National Vision (EYE) Competitors

Envista (NYSE:NVST) and National Vision (NASDAQ:EYE) are both medical equipment companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, dividends and valuation.

Do analysts recommend NVST or EYE?

Envista currently has a consensus price target of $20.92, indicating a potential upside of 3.25%. National Vision has a consensus price target of $24.73, indicating a potential upside of 9.22%. Given National Vision's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe National Vision is more favorable than Envista.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Envista	1 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
National Vision	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, NVST or EYE?

National Vision has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Envista. National Vision is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Envista, 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
Envista	$2.51B	1.34	-$1.12B	$0.32	63.33
National Vision	$1.82B	0.98	-$28.50M	-$0.18	-125.78

Which has more risk and volatility, NVST or EYE?

Envista has a beta of 1, suggesting that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, National Vision has a beta of 1.27, suggesting that its share price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is NVST or EYE more profitable?

Envista has a net margin of 2.11% compared to National Vision's net margin of -0.75%. Envista's return on equity of 4.84% beat National Vision's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Envista	2.11%	4.84%	2.68%
National Vision	-0.75%	3.56%	1.49%

Does the media prefer NVST or EYE?

In the previous week, National Vision had 14 more articles in the media than Envista. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for National Vision and 10 mentions for Envista. National Vision's average media sentiment score of 1.04 beat Envista's score of 0.75 indicating that National Vision is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Envista	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
National Vision	8 Very Positive mention(s)	10 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Envista beats National Vision on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.