LAKE vs. BFLY, AXGN, DCTH, SMLR, TMCI, NPCE, OM, CLPT, NNOX, and ZIMV
Should you be buying Lakeland Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lakeland Industries include Butterfly Network (BFLY), AxoGen (AXGN), Delcath Systems (DCTH), Semler Scientific (SMLR), Treace Medical Concepts (TMCI), NeuroPace (NPCE), Outset Medical (OM), ClearPoint Neuro (CLPT), Nano-X Imaging (NNOX), and ZimVie (ZIMV). These companies are all part of the "medical equipment" industry.
Lakeland Industries vs. Its Competitors
Lakeland Industries (NASDAQ:LAKE) and Butterfly Network (NYSE:BFLY) are both small-cap medical equipment companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, dividends, earnings and risk.
Lakeland Industries has higher revenue and earnings than Butterfly Network. Butterfly Network is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lakeland Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Butterfly Network had 3 more articles in the media than Lakeland Industries. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Butterfly Network and 3 mentions for Lakeland Industries. Lakeland Industries' average media sentiment score of 0.81 beat Butterfly Network's score of 0.25 indicating that Lakeland Industries is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Lakeland Industries has a beta of 1.01, indicating that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Butterfly Network has a beta of 2.46, indicating that its share price is 146% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Lakeland Industries presently has a consensus price target of $26.00, suggesting a potential upside of 90.48%. Butterfly Network has a consensus price target of $3.50, suggesting a potential upside of 77.66%. Given Lakeland Industries' higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Lakeland Industries is more favorable than Butterfly Network.
71.7% of Lakeland Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 37.9% of Butterfly Network shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.9% of Lakeland Industries shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 25.2% of Butterfly Network shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Lakeland Industries has a net margin of -13.31% compared to Butterfly Network's net margin of -75.56%. Lakeland Industries' return on equity of -6.88% beat Butterfly Network's return on equity.
Summary
Lakeland Industries beats Butterfly Network on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:LAKE) was last updated on 7/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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