CareDx (CDNA) Competitors

CareDx (NASDAQ:CDNA) and RadNet (NASDAQ:RDNT) are both medical companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking and risk.

Is CDNA or RDNT more profitable?

RadNet has a net margin of -0.25% compared to CareDx's net margin of -45.90%. RadNet's return on equity of 4.29% beat CareDx's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CareDx	-45.90%	-53.70%	-30.42%
RadNet	-0.25%	4.29%	1.45%

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of CDNA or RDNT?

77.9% of RadNet shares are held by institutional investors. 4.9% of CareDx shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.1% of RadNet shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CDNA or RDNT?

CareDx received 88 more outperform votes than RadNet when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.17% of users gave RadNet an outperform vote while only 65.87% of users gave CareDx an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
CareDx	Outperform Votes 442 65.87%	Underperform Votes 229 34.13%
RadNet	Outperform Votes 354 66.17%	Underperform Votes 181 33.83%

Do analysts rate CDNA or RDNT?

CareDx presently has a consensus price target of $31.83, suggesting a potential upside of 64.77%. RadNet has a consensus price target of $76.75, suggesting a potential upside of 55.84%. Given CareDx's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe CareDx is more favorable than RadNet.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CareDx	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.57
RadNet	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.40

Which has more volatility and risk, CDNA or RDNT?

CareDx has a beta of 1.95, meaning that its stock price is 95% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, RadNet has a beta of 1.85, meaning that its stock price is 85% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, CDNA or RDNT?

RadNet has higher revenue and earnings than CareDx. CareDx is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than RadNet, 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
CareDx	$333.79M	3.21	-$190.28M	$1.02	18.94
RadNet	$1.83B	1.99	$3.04M	$0.03	1,641.67

Does the media prefer CDNA or RDNT?

In the previous week, RadNet had 10 more articles in the media than CareDx. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for RadNet and 4 mentions for CareDx. CareDx's average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat RadNet's score of 1.01 indicating that CareDx is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
CareDx	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
RadNet	9 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

RadNet beats CareDx on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.