CUTR vs. IRIX, INSG, VIOT, NSYS, KTCC, INUV, QMCO, DFLI, REFR, and PODC
Should you be buying Cutera stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cutera include IRIDEX (IRIX), Inseego (INSG), Viomi Technology (VIOT), Nortech Systems (NSYS), Key Tronic (KTCC), Inuvo (INUV), Quantum (QMCO), Dragonfly Energy (DFLI), Research Frontiers (REFR), and PodcastOne (PODC). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
IRIDEX (NASDAQ:IRIX) and Cutera (NASDAQ:CUTR) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, valuation and community ranking.
IRIDEX has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Cutera. IRIDEX is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cutera, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
IRIDEX has a net margin of -18.45% compared to IRIDEX's net margin of -68.87%. IRIDEX's return on equity of 0.00% beat Cutera's return on equity.
In the previous week, IRIDEX and IRIDEX both had 2 articles in the media. IRIDEX's average media sentiment score of 0.22 beat Cutera's score of 0.00 indicating that Cutera is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
IRIDEX has a beta of 0.82, meaning that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cutera has a beta of 1.43, meaning that its share price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Cutera received 62 more outperform votes than IRIDEX when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.92% of users gave IRIDEX an outperform vote while only 64.98% of users gave Cutera an outperform vote.
IRIDEX currently has a consensus price target of $2.00, suggesting a potential downside of 28.32%. Cutera has a consensus price target of $14.75, suggesting a potential upside of 473.93%. Given IRIDEX's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Cutera is more favorable than IRIDEX.
20.1% of IRIDEX shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.7% of Cutera shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.2% of IRIDEX shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of Cutera shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Cutera beats IRIDEX on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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