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Lifeward (LFWD) Competitors

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LFWD vs. POCI, CLGN, STRR, COCH, CTCX, PETV, VVOS, RVP, ICU, and NRXS

Should you be buying Lifeward stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lifeward include Precision Optics (POCI), CollPlant Biotechnologies (CLGN), Star Equity (STRR), Envoy Medical (COCH), Carmell (CTCX), PetVivo (PETV), Vivos Therapeutics (VVOS), Retractable Technologies (RVP), SeaStar Medical (ICU), and NeurAxis (NRXS). These companies are all part of the "medical equipment" industry.

Lifeward vs. Its Competitors

Precision Optics (NASDAQ:POCI) and Lifeward (NASDAQ:LFWD) are both small-cap medical equipment companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, earnings, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, risk and analyst recommendations.

Precision Optics has a net margin of -32.84% compared to Lifeward's net margin of -121.80%. Precision Optics' return on equity of -54.03% beat Lifeward's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Precision Optics-32.84% -54.03% -32.48%
Lifeward -121.80%-137.91%-90.28%

Precision Optics has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Lifeward. Precision Optics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lifeward, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Precision Optics$19.10M1.79-$2.95M-$0.89-5.02
Lifeward$25.66M0.46-$28.94M-$3.12-0.24

Precision Optics has a beta of 0.38, suggesting that its share price is 62% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lifeward has a beta of 0.16, suggesting that its share price is 84% less volatile than the S&P 500.

13.7% of Precision Optics shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 26.8% of Lifeward shares are owned by institutional investors. 13.0% of Precision Optics shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.7% of Lifeward shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Lifeward has a consensus target price of $9.00, suggesting a potential upside of 1,085.77%. Given Lifeward's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Lifeward is more favorable than Precision Optics.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Precision Optics
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Lifeward
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

In the previous week, Precision Optics had 1 more articles in the media than Lifeward. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Precision Optics and 1 mentions for Lifeward. Lifeward's average media sentiment score of 1.91 beat Precision Optics' score of 0.95 indicating that Lifeward is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Precision Optics Positive
Lifeward Very Positive

Summary

Precision Optics beats Lifeward on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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LFWD vs. The Competition

MetricLifewardINTERNET SOFTWARE IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$11.92M$20.09B$32.22B$10.39B
Dividend YieldN/A3.54%3.17%4.64%
P/E Ratio-0.2475.42453.0626.11
Price / Sales0.4691.641,764.67124.93
Price / CashN/A85.2637.6261.24
Price / Book0.358.987.226.30
Net Income-$28.94M$355.94M$809.16M$271.03M
7 Day Performance34.84%-1.55%-0.57%-0.20%
1 Month Performance20.48%7.25%6.40%5.77%
1 Year Performance-75.28%82.52%24,153.37%27.62%

Lifeward Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LFWD
Lifeward
2.9537 of 5 stars
$0.76
-2.8%
$9.00
+1,084.2%
-75.2%$11.93M$25.66M-0.2460Positive News
POCI
Precision Optics
0.5082 of 5 stars
$4.45
+1.3%
N/A-24.5%$34.09M$19.10M-4.9980Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Gap Up
CLGN
CollPlant Biotechnologies
2.6387 of 5 stars
$2.63
-0.2%
$11.50
+338.1%
-40.8%$33.38M$2.40M-2.3270
STRR
Star Equity
1.2367 of 5 stars
$10.38
+5.8%
$5.00
-51.8%
+179.1%$28.64M$140.06M-7.981,300Positive News
High Trading Volume
COCH
Envoy Medical
2.1464 of 5 stars
$1.33
-0.4%
$9.25
+598.1%
-76.0%$28.52M$222K-0.9334News Coverage
CTCX
Carmell
N/A$1.30
-32.2%
N/A+180.4%$27.18M$32.84K0.0014
PETV
PetVivo
N/A$0.96
+1.0%
N/A+90.5%$26.87M$1.05M-2.1420News Coverage
Gap Down
VVOS
Vivos Therapeutics
2.6052 of 5 stars
$3.42
+1.0%
$4.92
+44.0%
+3.4%$25.63M$14.39M-2.03160Positive News
RVP
Retractable Technologies
1.3548 of 5 stars
$0.82
-0.1%
N/A+14.9%$24.52M$38.16M-1.52240News Coverage
Positive News
ICU
SeaStar Medical
0.3422 of 5 stars
$0.87
+3.2%
N/A-86.5%$24.29M$140K-0.332News Coverage
Gap Down
NRXS
NeurAxis
2.3551 of 5 stars
$2.33
-0.4%
$7.00
+200.4%
-8.3%$23.00M$3.22M-1.2719

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This page (NASDAQ:LFWD) was last updated on 9/26/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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