Varex Imaging (VREX) Competitors

HilleVax (NASDAQ:HLVX) and Varex Imaging (NASDAQ:VREX) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, profitability, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and valuation.

Which has better earnings and valuation, HLVX or VREX?

Varex Imaging has higher revenue and earnings than HilleVax. HilleVax is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Varex Imaging, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
HilleVax	N/A	N/A	-$123.57M	-$3.04	-4.48
Varex Imaging	$893.40M	0.71	$48.20M	$0.89	17.52

Do analysts prefer HLVX or VREX?

HilleVax presently has a consensus price target of $30.67, suggesting a potential upside of 125.32%. Varex Imaging has a consensus price target of $27.00, suggesting a potential upside of 73.19%. Given Varex Imaging's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe HilleVax is more favorable than Varex Imaging.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
HilleVax	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Varex Imaging	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of HLVX or VREX?

86.4% of HilleVax shares are owned by institutional investors. 29.3% of HilleVax shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.2% of Varex Imaging shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media refer more to HLVX or VREX?

In the previous week, Varex Imaging had 9 more articles in the media than HilleVax. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Varex Imaging and 5 mentions for HilleVax. Varex Imaging's average media sentiment score of 0.51 beat HilleVax's score of -0.27 indicating that HilleVax is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
HilleVax	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Varex Imaging	1 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	4 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has more risk and volatility, HLVX or VREX?

HilleVax has a beta of 0.79, meaning that its stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Varex Imaging has a beta of 0.72, meaning that its stock price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is HLVX or VREX more profitable?

Varex Imaging has a net margin of 4.90% compared to Varex Imaging's net margin of 0.00%. HilleVax's return on equity of 8.34% beat Varex Imaging's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
HilleVax	N/A	-48.17%	-38.05%
Varex Imaging	4.90%	8.34%	3.85%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer HLVX or VREX?

Varex Imaging received 223 more outperform votes than HilleVax when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave HilleVax an outperform vote while only 63.64% of users gave Varex Imaging an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
HilleVax	Outperform Votes 8 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes
Varex Imaging	Outperform Votes 231 63.64%	Underperform Votes 132 36.36%

Summary

Varex Imaging beats HilleVax on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.