OpGen (OPGN) Competitors

Aclarion (NASDAQ:ACON) and OpGen (NASDAQ:OPGN) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership and community ranking.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of ACON or OPGN?

7.5% of Aclarion shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 2.7% of OpGen shares are owned by institutional investors. 22.3% of Aclarion shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of OpGen shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media refer more to ACON or OPGN?

In the previous week, Aclarion and Aclarion both had 1 articles in the media. OpGen's average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat Aclarion's score of 0.00 indicating that Aclarion is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Aclarion	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
OpGen	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do analysts recommend ACON or OPGN?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Aclarion	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
OpGen	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Is ACON or OPGN more profitable?

OpGen has a net margin of -852.18% compared to OpGen's net margin of -6,480.47%. Aclarion's return on equity of -316.30% beat OpGen's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Aclarion	-6,480.47%	-724.93%	-249.67%
OpGen	-852.18%	-316.30%	-89.52%

Which has more volatility & risk, ACON or OPGN?

Aclarion has a beta of 0.44, suggesting that its share price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, OpGen has a beta of -0.71, suggesting that its share price is 171% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, ACON or OPGN?

Aclarion has higher earnings, but lower revenue than OpGen.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Aclarion	$75.40K	28.17	-$4.91M	N/A	N/A
OpGen	$2.61M	2.36	-$37.28M	-$6.51	-0.09

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in ACON or OPGN?

OpGen received 300 more outperform votes than Aclarion when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Aclarion an outperform vote while only 56.16% of users gave OpGen an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Aclarion	Outperform Votes 1 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes
OpGen	Outperform Votes 301 56.16%	Underperform Votes 235 43.84%

Summary

Aclarion beats OpGen on 7 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.