electroCore (ECOR) Competitors

Pro-Dex (NASDAQ:PDEX) and electroCore (NASDAQ:ECOR) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, dividends and earnings.

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of PDEX or ECOR?

15.3% of Pro-Dex shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 26.7% of electroCore shares are owned by institutional investors. 47.5% of Pro-Dex shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 19.7% of electroCore shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is PDEX or ECOR more profitable?

Pro-Dex has a net margin of 11.06% compared to electroCore's net margin of -54.40%. Pro-Dex's return on equity of 21.68% beat electroCore's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Pro-Dex	11.06%	21.68%	12.40%
electroCore	-54.40%	-154.45%	-69.16%

Do analysts recommend PDEX or ECOR?

Pro-Dex presently has a consensus target price of $52.00, indicating a potential upside of 17.12%. electroCore has a consensus target price of $25.50, indicating a potential upside of 418.29%. Given electroCore's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe electroCore is more favorable than Pro-Dex.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Pro-Dex	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
electroCore	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has more risk and volatility, PDEX or ECOR?

Pro-Dex has a beta of 0.37, meaning that its stock price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, electroCore has a beta of 0.92, meaning that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor PDEX or ECOR?

electroCore received 11 more outperform votes than Pro-Dex when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.55% of users gave electroCore an outperform vote while only 61.90% of users gave Pro-Dex an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Pro-Dex	Outperform Votes 156 61.90%	Underperform Votes 96 38.10%
electroCore	Outperform Votes 167 62.55%	Underperform Votes 100 37.45%

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, PDEX or ECOR?

Pro-Dex has higher revenue and earnings than electroCore. electroCore is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Pro-Dex, 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
Pro-Dex	$64.12M	2.26	$2.13M	$2.80	15.86
electroCore	$26.46M	1.38	-$18.83M	-$1.56	-3.15

Does the media favor PDEX or ECOR?

In the previous week, Pro-Dex had 2 more articles in the media than electroCore. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Pro-Dex and 0 mentions for electroCore. electroCore's average media sentiment score of 1.92 beat Pro-Dex's score of 1.26 indicating that electroCore is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Pro-Dex	Positive
electroCore	Very Positive

Summary

Pro-Dex beats electroCore on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.