LivaNova (LIVN) Competitors

LivaNova (NASDAQ:LIVN) and Stevanato Group (NYSE:STVN) are both mid-cap medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, valuation and institutional ownership.

Is LIVN or STVN more profitable?

Stevanato Group has a net margin of 10.47% compared to LivaNova's net margin of 1.91%. LivaNova's return on equity of 13.81% beat Stevanato Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
LivaNova	1.91%	13.81%	7.07%
Stevanato Group	10.47%	9.86%	5.79%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in LIVN or STVN?

97.6% of LivaNova shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of LivaNova shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Stevanato Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility and risk, LIVN or STVN?

LivaNova has a beta of 0.84, meaning that its share price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Stevanato Group has a beta of 0.51, meaning that its share price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor LIVN or STVN?

LivaNova received 378 more outperform votes than Stevanato Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.80% of users gave LivaNova an outperform vote while only 63.27% of users gave Stevanato Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
LivaNova	Outperform Votes 409 69.80%	Underperform Votes 177 30.20%
Stevanato Group	Outperform Votes 31 63.27%	Underperform Votes 18 36.73%

Which has better earnings and valuation, LIVN or STVN?

Stevanato Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than LivaNova. LivaNova is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Stevanato Group, 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
LivaNova	$1.28B	1.87	$17.55M	-$4.09	-10.67
Stevanato Group	$1.12B	6.46	$157.62M	$0.51	47.06

Does the media prefer LIVN or STVN?

In the previous week, LivaNova had 10 more articles in the media than Stevanato Group. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for LivaNova and 7 mentions for Stevanato Group. Stevanato Group's average media sentiment score of 1.44 beat LivaNova's score of 1.33 indicating that Stevanato Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
LivaNova	12 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Stevanato Group	7 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts prefer LIVN or STVN?

LivaNova currently has a consensus target price of $59.29, indicating a potential upside of 35.79%. Given LivaNova's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe LivaNova is more favorable than Stevanato Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
LivaNova	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Stevanato Group	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.86

Summary

LivaNova beats Stevanato Group on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.