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Plus Therapeutics (PSTV) Competitors

$1.64
+0.04 (+2.50%)
(As of 09/20/2024 ET)

PSTV vs. ECOR, POCI, OM, SURG, IRIX, ALUR, STIM, LFWD, DRIO, and MHUA

Should you be buying Plus Therapeutics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Plus Therapeutics include electroCore (ECOR), Precision Optics (POCI), Outset Medical (OM), SurgePays (SURG), IRIDEX (IRIX), Allurion Technologies (ALUR), Neuronetics (STIM), ReWalk Robotics (LFWD), DarioHealth (DRIO), and Meihua International Medical Technologies (MHUA). These companies are all part of the "medical equipment" industry.

Plus Therapeutics vs.

Plus Therapeutics (NASDAQ:PSTV) and electroCore (NASDAQ:ECOR) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation and risk.

3.3% of Plus Therapeutics shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 26.7% of electroCore shares are held by institutional investors. 2.3% of Plus Therapeutics shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 13.1% of electroCore shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

electroCore has a net margin of -66.84% compared to Plus Therapeutics' net margin of -240.15%. electroCore's return on equity of -165.17% beat Plus Therapeutics' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Plus Therapeutics-240.15% -805.57% -127.52%
electroCore -66.84%-165.17%-78.53%

In the previous week, Plus Therapeutics had 3 more articles in the media than electroCore. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Plus Therapeutics and 0 mentions for electroCore. Plus Therapeutics' average media sentiment score of 0.32 beat electroCore's score of 0.00 indicating that Plus Therapeutics is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Plus Therapeutics Neutral
electroCore Neutral

electroCore received 99 more outperform votes than Plus Therapeutics when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.12% of users gave electroCore an outperform vote while only 61.32% of users gave Plus Therapeutics an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Plus TherapeuticsOutperform Votes
65
61.32%
Underperform Votes
41
38.68%
electroCoreOutperform Votes
164
62.12%
Underperform Votes
100
37.88%

Plus Therapeutics has a beta of 0.65, indicating that its stock price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, electroCore has a beta of 0.62, indicating that its stock price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Plus Therapeutics currently has a consensus target price of $14.00, suggesting a potential upside of 753.66%. Given Plus Therapeutics' higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Plus Therapeutics is more favorable than electroCore.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Plus Therapeutics
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
electroCore
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Plus Therapeutics has higher earnings, but lower revenue than electroCore. electroCore is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Plus Therapeutics, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Plus Therapeutics$4.91M1.91-$13.32M-$3.04-0.54
electroCore$21.28M1.82-$18.83M-$2.85-2.27

Summary

electroCore beats Plus Therapeutics on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding PSTV and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This 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.
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PSTV vs. The Competition

MetricPlus TherapeuticsSurgical & medical instruments IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$9.36M$4.15B$5.51B$8.43B
Dividend YieldN/A46.03%4.98%4.06%
P/E Ratio-0.5414.73143.0418.91
Price / Sales1.9171.071,700.1786.54
Price / CashN/A51.0137.4331.50
Price / Book-5.474.354.944.55
Net Income-$13.32M$3.15M$115.12M$225.08M
7 Day Performance10.81%-1.54%9.01%3.29%
1 Month Performance5.81%9.08%15.36%7.78%
1 Year Performance30.16%35.27%33.07%14.53%

Plus Therapeutics Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ECOR
electroCore
0.6882 of 5 stars
0.69 / 5 stars
$6.11
+1.8%
N/A+12.6%$36.70M$21.28M-2.1450Positive News
POCI
Precision Optics
0.1942 of 5 stars
0.19 / 5 stars
$5.63
+2.4%
N/A-1.3%$34.17M$21.05M-20.1180Upcoming Earnings
High Trading Volume
OM
Outset Medical
2.2196 of 5 stars
2.22 / 5 stars
$0.64
+19.6%
$4.64
+630.7%
-95.2%$33.10M$130.38M-0.19520
SURG
SurgePays
4.0564 of 5 stars
4.06 / 5 stars
$1.66
+2.2%
$9.00
+443.8%
-63.1%$32.13M$112.99M1.4440Gap Up
IRIX
IRIDEX
0.1804 of 5 stars
0.18 / 5 stars
$1.94
+2.0%
$2.00
+3.2%
-8.9%$31.50M$49.70M-2.89120
ALUR
Allurion Technologies
2.3934 of 5 stars
2.39 / 5 stars
$0.65
+10.0%
$3.17
+387.9%
-89.2%$31.12M$47.59M-0.17501Negative News
STIM
Neuronetics
3.8433 of 5 stars
3.84 / 5 stars
$0.96
+0.9%
$4.67
+386.1%
-29.8%$28.80M$72.07M-1.00180News Coverage
LFWD
ReWalk Robotics
2.5225 of 5 stars
2.52 / 5 stars
$3.22
+2.2%
$13.00
+303.7%
N/A$27.70M$23.28M-1.0460Gap Down
DRIO
DarioHealth
2.8745 of 5 stars
2.87 / 5 stars
$0.88
+0.7%
$4.00
+354.5%
-68.3%$26.33M$19.15M-0.52200News Coverage
High Trading Volume
MHUA
Meihua International Medical Technologies
1.2147 of 5 stars
1.21 / 5 stars
$1.03
-7.2%
N/A-55.6%$25.83M$97.10M0.00620Gap Up
High Trading Volume

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This page (NASDAQ:PSTV) was last updated on 9/20/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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