APT vs. INGN, LAKE, CLGN, NTRB, MLSS, COCH, RBOT, 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), Envoy Medical (COCH), Vicarious Surgical (RBOT), 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 business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk, earnings and community ranking.
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.
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.
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.
Inogen presently has a consensus target price of $7.00, indicating a potential downside of 18.98%. Given Alpha Pro Tech's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Inogen is more favorable than Alpha Pro Tech.
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.
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 hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Inogen has a beta of 1.07, suggesting that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alpha Pro Tech has a beta of -0.75, suggesting that its share price is 175% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Alpha Pro Tech beats Inogen on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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