AMWL vs. AUGX, MPLN, PRQR, ACHV, CLPT, DCTH, GOSS, VCXB, SKYE, and PRLD
Should you be buying American Well stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of American Well include Augmedix (AUGX), MultiPlan (MPLN), ProQR Therapeutics (PRQR), Achieve Life Sciences (ACHV), ClearPoint Neuro (CLPT), Delcath Systems (DCTH), Gossamer Bio (GOSS), 10X Capital Venture Acquisition Corp. III (VCXB), Skye Bioscience (SKYE), and Prelude Therapeutics (PRLD). These companies are all part of the "medical" sector.
Augmedix (NASDAQ:AUGX) and American Well (NYSE:AMWL) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, media sentiment and dividends.
Augmedix has higher earnings, but lower revenue than American Well. Augmedix is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than American Well, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
American Well received 28 more outperform votes than Augmedix when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 50.00% of users gave Augmedix an outperform vote while only 47.76% of users gave American Well an outperform vote.
Augmedix has a net margin of -41.95% compared to Augmedix's net margin of -137.32%. Augmedix's return on equity of -46.76% beat American Well's return on equity.
Augmedix has a beta of 0.03, suggesting that its share price is 97% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, American Well has a beta of 1.12, suggesting that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.
87.1% of Augmedix shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 56.1% of American Well shares are held by institutional investors. 11.0% of Augmedix shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 12.9% of American Well shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Augmedix had 21 more articles in the media than American Well. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Augmedix and 1 mentions for American Well. Augmedix's average media sentiment score of 0.35 beat American Well's score of 0.21 indicating that American Well is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Augmedix presently has a consensus target price of $3.88, indicating a potential upside of 225.63%. American Well has a consensus target price of $1.00, indicating a potential upside of 109.47%. Given American Well's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Augmedix is more favorable than American Well.
Summary
Augmedix beats American Well on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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