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KRMD vs. EMBC, BBNX, AVNS, BVS, KIDS, RXST, AXGN, BFLY, SMLR, and DCTH

Should you be buying KORU Medical Systems stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of KORU Medical Systems include Embecta (EMBC), Beta Bionics (BBNX), AVANOS MEDICAL (AVNS), Bioventus (BVS), OrthoPediatrics (KIDS), RxSight (RXST), AxoGen (AXGN), Butterfly Network (BFLY), Semler Scientific (SMLR), and Delcath Systems (DCTH). These companies are all part of the "medical equipment" industry.

KORU Medical Systems vs. Its Competitors

KORU Medical Systems (NASDAQ:KRMD) and Embecta (NASDAQ:EMBC) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment and institutional ownership.

In the previous week, Embecta had 1 more articles in the media than KORU Medical Systems. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Embecta and 3 mentions for KORU Medical Systems. Embecta's average media sentiment score of 1.50 beat KORU Medical Systems' score of 0.62 indicating that Embecta is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
KORU Medical Systems
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Embecta
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

KORU Medical Systems currently has a consensus price target of $4.50, suggesting a potential upside of 34.73%. Embecta has a consensus price target of $19.33, suggesting a potential upside of 85.72%. Given Embecta's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Embecta is more favorable than KORU Medical Systems.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
KORU Medical Systems
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Embecta
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
KORU Medical Systems$33.65M4.58-$6.07M-$0.11-30.36
Embecta$1.08B0.56$78.30M$0.9011.57

KORU Medical Systems has a beta of 0.52, meaning that its share price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Embecta has a beta of 1.08, meaning that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.

58.6% of KORU Medical Systems shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.8% of Embecta shares are owned by institutional investors. 20.6% of KORU Medical Systems shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Embecta shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Embecta has a net margin of 4.89% compared to KORU Medical Systems' net margin of -15.09%. Embecta's return on equity of -19.67% beat KORU Medical Systems' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
KORU Medical Systems-15.09% -30.43% -19.41%
Embecta 4.89%-19.67%12.27%

Summary

Embecta beats KORU Medical Systems on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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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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KRMD vs. The Competition

MetricKORU Medical SystemsMEDICAL INFO SYS IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$154.11M$2.00B$5.54B$9.13B
Dividend YieldN/AN/A5.06%4.01%
P/E Ratio-30.3634.7628.2819.59
Price / Sales4.5811.51373.0879.85
Price / CashN/A54.0224.7227.50
Price / Book9.038.568.275.54
Net Income-$6.07M-$62.39M$3.19B$252.38M
7 Day Performance-8.99%4.87%5.55%3.04%
1 Month Performance3.41%11.04%9.36%11.67%
1 Year Performance26.04%6.13%30.22%17.14%

KORU Medical Systems Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
KRMD
KORU Medical Systems
2.6816 of 5 stars
$3.34
-4.0%
$4.50
+34.7%
+31.3%$154.11M$33.65M-30.3680
EMBC
Embecta
4.7495 of 5 stars
$10.03
-2.8%
$19.33
+92.8%
-20.5%$603.13M$1.08B11.142,100Positive News
BBNX
Beta Bionics
N/A$13.40
-0.9%
$23.44
+75.0%
N/A$586.18M$65.12M0.00294Positive News
AVNS
AVANOS MEDICAL
2.8224 of 5 stars
$11.87
-3.9%
N/A-43.3%$571.11M$687.80M-1.422,227Negative News
BVS
Bioventus
2.9777 of 5 stars
$6.82
-2.8%
$13.75
+101.6%
+6.4%$560.22M$567.70M-11.181,200
KIDS
OrthoPediatrics
4.2827 of 5 stars
$21.24
-5.5%
$35.83
+68.7%
-33.2%$545.96M$204.73M-12.14200Positive News
RXST
RxSight
2.231 of 5 stars
$12.43
-4.8%
$37.90
+204.9%
-83.2%$530.31M$139.93M-18.55220Analyst Downgrade
AXGN
AxoGen
2.3226 of 5 stars
$11.36
+3.9%
$24.50
+115.7%
+43.9%$497.80M$187.34M-75.73450High Trading Volume
BFLY
Butterfly Network
2.4552 of 5 stars
$1.89
-2.6%
$3.50
+85.2%
+54.7%$479.74M$82.06M-6.52460Options Volume
SMLR
Semler Scientific
2.584 of 5 stars
$38.95
-3.7%
$71.00
+82.3%
+35.8%$451.08M$56.29M-14.92120
DCTH
Delcath Systems
2.4183 of 5 stars
$12.24
-3.5%
$24.00
+96.1%
+40.5%$441.94M$37.21M-24.4860

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This page (NASDAQ:KRMD) was last updated on 7/14/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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