ATEC vs. TFX, ITGR, ATRC, IART, OFIX, SRDX, ANGO, ARAY, RMTI, and RSLS
Should you be buying Alphatec stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Alphatec include Teleflex (TFX), Integer (ITGR), AtriCure (ATRC), Integra LifeSciences (IART), Orthofix Medical (OFIX), Surmodics (SRDX), AngioDynamics (ANGO), Accuray (ARAY), Rockwell Medical (RMTI), and ReShape Lifesciences (RSLS). These companies are all part of the "health care equipment" industry.
Alphatec vs.
Alphatec (NASDAQ:ATEC) and Teleflex (NYSE:TFX) are both medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership and dividends.
Teleflex received 190 more outperform votes than Alphatec when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.36% of users gave Teleflex an outperform vote while only 58.20% of users gave Alphatec an outperform vote.
Alphatec currently has a consensus target price of $17.89, suggesting a potential upside of 46.51%. Teleflex has a consensus target price of $164.63, suggesting a potential upside of 31.31%. Given Alphatec's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Alphatec is more favorable than Teleflex.
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.
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.
In the previous week, Alphatec had 8 more articles in the media than Teleflex. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Alphatec and 4 mentions for Teleflex. Alphatec's average media sentiment score of 0.80 beat Teleflex's score of 0.79 indicating that Alphatec is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Alphatec has a beta of 1.1, suggesting that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Teleflex has a beta of 1.1, suggesting that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.
66.3% of Alphatec shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.6% of Teleflex shares are owned by institutional investors. 20.9% of Alphatec shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Teleflex shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Teleflex beats Alphatec on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:ATEC) was last updated on 6/11/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
