NXGL vs. MBOT, BTCY, PETV, GCTK, SSKN, MHUA, NURO, PAVM, TTOO, and VAPO
Should you be buying NEXGEL stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of NEXGEL include Microbot Medical (MBOT), Biotricity (BTCY), PetVivo (PETV), GlucoTrack (GCTK), STRATA Skin Sciences (SSKN), Meihua International Medical Technologies (MHUA), NeuroMetrix (NURO), PAVmed (PAVM), T2 Biosystems (TTOO), and Vapotherm (VAPO). These companies are all part of the "surgical & medical instruments" industry.
NEXGEL (NASDAQ:NXGL) and Microbot Medical (NASDAQ:MBOT) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership and valuation.
Microbot Medical has a consensus price target of $7.00, suggesting a potential upside of 658.16%. Given Microbot Medical's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Microbot Medical is more favorable than NEXGEL.
2.2% of NEXGEL shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.3% of Microbot Medical shares are owned by institutional investors. 27.2% of NEXGEL shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 10.6% of Microbot Medical shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
NEXGEL has a beta of 0.8, indicating that its stock price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Microbot Medical has a beta of 1.7, indicating that its stock price is 70% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Microbot Medical has a net margin of 0.00% compared to NEXGEL's net margin of -77.19%. NEXGEL's return on equity of -49.49% beat Microbot Medical's return on equity.
In the previous week, NEXGEL had 4 more articles in the media than Microbot Medical. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for NEXGEL and 2 mentions for Microbot Medical. NEXGEL's average media sentiment score of 0.47 beat Microbot Medical's score of 0.43 indicating that NEXGEL is being referred to more favorably in the media.
NEXGEL has higher revenue and earnings than Microbot Medical. NEXGEL is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Microbot Medical, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Microbot Medical received 345 more outperform votes than NEXGEL when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.61% of users gave Microbot Medical an outperform vote while only 50.00% of users gave NEXGEL an outperform vote.
Summary
NEXGEL and Microbot Medical tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
Get NEXGEL News Delivered to You Automatically
Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for NXGL and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding NXGL and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Skip ChartThis chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
Skip Chart
Related Companies and Tools