ANIK vs. CERS, OSUR, UTMD, RCEL, SRDX, TCMD, NPCE, BVS, CVRX, and GUTS
Should you be buying Anika Therapeutics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Anika Therapeutics include Cerus (CERS), OraSure Technologies (OSUR), Utah Medical Products (UTMD), AVITA Medical (RCEL), Surmodics (SRDX), Tactile Systems Technology (TCMD), NeuroPace (NPCE), Bioventus (BVS), CVRx (CVRX), and Fractyl Health (GUTS). These companies are all part of the "surgical & medical instruments" industry.
Cerus (NASDAQ:CERS) and Anika Therapeutics (NASDAQ:ANIK) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations and dividends.
Cerus has a net margin of -23.98% compared to Cerus' net margin of -49.60%. Cerus' return on equity of -2.10% beat Anika Therapeutics' return on equity.
Cerus currently has a consensus price target of $3.50, indicating a potential upside of 110.84%. Anika Therapeutics has a consensus price target of $29.50, indicating a potential upside of 14.83%. Given Anika Therapeutics' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Cerus is more favorable than Anika Therapeutics.
Cerus has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Anika Therapeutics. Cerus is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Anika Therapeutics, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
78.4% of Cerus shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.5% of Anika Therapeutics shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.1% of Cerus shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.9% of Anika Therapeutics shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Cerus received 268 more outperform votes than Anika Therapeutics when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.23% of users gave Cerus an outperform vote while only 64.30% of users gave Anika Therapeutics an outperform vote.
Cerus has a beta of 1.29, indicating that its share price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Anika Therapeutics has a beta of 0.76, indicating that its share price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Cerus had 6 more articles in the media than Anika Therapeutics. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Cerus and 0 mentions for Anika Therapeutics. Anika Therapeutics' average media sentiment score of 0.66 beat Cerus' score of 0.00 indicating that Cerus is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Cerus beats Anika Therapeutics on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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