CERS vs. TCMD, LUNG, INO, KIDS, ATRI, ANIK, OSUR, UTMD, WST, and ALGN
Should you be buying Cerus stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cerus include Tactile Systems Technology (TCMD), Pulmonx (LUNG), Inovio Pharmaceuticals (INO), OrthoPediatrics (KIDS), Atrion (ATRI), Anika Therapeutics (ANIK), OraSure Technologies (OSUR), Utah Medical Products (UTMD), West Pharmaceutical Services (WST), and Align Technology (ALGN). These companies are all part of the "medical" sector.
Tactile Systems Technology (NASDAQ:TCMD) and Cerus (NASDAQ:CERS) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, earnings and risk.
Tactile Systems Technology has higher revenue and earnings than Cerus. Cerus is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Tactile Systems Technology, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
83.4% of Tactile Systems Technology shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.4% of Cerus shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Tactile Systems Technology shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.4% of Cerus shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Tactile Systems Technology has a beta of 1.24, meaning that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cerus has a beta of 1.26, meaning that its share price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Tactile Systems Technology has a net margin of 10.19% compared to Tactile Systems Technology's net margin of -19.27%. Cerus' return on equity of 15.88% beat Tactile Systems Technology's return on equity.
In the previous week, Tactile Systems Technology and Tactile Systems Technology both had 2 articles in the media. Tactile Systems Technology's average media sentiment score of 1.46 beat Cerus' score of 0.01 indicating that Cerus is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Cerus received 206 more outperform votes than Tactile Systems Technology when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.26% of users gave Cerus an outperform vote while only 69.62% of users gave Tactile Systems Technology an outperform vote.
Tactile Systems Technology presently has a consensus target price of $30.00, suggesting a potential upside of 149.38%. Cerus has a consensus target price of $3.83, suggesting a potential upside of 115.36%. Given Cerus' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Tactile Systems Technology is more favorable than Cerus.
Summary
Tactile Systems Technology beats Cerus on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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