Apyx Medical (APYX) Competitors

Apyx Medical (NASDAQ:APYX) and Tactile Systems Technology (NASDAQ:TCMD) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations and valuation.

Is APYX or TCMD more profitable?

Tactile Systems Technology has a net margin of 5.79% compared to Apyx Medical's net margin of -58.59%. Tactile Systems Technology's return on equity of 9.37% beat Apyx Medical's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Apyx Medical	-58.59%	-137.98%	-36.74%
Tactile Systems Technology	5.79%	9.37%	6.75%

Do analysts rate APYX or TCMD?

Tactile Systems Technology has a consensus price target of $16.00, indicating a potential upside of 62.60%. Given Tactile Systems Technology's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Tactile Systems Technology is more favorable than Apyx Medical.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Apyx Medical	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Tactile Systems Technology	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, APYX or TCMD?

Tactile Systems Technology has higher revenue and earnings than Apyx Medical. Apyx Medical is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Tactile Systems Technology, 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
Apyx Medical	$47.29M	1.40	-$18.71M	-$0.55	-3.18
Tactile Systems Technology	$293.16M	0.78	$28.51M	$0.66	14.91

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in APYX or TCMD?

Tactile Systems Technology received 301 more outperform votes than Apyx Medical when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.80% of users gave Tactile Systems Technology an outperform vote while only 60.94% of users gave Apyx Medical an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Apyx Medical	Outperform Votes 78 60.94%	Underperform Votes 50 39.06%
Tactile Systems Technology	Outperform Votes 379 69.80%	Underperform Votes 164 30.20%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in APYX or TCMD?

55.3% of Apyx Medical shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.4% of Tactile Systems Technology shares are held by institutional investors. 16.8% of Apyx Medical shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.5% of Tactile Systems Technology shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility & risk, APYX or TCMD?

Apyx Medical has a beta of 1.21, suggesting that its stock price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tactile Systems Technology has a beta of 0.94, suggesting that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor APYX or TCMD?

In the previous week, Apyx Medical had 2 more articles in the media than Tactile Systems Technology. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Apyx Medical and 2 mentions for Tactile Systems Technology. Tactile Systems Technology's average media sentiment score of 1.77 beat Apyx Medical's score of 0.96 indicating that Tactile Systems Technology is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Apyx Medical	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Tactile Systems Technology	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Summary

Tactile Systems Technology beats Apyx Medical on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.