Avinger (AVGR) Competitors

Avinger (NASDAQ:AVGR) and Ra Medical Systems (NYSE:RMED) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, risk, valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends and analyst recommendations.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in AVGR or RMED?

Avinger received 302 more outperform votes than Ra Medical Systems when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.80% of users gave Avinger an outperform vote while only 57.89% of users gave Ra Medical Systems an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Avinger	Outperform Votes 390 62.80%	Underperform Votes 231 37.20%
Ra Medical Systems	Outperform Votes 88 57.89%	Underperform Votes 64 42.11%

Do analysts recommend AVGR or RMED?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Avinger	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Ra Medical Systems	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Which has higher earnings and valuation, AVGR or RMED?

Avinger has higher revenue and earnings than Ra Medical Systems. Avinger is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ra Medical Systems, 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
Avinger	$8.27 million	0.71	-$17.62 million	-$3.12	-0.18
Ra Medical Systems	$10 thousand	563.85	-$26.86 million	-$92.36	-0.01

Is AVGR or RMED more profitable?

Ra Medical Systems has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Avinger's net margin of -207.02%. Ra Medical Systems' return on equity of -183.58% beat Avinger's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Avinger	-207.02%	-530.21%	-68.66%
Ra Medical Systems	N/A	-183.58%	-125.90%

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in AVGR or RMED?

14.1% of Avinger shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Avinger shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 18.6% of Ra Medical Systems shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer AVGR or RMED?

In the previous week, Ra Medical Systems had 4 more articles in the media than Avinger. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Ra Medical Systems and 0 mentions for Avinger. Avinger's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Ra Medical Systems' average media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Avinger	Neutral
Ra Medical Systems	Neutral

Summary

Avinger beats Ra Medical Systems on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.