NVCR vs. LMAT, ATRC, MDXG, AORT, FNA, ATEC, KIDS, ATRI, SILK, and TMCI
Should you be buying NovoCure stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of NovoCure include LeMaitre Vascular (LMAT), AtriCure (ATRC), MiMedx Group (MDXG), Artivion (AORT), Paragon 28 (FNA), Alphatec (ATEC), OrthoPediatrics (KIDS), Atrion (ATRI), Silk Road Medical (SILK), and Treace Medical Concepts (TMCI). These companies are all part of the "surgical & medical instruments" industry.
LeMaitre Vascular (NASDAQ:LMAT) and NovoCure (NASDAQ:NVCR) 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, community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and dividends.
LeMaitre Vascular received 31 more outperform votes than NovoCure when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.84% of users gave LeMaitre Vascular an outperform vote while only 63.89% of users gave NovoCure an outperform vote.
LeMaitre Vascular has a net margin of 15.56% compared to LeMaitre Vascular's net margin of -40.65%. NovoCure's return on equity of 10.57% beat LeMaitre Vascular's return on equity.
LeMaitre Vascular presently has a consensus price target of $69.33, indicating a potential upside of 5.92%. NovoCure has a consensus price target of $31.13, indicating a potential upside of 146.34%. Given LeMaitre Vascular's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe NovoCure is more favorable than LeMaitre Vascular.
84.6% of LeMaitre Vascular shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.6% of NovoCure shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.8% of LeMaitre Vascular shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 5.7% of NovoCure shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, NovoCure had 2 more articles in the media than LeMaitre Vascular. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for NovoCure and 4 mentions for LeMaitre Vascular. NovoCure's average media sentiment score of 0.24 beat LeMaitre Vascular's score of 0.07 indicating that LeMaitre Vascular is being referred to more favorably in the media.
LeMaitre Vascular has a beta of 0.87, suggesting that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NovoCure has a beta of 0.42, suggesting that its stock price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500.
LeMaitre Vascular has higher earnings, but lower revenue than NovoCure. NovoCure is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than LeMaitre Vascular, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
LeMaitre Vascular beats NovoCure on 14 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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