CVRX vs. NPCE, TELA, SMTI, XAIR, PAVM, SRDX, FNA, SIBN, BVS, and IRMD
Should you be buying CVRx stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CVRx include NeuroPace (NPCE), TELA Bio (TELA), Sanara MedTech (SMTI), Beyond Air (XAIR), PAVmed (PAVM), Surmodics (SRDX), Paragon 28 (FNA), SI-BONE (SIBN), Bioventus (BVS), and Iradimed (IRMD). These companies are all part of the "medical" sector.
NeuroPace (NASDAQ:NPCE) and CVRx (NASDAQ:CVRX) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations and dividends.
In the previous week, NeuroPace had 1 more articles in the media than CVRx. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for NeuroPace and 2 mentions for CVRx. CVRx's average media sentiment score of 0.34 beat NeuroPace's score of 0.25 indicating that NeuroPace is being referred to more favorably in the media.
NeuroPace received 8 more outperform votes than CVRx when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 57.14% of users gave CVRx an outperform vote while only 55.81% of users gave NeuroPace an outperform vote.
NeuroPace has a beta of 1.8, suggesting that its share price is 80% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CVRx has a beta of 1.06, suggesting that its share price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.
NeuroPace presently has a consensus target price of $15.67, suggesting a potential upside of 142.14%. CVRx has a consensus target price of $16.60, suggesting a potential upside of 72.38%. Given CVRx's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe NeuroPace is more favorable than CVRx.
78.8% of NeuroPace shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.3% of CVRx shares are held by institutional investors. 22.2% of NeuroPace shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 18.9% of CVRx shares are held 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.
NeuroPace has higher revenue and earnings than CVRx. NeuroPace is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CVRx, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
NeuroPace has a net margin of -45.61% compared to NeuroPace's net margin of -123.58%. NeuroPace's return on equity of -66.05% beat CVRx's return on equity.
Summary
NeuroPace beats CVRx on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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