PROF vs. OBIO, CVRX, ARAY, QIPT, DRTS, CLPT, DCTH, RCEL, ANGO, and UTMD
Should you be buying Profound Medical stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Profound Medical include Orchestra BioMed (OBIO), CVRx (CVRX), Accuray (ARAY), Quipt Home Medical (QIPT), Alpha Tau Medical (DRTS), ClearPoint Neuro (CLPT), Delcath Systems (DCTH), AVITA Medical (RCEL), AngioDynamics (ANGO), and Utah Medical Products (UTMD). These companies are all part of the "surgical & medical instruments" industry.
Profound Medical (NASDAQ:PROF) and Orchestra BioMed (NASDAQ:OBIO) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, risk, community ranking, profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings and institutional ownership.
Profound Medical received 31 more outperform votes than Orchestra BioMed when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Orchestra BioMed an outperform vote while only 71.15% of users gave Profound Medical an outperform vote.
47.9% of Profound Medical shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 53.6% of Orchestra BioMed shares are held by institutional investors. 1.5% of Profound Medical shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 6.7% of Orchestra BioMed shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Profound Medical presently has a consensus target price of $14.58, indicating a potential upside of 77.63%. Orchestra BioMed has a consensus target price of $17.00, indicating a potential upside of 226.92%. Given Orchestra BioMed's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Orchestra BioMed is more favorable than Profound Medical.
Profound Medical has higher revenue and earnings than Orchestra BioMed. Profound Medical is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Orchestra BioMed, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Profound Medical has a beta of 0.84, suggesting that its stock price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Orchestra BioMed has a beta of 0.23, suggesting that its stock price is 77% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Profound Medical has a net margin of -386.63% compared to Orchestra BioMed's net margin of -1,779.71%. Orchestra BioMed's return on equity of -58.32% beat Profound Medical's return on equity.
In the previous week, Profound Medical had 3 more articles in the media than Orchestra BioMed. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Profound Medical and 6 mentions for Orchestra BioMed. Profound Medical's average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat Orchestra BioMed's score of 0.60 indicating that Profound Medical is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Profound Medical and Orchestra BioMed tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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