CUTR vs. IRIX, QMCO, VIOT, IZEA, MNDO, DZSI, ICAD, DSWL, INSG, and AWRE
Should you be buying Cutera stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cutera include IRIDEX (IRIX), Quantum (QMCO), Viomi Technology (VIOT), IZEA Worldwide (IZEA), MIND C.T.I. (MNDO), DZS (DZSI), iCAD (ICAD), Deswell Industries (DSWL), Inseego (INSG), and Aware (AWRE). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
IRIDEX (NASDAQ:IRIX) and Cutera (NASDAQ:CUTR) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, media sentiment, earnings, community ranking, analyst recommendations, profitability and risk.
IRIDEX has a net margin of -18.45% compared to IRIDEX's net margin of -68.87%. IRIDEX's return on equity of 0.00% beat Cutera's return on equity.
IRIDEX presently has a consensus target price of $2.00, indicating a potential downside of 31.51%. Cutera has a consensus target price of $14.75, indicating a potential upside of 656.41%. Given IRIDEX's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Cutera is more favorable than IRIDEX.
20.1% of IRIDEX shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.7% of Cutera shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.2% of IRIDEX shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of Cutera shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
IRIDEX has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Cutera. IRIDEX is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cutera, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Cutera received 62 more outperform votes than IRIDEX when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.10% of users gave IRIDEX an outperform vote while only 64.98% of users gave Cutera an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Cutera's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat IRIDEX's score of 0.00 indicating that IRIDEX is being referred to more favorably in the media.
IRIDEX has a beta of 0.82, suggesting that its stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cutera has a beta of 1.66, suggesting that its stock price is 66% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
IRIDEX and Cutera tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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