APT vs. INGN, LAKE, CLGN, NTRB, MLSS, RBOT, COCH, LFWD, POAI, and HSCS
Should you be buying Alpha Pro Tech stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Alpha Pro Tech include Inogen (INGN), Lakeland Industries (LAKE), CollPlant Biotechnologies (CLGN), Nutriband (NTRB), Milestone Scientific (MLSS), Vicarious Surgical (RBOT), Envoy Medical (COCH), ReWalk Robotics (LFWD), Predictive Oncology (POAI), and Heart Test Laboratories (HSCS). These companies are all part of the "surgical appliances & supplies" industry.
Inogen (NASDAQ:INGN) and Alpha Pro Tech (NYSE:APT) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking, profitability, risk, media sentiment, earnings and valuation.
Inogen received 373 more outperform votes than Alpha Pro Tech when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Alpha Pro Tech an outperform vote while only 70.44% of users gave Inogen an outperform vote.
Inogen presently has a consensus price target of $7.00, indicating a potential downside of 18.98%. Given Alpha Pro Tech's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Inogen is more favorable than Alpha Pro Tech.
In the previous week, Alpha Pro Tech had 2 more articles in the media than Inogen. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Alpha Pro Tech and 0 mentions for Inogen. Alpha Pro Tech's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Inogen's score of -0.45 indicating that Inogen is being referred to more favorably in the media.
89.9% of Inogen shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 22.7% of Alpha Pro Tech shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Inogen shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 13.6% of Alpha Pro Tech shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Inogen has a beta of 1.07, meaning that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alpha Pro Tech has a beta of -0.75, meaning that its stock price is 175% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Alpha Pro Tech has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Inogen. Inogen is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Alpha Pro Tech, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Alpha Pro Tech has a net margin of 6.92% compared to Alpha Pro Tech's net margin of -30.07%. Inogen's return on equity of 6.86% beat Alpha Pro Tech's return on equity.
Summary
Alpha Pro Tech beats Inogen on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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