ATRC vs. TFX, ITGR, ATEC, IART, OFIX, SRDX, ANGO, ARAY, RMTI, and RSLS
Should you be buying AtriCure stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of AtriCure include Teleflex (TFX), Integer (ITGR), Alphatec (ATEC), 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.
AtriCure vs.
AtriCure (NASDAQ:ATRC) and Teleflex (NYSE:TFX) are both medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, community ranking, profitability, analyst recommendations and risk.
AtriCure presently has a consensus price target of $50.67, suggesting a potential upside of 51.74%. Teleflex has a consensus price target of $164.63, suggesting a potential upside of 31.31%. Given AtriCure's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe AtriCure is more favorable than Teleflex.
In the previous week, Teleflex had 1 more articles in the media than AtriCure. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Teleflex and 4 mentions for AtriCure. AtriCure's average media sentiment score of 1.54 beat Teleflex's score of 0.79 indicating that AtriCure is being referred to more favorably in the media.
AtriCure received 51 more outperform votes than Teleflex when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.72% of users gave AtriCure an outperform vote while only 58.36% of users gave Teleflex an outperform vote.
99.1% of AtriCure shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.6% of Teleflex shares are held by institutional investors. 3.5% of AtriCure shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Teleflex shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Teleflex has a net margin of 7.85% compared to AtriCure's net margin of -9.61%. Teleflex's return on equity of 14.19% beat AtriCure's return on equity.
Teleflex has higher revenue and earnings than AtriCure. AtriCure is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Teleflex, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
AtriCure has a beta of 1.59, indicating that its stock price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Teleflex has a beta of 1.1, indicating that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
AtriCure beats Teleflex on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:ATRC) was last updated on 6/11/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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