Alphatec (ATEC) Competitors

Teleflex (NYSE:TFX) and Alphatec (NASDAQ:ATEC) are both medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, valuation and community ranking.

Which has more risk and volatility, TFX or ATEC?

Teleflex has a beta of 1.19, indicating that its stock price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alphatec has a beta of 1.2, indicating that its stock price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is TFX or ATEC more profitable?

Teleflex has a net margin of 7.85% compared to Alphatec's net margin of -31.06%. Teleflex's return on equity of 14.19% beat Alphatec's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Teleflex	7.85%	14.19%	8.53%
Alphatec	-31.06%	-541.39%	-22.99%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor TFX or ATEC?

Teleflex received 191 more outperform votes than Alphatec when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.51% of users gave Teleflex an outperform vote while only 58.06% of users gave Alphatec an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Teleflex	Outperform Votes 526 58.51%	Underperform Votes 373 41.49%
Alphatec	Outperform Votes 335 58.06%	Underperform Votes 242 41.94%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of TFX or ATEC?

95.6% of Teleflex shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.3% of Alphatec shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of Teleflex shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 22.8% of Alphatec shares are owned by company 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.

Do analysts rate TFX or ATEC?

Teleflex presently has a consensus target price of $169.63, indicating a potential upside of 23.74%. Alphatec has a consensus target price of $17.67, indicating a potential upside of 60.90%. Given Alphatec's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Alphatec is more favorable than Teleflex.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Teleflex	1 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.09
Alphatec	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.89

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, TFX or ATEC?

Teleflex has higher revenue and earnings than Alphatec. Alphatec is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Teleflex, 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
Teleflex	$3.05B	2.09	$356.33M	$1.42	96.54
Alphatec	$611.56M	2.62	-$186.64M	-$1.14	-9.63

Does the media favor TFX or ATEC?

In the previous week, Teleflex had 20 more articles in the media than Alphatec. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for Teleflex and 7 mentions for Alphatec. Alphatec's average media sentiment score of 1.29 beat Teleflex's score of 1.10 indicating that Alphatec is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Teleflex	15 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Alphatec	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Teleflex beats Alphatec on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.