AUNA vs. LFMD, TVTX, EHAB, TSHA, OFIX, VYGR, WGS, FULC, KALV, and ALEC
Should you be buying Auna stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Auna include LifeMD (LFMD), Travere Therapeutics (TVTX), Enhabit (EHAB), Taysha Gene Therapies (TSHA), Orthofix Medical (OFIX), Voyager Therapeutics (VYGR), GeneDx (WGS), Fulcrum Therapeutics (FULC), KalVista Pharmaceuticals (KALV), and Alector (ALEC). These companies are all part of the "medical" sector.
Auna (NYSE:AUNA) and LifeMD (NASDAQ:LFMD) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability and dividends.
In the previous week, Auna had 4 more articles in the media than LifeMD. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Auna and 2 mentions for LifeMD. LifeMD's average media sentiment score of 0.48 beat Auna's score of 0.39 indicating that LifeMD is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
35.5% of LifeMD shares are held by institutional investors. 18.9% of LifeMD shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
LifeMD received 22 more outperform votes than Auna when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Auna an outperform vote while only 70.27% of users gave LifeMD an outperform vote.
Auna has higher revenue and earnings than LifeMD.
Auna presently has a consensus price target of $14.15, suggesting a potential upside of 67.85%. LifeMD has a consensus price target of $11.60, suggesting a potential upside of 46.84%. Given Auna's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Auna is more favorable than LifeMD.
Auna has a net margin of 0.00% compared to LifeMD's net margin of -14.75%.
Summary
Auna and LifeMD tied by winning 6 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding AUNA and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE 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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