iRhythm Technologies (IRTC) Competitors

Axonics (NASDAQ:AXNX) and iRhythm Technologies (NASDAQ:IRTC) are both mid-cap medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment and risk.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of AXNX or IRTC?

99.5% of Axonics shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.9% of Axonics shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of iRhythm Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is AXNX or IRTC more profitable?

Axonics has a net margin of -1.66% compared to Axonics' net margin of -25.05%. iRhythm Technologies' return on equity of -1.00% beat Axonics' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Axonics	-1.66%	-1.00%	-0.90%
iRhythm Technologies	-25.05%	-56.38%	-28.63%

Do analysts rate AXNX or IRTC?

Axonics presently has a consensus price target of $70.73, indicating a potential upside of 6.07%. iRhythm Technologies has a consensus price target of $135.11, indicating a potential upside of 15.19%. Given Axonics' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe iRhythm Technologies is more favorable than Axonics.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Axonics	0 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.38
iRhythm Technologies	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, AXNX or IRTC?

Axonics has higher earnings, but lower revenue than iRhythm Technologies. Axonics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than iRhythm Technologies, 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
Axonics	$366.38M	9.28	-$6.09M	-$0.13	-512.88
iRhythm Technologies	$492.68M	7.41	-$123.41M	-$4.05	-28.96

Does the media refer more to AXNX or IRTC?

In the previous week, Axonics had 1 more articles in the media than iRhythm Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Axonics and 2 mentions for iRhythm Technologies. iRhythm Technologies' average media sentiment score of 1.82 beat Axonics' score of 0.93 indicating that Axonics is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Axonics	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
iRhythm Technologies	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in AXNX or IRTC?

iRhythm Technologies received 213 more outperform votes than Axonics when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.18% of users gave Axonics an outperform vote while only 65.93% of users gave iRhythm Technologies an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Axonics	Outperform Votes 174 67.18%	Underperform Votes 85 32.82%
iRhythm Technologies	Outperform Votes 387 65.93%	Underperform Votes 200 34.07%

Which has more risk and volatility, AXNX or IRTC?

Axonics has a beta of 0.56, meaning that its share price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, iRhythm Technologies has a beta of 1.3, meaning that its share price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Axonics beats iRhythm Technologies on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.