IUG vs. EKF, CREO, NCYT, BELL, IHC, AVO, SUN, RUA, MHC, and POLX
Should you be buying Intelligent Ultrasound Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Intelligent Ultrasound Group include EKF Diagnostics (EKF), Creo Medical Group (CREO), Novacyt (NCYT), Belluscura (BELL), Inspiration Healthcare Group (IHC), Advanced Oncotherapy (AVO), Surgical Innovations Group (SUN), RUA Life Sciences (RUA), MyHealthChecked (MHC), and Polarean Imaging (POLX). These companies are all part of the "medical devices" industry.
Intelligent Ultrasound Group (LON:IUG) and EKF Diagnostics (LON:EKF) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, earnings, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership and valuation.
EKF Diagnostics has higher revenue and earnings than Intelligent Ultrasound Group. Intelligent Ultrasound Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than EKF Diagnostics, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, EKF Diagnostics had 1 more articles in the media than Intelligent Ultrasound Group. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for EKF Diagnostics and 0 mentions for Intelligent Ultrasound Group. Intelligent Ultrasound Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled EKF Diagnostics'average media sentiment score.
Intelligent Ultrasound Group has a beta of 0.12, meaning that its stock price is 88% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, EKF Diagnostics has a beta of 0.56, meaning that its stock price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500.
76.9% of Intelligent Ultrasound Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.5% of EKF Diagnostics shares are owned by institutional investors. 13.4% of Intelligent Ultrasound Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 5.1% of EKF Diagnostics shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
EKF Diagnostics received 327 more outperform votes than Intelligent Ultrasound Group when rated by MarketBeat users.
EKF Diagnostics has a net margin of 4.47% compared to Intelligent Ultrasound Group's net margin of -23.11%. EKF Diagnostics' return on equity of 3.83% beat Intelligent Ultrasound Group's return on equity.
Summary
EKF Diagnostics beats Intelligent Ultrasound Group on 10 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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