Alphatec (ATEC) Competitors

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

Is ATEC or ITGR more profitable?

Integer has a net margin of 6.70% compared to Alphatec's net margin of -31.06%. Integer's return on equity of 11.63% beat Alphatec's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Alphatec	-31.06%	-541.39%	-22.99%
Integer	6.70%	11.63%	5.86%

Do analysts prefer ATEC or ITGR?

Alphatec currently has a consensus price target of $17.56, indicating a potential upside of 62.39%. Integer has a consensus price target of $146.56, indicating a potential upside of 7.18%. Given Alphatec's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Alphatec is more favorable than Integer.

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

Do insiders & institutionals believe in ATEC or ITGR?

66.4% of Alphatec shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.3% of Integer shares are held by institutional investors. 22.8% of Alphatec shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Integer shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, ATEC or ITGR?

Integer has higher revenue and earnings than Alphatec. Alphatec is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Integer, 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
Alphatec	$482.26M	3.18	-$186.64M	-$1.28	-8.45
Integer	$1.60B	2.87	$90.65M	$3.24	42.20

Does the media prefer ATEC or ITGR?

In the previous week, Alphatec had 11 more articles in the media than Integer. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Alphatec and 2 mentions for Integer. Integer's average media sentiment score of 1.59 beat Alphatec's score of 0.45 indicating that Integer is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Alphatec	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Integer	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in ATEC or ITGR?

Integer received 57 more outperform votes than Alphatec when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.98% of users gave Integer an outperform vote while only 57.94% of users gave Alphatec an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Alphatec	Outperform Votes 332 57.94%	Underperform Votes 241 42.06%
Integer	Outperform Votes 389 63.98%	Underperform Votes 219 36.02%

Which has more volatility & risk, ATEC or ITGR?

Alphatec has a beta of 1.43, meaning that its stock price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Integer has a beta of 1.13, meaning that its stock price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Integer beats Alphatec on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.