EDAP TMS (EDAP) Competitors

ZimVie (NASDAQ:ZIMV) and EDAP TMS (NASDAQ:EDAP) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, risk, institutional ownership and valuation.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, ZIMV or EDAP?

EDAP TMS has lower revenue, but higher earnings than ZimVie. ZimVie is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than EDAP TMS, 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
ZimVie	$449.75M	0.58	-$25.83M	-$0.71	-13.25
EDAP TMS	$69.18M	0.90	-$20.58M	-$0.62	-2.69

Which has more volatility and risk, ZIMV or EDAP?

ZimVie has a beta of 2.1, suggesting that its share price is 110% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, EDAP TMS has a beta of 0.02, suggesting that its share price is 98% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate ZIMV or EDAP?

ZimVie presently has a consensus price target of $16.33, suggesting a potential upside of 73.57%. EDAP TMS has a consensus price target of $8.50, suggesting a potential upside of 408.98%. Given EDAP TMS's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe EDAP TMS is more favorable than ZimVie.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ZimVie	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
EDAP TMS	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Is ZIMV or EDAP more profitable?

ZimVie has a net margin of -4.40% compared to EDAP TMS's net margin of -34.45%. ZimVie's return on equity of 5.53% beat EDAP TMS's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ZimVie	-4.40%	5.53%	2.84%
EDAP TMS	-34.45%	-51.42%	-26.43%

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of ZIMV or EDAP?

95.6% of ZimVie shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.7% of EDAP TMS shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.4% of ZimVie shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of EDAP TMS shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media prefer ZIMV or EDAP?

In the previous week, ZimVie and ZimVie both had 3 articles in the media. EDAP TMS's average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat ZimVie's score of 0.62 indicating that EDAP TMS is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
ZimVie	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
EDAP TMS	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

ZimVie beats EDAP TMS on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.