Spectral AI (MDAI) Competitors

Nevro (NYSE:NVRO) and Spectral AI (NASDAQ:MDAI) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability and institutional ownership.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, NVRO or MDAI?

Spectral AI has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Nevro. Spectral AI is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Nevro, 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
Nevro	$408.52M	0.55	-$92.21M	-$3.05	-1.92
Spectral AI	$29.96M	1.66	-$20.85M	-$0.54	-3.65

Do analysts recommend NVRO or MDAI?

Nevro presently has a consensus price target of $5.36, indicating a potential downside of 8.29%. Spectral AI has a consensus price target of $4.75, indicating a potential upside of 141.12%. Given Spectral AI's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Spectral AI is more favorable than Nevro.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Nevro	2 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.92
Spectral AI	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.33

Is NVRO or MDAI more profitable?

Nevro has a net margin of -16.54% compared to Spectral AI's net margin of -40.78%. Spectral AI's return on equity of 0.00% beat Nevro's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Nevro	-16.54%	-23.52%	-10.83%
Spectral AI	-40.78%	N/A	-77.87%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in NVRO or MDAI?

Nevro received 497 more outperform votes than Spectral AI when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 87.50% of users gave Spectral AI an outperform vote while only 62.07% of users gave Nevro an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Nevro	Outperform Votes 504 62.07%	Underperform Votes 308 37.93%
Spectral AI	Outperform Votes 7 87.50%	Underperform Votes 1 12.50%

Which has more volatility and risk, NVRO or MDAI?

Nevro has a beta of 0.81, meaning that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Spectral AI has a beta of 0.7, meaning that its stock price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in NVRO or MDAI?

95.5% of Nevro shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.1% of Spectral AI shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.2% of Nevro shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 30.7% of Spectral AI shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media refer more to NVRO or MDAI?

In the previous week, Spectral AI had 3 more articles in the media than Nevro. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Spectral AI and 1 mentions for Nevro. Spectral AI's average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat Nevro's score of 0.00 indicating that Spectral AI is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Nevro	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Spectral AI	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Spectral AI beats Nevro on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.