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BioLife Solutions (BLFS) Competitors

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$22.81 -0.13 (-0.57%)
As of 05/20/2025 04:00 PM Eastern

BLFS vs. IRTC, BLCO, TMDX, SLNO, NVST, PRCT, LIVN, ENOV, NVCR, and WRBY

Should you be buying BioLife Solutions stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BioLife Solutions include iRhythm Technologies (IRTC), Bausch + Lomb (BLCO), TransMedics Group (TMDX), Soleno Therapeutics (SLNO), Envista (NVST), PROCEPT BioRobotics (PRCT), LivaNova (LIVN), Enovis (ENOV), NovoCure (NVCR), and Warby Parker (WRBY). These companies are all part of the "medical equipment" industry.

BioLife Solutions vs.

BioLife Solutions (NASDAQ:BLFS) and iRhythm Technologies (NASDAQ:IRTC) are both medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends and community ranking.

BioLife Solutions has higher earnings, but lower revenue than iRhythm Technologies. BioLife Solutions is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than iRhythm Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
BioLife Solutions$87.76M12.35-$66.43M-$0.29-78.66
iRhythm Technologies$618.59M7.29-$123.41M-$3.14-44.97

iRhythm Technologies has a net margin of -19.14% compared to BioLife Solutions' net margin of -38.98%. BioLife Solutions' return on equity of -6.61% beat iRhythm Technologies' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
BioLife Solutions-38.98% -6.61% -5.54%
iRhythm Technologies -19.14%-118.83%-11.34%

93.2% of BioLife Solutions shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.2% of BioLife Solutions shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of iRhythm Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

iRhythm Technologies received 100 more outperform votes than BioLife Solutions when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.74% of users gave BioLife Solutions an outperform vote while only 66.19% of users gave iRhythm Technologies an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
BioLife SolutionsOutperform Votes
313
66.74%
Underperform Votes
156
33.26%
iRhythm TechnologiesOutperform Votes
413
66.19%
Underperform Votes
211
33.81%

BioLife Solutions has a beta of 2.01, meaning that its share price is 101% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, iRhythm Technologies has a beta of 1.34, meaning that its share price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, BioLife Solutions had 2 more articles in the media than iRhythm Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for BioLife Solutions and 8 mentions for iRhythm Technologies. iRhythm Technologies' average media sentiment score of 1.48 beat BioLife Solutions' score of 1.13 indicating that iRhythm Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
BioLife Solutions
5 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
iRhythm Technologies
6 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

BioLife Solutions presently has a consensus price target of $31.17, suggesting a potential upside of 36.64%. iRhythm Technologies has a consensus price target of $128.55, suggesting a potential downside of 8.97%. Given BioLife Solutions' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe BioLife Solutions is more favorable than iRhythm Technologies.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
BioLife Solutions
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
iRhythm Technologies
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.91

Summary

BioLife Solutions beats iRhythm Technologies on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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BLFS vs. The Competition

MetricBioLife SolutionsElectromedical equipment IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1.08B$3.34B$5.43B$8.48B
Dividend YieldN/A1.73%5.22%4.11%
P/E Ratio-21.5217.5026.8220.05
Price / Sales12.3582.07393.28116.44
Price / CashN/A44.0938.2534.62
Price / Book2.973.866.874.61
Net Income-$66.43M$94.03M$3.22B$248.19M
7 Day Performance3.45%6.65%6.81%2.97%
1 Month Performance7.85%30.40%13.71%16.58%
1 Year Performance5.21%-9.55%18.30%8.16%

BioLife Solutions Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BLFS
BioLife Solutions
2.4743 of 5 stars
$22.81
-0.6%
$31.17
+36.6%
+4.5%$1.08B$87.76M-21.52440News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Downgrade
IRTC
iRhythm Technologies
1.3027 of 5 stars
$137.80
+0.1%
$128.55
-6.7%
+52.5%$4.40B$618.59M-37.861,790Positive News
BLCO
Bausch + Lomb
4.3015 of 5 stars
$11.91
+5.6%
$15.50
+30.2%
-19.2%$4.21B$4.83B-13.0812,500Gap Up
TMDX
TransMedics Group
1.4365 of 5 stars
$118.73
+6.5%
$126.70
+6.7%
-10.0%$4.02B$488.23M126.31210Positive News
SLNO
Soleno Therapeutics
4.8655 of 5 stars
$76.70
-0.1%
$106.78
+39.2%
+59.6%$3.87BN/A-23.1030News Coverage
Positive News
NVST
Envista
4.0514 of 5 stars
$18.56
+5.5%
$20.08
+8.2%
-2.7%$3.15B$2.50B-2.8612,700Positive News
Gap Up
PRCT
PROCEPT BioRobotics
2.9744 of 5 stars
$54.44
+2.5%
$90.00
+65.3%
-13.9%$3.01B$249.12M-27.92430Positive News
Gap Up
LIVN
LivaNova
3.8534 of 5 stars
$45.23
+2.7%
$59.17
+30.8%
-26.8%$2.47B$1.28B107.692,900Positive News
Analyst Upgrade
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
ENOV
Enovis
3.2393 of 5 stars
$36.67
+11.0%
$55.00
+50.0%
-32.6%$2.09B$2.15B-16.746,800High Trading Volume
NVCR
NovoCure
3.6511 of 5 stars
$18.57
+6.8%
$32.83
+76.8%
-24.3%$2.07B$621.71M-13.261,320Positive News
Gap Up
WRBY
Warby Parker
2.2173 of 5 stars
$18.88
+19.9%
$22.21
+17.6%
+22.3%$1.97B$795.09M-69.943,030Trending News
High Trading Volume

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