IART vs. ATEC, ATRC, GMED, TNDM, ICUI, NARI, PRCT, LMAT, NVCR, and AXNX
Should you be buying Integra LifeSciences stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Integra LifeSciences include Alphatec (ATEC), AtriCure (ATRC), Globus Medical (GMED), Tandem Diabetes Care (TNDM), ICU Medical (ICUI), Inari Medical (NARI), PROCEPT BioRobotics (PRCT), LeMaitre Vascular (LMAT), NovoCure (NVCR), and Axonics (AXNX). These companies are all part of the "surgical & medical instruments" industry.
Alphatec (NASDAQ:ATEC) and Integra LifeSciences (NASDAQ:IART) are both medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking and media sentiment.
Integra LifeSciences has higher revenue and earnings than Alphatec. Alphatec is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Integra LifeSciences, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Alphatec currently has a consensus price target of $23.63, indicating a potential upside of 73.08%. Integra LifeSciences has a consensus price target of $44.89, indicating a potential upside of 55.38%. Given Integra LifeSciences' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Alphatec is more favorable than Integra LifeSciences.
In the previous week, Alphatec and Alphatec both had 6 articles in the media. Integra LifeSciences' average media sentiment score of 0.61 beat Alphatec's score of 0.12 indicating that Alphatec is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Integra LifeSciences has a net margin of 4.39% compared to Integra LifeSciences' net margin of -38.70%. Alphatec's return on equity of 15.19% beat Integra LifeSciences' return on equity.
66.4% of Alphatec shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.8% of Integra LifeSciences shares are held by institutional investors. 29.1% of Alphatec shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.1% of Integra LifeSciences shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Alphatec has a beta of 1.48, suggesting that its share price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Integra LifeSciences has a beta of 1.17, suggesting that its share price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Integra LifeSciences received 123 more outperform votes than Alphatec when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.31% of users gave Integra LifeSciences an outperform vote while only 56.52% of users gave Alphatec an outperform vote.
Summary
Integra LifeSciences beats Alphatec on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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