VREX) and Vicor (NASDAQ:VICR) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, community ranking and institutional ownership.
Vicor has a net margin of 11.49% compared to Vicor's net margin of 4.90%. Varex Imaging's return on equity of 8.55% beat Vicor's return on equity.
Vicor received 5 more outperform votes than Varex Imaging when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.46% of users gave Varex Imaging an outperform vote while only 59.60% of users gave Vicor an outperform vote.
47.5% of Vicor shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.2% of Varex Imaging shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 31.3% of Vicor shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Varex Imaging has a beta of 0.64, suggesting that its share price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vicor has a beta of 1.49, suggesting that its share price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Vicor's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Varex Imaging'saverage media sentiment score.
Varex Imaging currently has a consensus price target of $30.00, indicating a potential upside of 97.63%. Vicor has a consensus price target of $55.00, indicating a potential upside of 58.64%. Given Vicor's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Varex Imaging is more favorable than Vicor.
Vicor has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Varex Imaging. Varex Imaging is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Vicor, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Vicor beats Varex Imaging on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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