LAKE vs. BVS, AVNS, CBLL, IRMD, BFLY, SIBN, KIDS, TMCI, SMLR, and CLPT
Should you be buying Lakeland Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lakeland Industries include Bioventus (BVS), Avanos Medical (AVNS), CeriBell (CBLL), Iradimed (IRMD), Butterfly Network (BFLY), SI-BONE (SIBN), OrthoPediatrics (KIDS), Treace Medical Concepts (TMCI), Semler Scientific (SMLR), and ClearPoint Neuro (CLPT). These companies are all part of the "medical equipment" industry.
Lakeland Industries vs.
Lakeland Industries (NASDAQ:LAKE) and Bioventus (NYSE:BVS) are both small-cap industrial products companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, risk and institutional ownership.
Lakeland Industries has a net margin of -0.42% compared to Bioventus' net margin of -7.11%. Bioventus' return on equity of 15.61% beat Lakeland Industries' return on equity.
Lakeland Industries has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Bioventus. Lakeland Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bioventus, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Lakeland Industries presently has a consensus target price of $27.50, suggesting a potential upside of 6.26%. Bioventus has a consensus target price of $15.00, suggesting a potential upside of 48.37%. Given Bioventus' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Bioventus is more favorable than Lakeland Industries.
Lakeland Industries received 172 more outperform votes than Bioventus when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.50% of users gave Bioventus an outperform vote while only 61.77% of users gave Lakeland Industries an outperform vote.
71.7% of Lakeland Industries shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.9% of Bioventus shares are held by institutional investors. 4.2% of Lakeland Industries shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 32.9% of Bioventus shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Lakeland Industries had 1 more articles in the media than Bioventus. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Lakeland Industries and 2 mentions for Bioventus. Lakeland Industries' average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat Bioventus' score of 0.22 indicating that Lakeland Industries is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Lakeland Industries has a beta of 0.6, meaning that its share price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bioventus has a beta of 0.85, meaning that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Bioventus beats Lakeland Industries on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:LAKE) was last updated on 1/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
