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SeaStar Medical (ICU) Competitors

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$0.54 -0.02 (-3.96%)
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ICU vs. IRIX, LYRA, MHUA, INBS, LFWD, LUCY, WOK, BTCY, DHAI, and PAVM

Should you be buying SeaStar Medical stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of SeaStar Medical include IRIDEX (IRIX), Lyra Therapeutics (LYRA), Meihua International Medical Technologies (MHUA), Intelligent Bio Solutions (INBS), Lifeward (LFWD), Innovative Eyewear (LUCY), WORK Medical Technology Group (WOK), Biotricity (BTCY), DIH Holding US (DHAI), and PAVmed (PAVM). These companies are all part of the "medical equipment" industry.

SeaStar Medical vs. Its Competitors

SeaStar Medical (NASDAQ:ICU) and IRIDEX (NASDAQ:IRIX) are both small-cap medical equipment companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, risk, earnings, profitability, media sentiment and institutional ownership.

SeaStar Medical has a beta of -1.09, meaning that its share price is 209% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, IRIDEX has a beta of 0.57, meaning that its share price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500.

SeaStar Medical has a net margin of 0.00% compared to IRIDEX's net margin of -14.61%. SeaStar Medical's return on equity of 0.00% beat IRIDEX's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
SeaStar MedicalN/A N/A -313.28%
IRIDEX -14.61%-290.57%-22.86%

IRIDEX has higher revenue and earnings than SeaStar Medical. IRIDEX is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SeaStar Medical, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
SeaStar Medical$140K43.04-$24.83M-$3.47-0.16
IRIDEX$48.80M0.32-$8.91M-$0.43-2.13

In the previous week, SeaStar Medical had 1 more articles in the media than IRIDEX. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for SeaStar Medical and 2 mentions for IRIDEX. SeaStar Medical's average media sentiment score of 0.73 beat IRIDEX's score of -0.36 indicating that SeaStar Medical is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
SeaStar Medical
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
IRIDEX
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

1.7% of SeaStar Medical shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 20.1% of IRIDEX shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.3% of SeaStar Medical shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 7.4% of IRIDEX shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

IRIDEX beats SeaStar Medical on 7 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding ICU and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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ICU vs. The Competition

MetricSeaStar MedicalMedical Services IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$6.21M$7.31B$5.53B$9.04B
Dividend YieldN/A2.78%5.24%4.01%
P/E Ratio-0.1627.9427.6420.25
Price / Sales43.0432.39416.59118.23
Price / CashN/A22.0136.8958.07
Price / Book-1.586.698.035.67
Net Income-$24.83M$233.06M$3.18B$249.21M
7 Day Performance32.81%3.33%2.92%3.28%
1 Month Performance-54.87%3.72%3.72%5.55%
1 Year Performance-94.36%37.40%35.14%21.08%

SeaStar Medical Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ICU
SeaStar Medical
1.434 of 5 stars
$0.54
-4.0%
N/A-94.1%$6.21M$140K-0.162Gap Down
IRIX
IRIDEX
0.5419 of 5 stars
$0.95
+2.0%
N/A-55.7%$15.66M$48.67M-2.21120News Coverage
LYRA
Lyra Therapeutics
2.0703 of 5 stars
$11.49
+10.0%
$100.00
+770.3%
-35.6%$13.85M$1.53M-0.1950Analyst Upgrade
MHUA
Meihua International Medical Technologies
1.1754 of 5 stars
$0.42
+2.5%
N/A-53.3%$13.07M$96.90M0.00620News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Down
INBS
Intelligent Bio Solutions
0.3144 of 5 stars
$1.83
+2.8%
N/A+1.1%$12.30M$3.11M0.0010
LFWD
Lifeward
2.8681 of 5 stars
$0.94
-8.8%
$9.00
+858.5%
-81.9%$11.34M$25.66M-0.3160
LUCY
Innovative Eyewear
0.4947 of 5 stars
$2.49
-29.5%
N/A-77.0%$10.93M$1.64M-0.629
WOK
WORK Medical Technology Group
N/A$0.71
-1.3%
N/AN/A$10.51M$11.51M0.00226
BTCY
Biotricity
N/A$0.42
-4.2%
N/A-46.5%$10.50M$12.06M-0.3940News Coverage
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
DHAI
DIH Holding US
0.6867 of 5 stars
$0.24
+8.6%
N/A-92.1%$10.46M$64.47M-0.80N/AGap Up
High Trading Volume
PAVM
PAVmed
3.958 of 5 stars
$0.61
+5.7%
$19.00
+2,999.0%
-15.7%$9.91M$2.99M0.8690High Trading Volume

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This page (NASDAQ:ICU) was last updated on 7/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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