CVRx (CVRX) Competitors

AxoGen (NASDAQ:AXGN) and CVRx (NASDAQ:CVRX) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, community ranking, valuation and earnings.

Do analysts rate AXGN or CVRX?

AxoGen currently has a consensus price target of $22.60, suggesting a potential upside of 34.16%. CVRx has a consensus price target of $17.60, suggesting a potential upside of 143.26%. Given CVRx's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe CVRx is more favorable than AxoGen.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
AxoGen	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
CVRx	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has more risk and volatility, AXGN or CVRX?

AxoGen has a beta of 1, meaning that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, CVRx has a beta of 1.34, meaning that its share price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, AXGN or CVRX?

AxoGen has higher revenue and earnings than CVRx. AxoGen is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CVRx, 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
AxoGen	$187.34M	3.99	-$21.72M	-$0.22	-76.57
CVRx	$51.29M	3.68	-$59.97M	-$2.69	-2.69

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in AXGN or CVRX?

AxoGen received 422 more outperform votes than CVRx when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 74.47% of users gave CVRx an outperform vote while only 72.89% of users gave AxoGen an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
AxoGen	Outperform Votes 457 72.89%	Underperform Votes 170 27.11%
CVRx	Outperform Votes 35 74.47%	Underperform Votes 12 25.53%

Is AXGN or CVRX more profitable?

AxoGen has a net margin of -7.91% compared to CVRx's net margin of -116.91%. AxoGen's return on equity of -14.91% beat CVRx's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
AxoGen	-7.91%	-14.91%	-7.49%
CVRx	-116.91%	-93.06%	-51.78%

Does the media favor AXGN or CVRX?

In the previous week, AxoGen had 2 more articles in the media than CVRx. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for AxoGen and 5 mentions for CVRx. AxoGen's average media sentiment score of 1.33 beat CVRx's score of 1.11 indicating that AxoGen is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
AxoGen	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
CVRx	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals and insiders believe in AXGN or CVRX?

80.3% of AxoGen shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.3% of CVRx shares are held by institutional investors. 7.0% of AxoGen shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 18.9% of CVRx shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

AxoGen beats CVRx on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.