AXNX vs. CMD, NUVA, ATRC, SILK, CSII, PODD, TFX, SOLV, GMED, and PEN
Should you be buying Axonics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Axonics include Cantel Medical (CMD), NuVasive (NUVA), AtriCure (ATRC), Silk Road Medical (SILK), Cardiovascular Systems (CSII), Insulet (PODD), Teleflex (TFX), Solventum (SOLV), Globus Medical (GMED), and Penumbra (PEN). These companies are all part of the "medical" sector.
Axonics (NASDAQ:AXNX) and Cantel Medical (NYSE:CMD) are both mid-cap medical companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings and profitability.
Axonics currently has a consensus target price of $69.78, indicating a potential upside of 1.88%. Given Axonics' higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Axonics is more favorable than Cantel Medical.
Cantel Medical has a net margin of 4.72% compared to Axonics' net margin of -4.12%. Cantel Medical's return on equity of 12.13% beat Axonics' return on equity.
Cantel Medical received 37 more outperform votes than Axonics when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.92% of users gave Axonics an outperform vote while only 65.53% of users gave Cantel Medical an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Axonics had 4 more articles in the media than Cantel Medical. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Axonics and 0 mentions for Cantel Medical. Axonics' average media sentiment score of 1.41 beat Cantel Medical's score of 0.00 indicating that Axonics is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Cantel Medical has higher revenue and earnings than Axonics. Axonics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cantel Medical, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
99.5% of Axonics shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.1% of Cantel Medical shares are held by institutional investors. 1.9% of Axonics shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.7% of Cantel Medical shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Axonics has a beta of 0.83, suggesting that its stock price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cantel Medical has a beta of 1.55, suggesting that its stock price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Cantel Medical beats Axonics on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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