LivaNova (LIVN) Competitors

LivaNova (NASDAQ:LIVN) and Penumbra (NYSE:PEN) are both medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, media sentiment, earnings, risk and valuation.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, LIVN or PEN?

LivaNova has higher revenue and earnings than Penumbra. LivaNova is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Penumbra, 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	$1.25B	2.42	$63.23M	-$3.89	-14.25
Penumbra	$1.19B	8.86	$14.01M	$3.76	72.18

Which has more volatility & risk, LIVN or PEN?

LivaNova has a beta of 0.92, suggesting that its share price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Penumbra has a beta of 0.4, suggesting that its share price is 60% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer LIVN or PEN?

LivaNova currently has a consensus target price of $59.71, indicating a potential upside of 7.69%. Penumbra has a consensus target price of $300.47, indicating a potential upside of 10.71%. Given Penumbra's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Penumbra is more favorable than LivaNova.

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
Penumbra	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	13 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.94

Is LIVN or PEN more profitable?

Penumbra has a net margin of 11.54% compared to LivaNova's net margin of -16.13%. LivaNova's return on equity of 14.57% beat Penumbra's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
LivaNova	-16.13%	14.57%	6.91%
Penumbra	11.54%	11.55%	8.76%

Does the media prefer LIVN or PEN?

In the previous week, Penumbra had 5 more articles in the media than LivaNova. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Penumbra and 12 mentions for LivaNova. LivaNova's average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat Penumbra's score of 0.85 indicating that LivaNova is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
LivaNova	8 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Penumbra	11 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals and insiders believe in LIVN or PEN?

97.6% of LivaNova shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.9% of Penumbra shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of LivaNova shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.2% of Penumbra shares are owned by company 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.

Summary

Penumbra beats LivaNova on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.