AUNA vs. LFMD, TDOC, ZYME, MLYS, DH, MD, ITOS, FNA, GHRS, and MLAB
Should you be buying Auna stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Auna include LifeMD (LFMD), Teladoc Health (TDOC), Zymeworks (ZYME), Mineralys Therapeutics (MLYS), Definitive Healthcare (DH), Pediatrix Medical Group (MD), iTeos Therapeutics (ITOS), Paragon 28 (FNA), GH Research (GHRS), and Mesa Laboratories (MLAB). These companies are all part of the "medical" sector.
LifeMD (NASDAQ:LFMD) and Auna (NYSE:AUNA) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk and valuation.
Auna has lower revenue, but higher earnings than LifeMD.
35.5% of LifeMD shares are held by institutional investors. 18.9% of LifeMD shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Auna has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Auna's net margin of -14.75%.
LifeMD received 23 more outperform votes than Auna when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Auna an outperform vote while only 71.05% of users gave LifeMD an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Auna had 6 more articles in the media than LifeMD. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Auna and 5 mentions for LifeMD. Auna's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat LifeMD's score of 0.66 indicating that LifeMD is being referred to more favorably in the media.
LifeMD presently has a consensus target price of $12.60, indicating a potential upside of 62.16%. Auna has a consensus target price of $14.15, indicating a potential upside of 70.28%. Given LifeMD's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Auna is more favorable than LifeMD.
Summary
LifeMD beats Auna on 6 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.
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