Pro-Dex (PDEX) Competitors

OrthoPediatrics (NASDAQ:KIDS) and Pro-Dex (NASDAQ:PDEX) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, earnings, profitability, risk and institutional ownership.

Do analysts rate KIDS or PDEX?

OrthoPediatrics currently has a consensus target price of $35.83, suggesting a potential upside of 64.00%. Pro-Dex has a consensus target price of $52.00, suggesting a potential upside of 17.12%. Given OrthoPediatrics' higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe OrthoPediatrics is more favorable than Pro-Dex.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
OrthoPediatrics	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.83
Pro-Dex	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is KIDS or PDEX more profitable?

Pro-Dex has a net margin of 11.06% compared to OrthoPediatrics' net margin of -15.00%. Pro-Dex's return on equity of 21.68% beat OrthoPediatrics' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
OrthoPediatrics	-15.00%	-5.78%	-4.80%
Pro-Dex	11.06%	21.68%	12.40%

Which has higher earnings and valuation, KIDS or PDEX?

Pro-Dex has lower revenue, but higher earnings than OrthoPediatrics. OrthoPediatrics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Pro-Dex, 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
OrthoPediatrics	$212.45M	2.50	-$20.97M	-$1.75	-12.49
Pro-Dex	$64.12M	2.26	$2.13M	$2.80	15.86

Which has more risk & volatility, KIDS or PDEX?

OrthoPediatrics has a beta of 1.09, meaning that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pro-Dex has a beta of 0.37, meaning that its share price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in KIDS or PDEX?

OrthoPediatrics received 161 more outperform votes than Pro-Dex when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.56% of users gave OrthoPediatrics an outperform vote while only 61.90% of users gave Pro-Dex an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
OrthoPediatrics	Outperform Votes 317 64.56%	Underperform Votes 174 35.44%
Pro-Dex	Outperform Votes 156 61.90%	Underperform Votes 96 38.10%

Do institutionals & insiders believe in KIDS or PDEX?

69.1% of OrthoPediatrics shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 15.3% of Pro-Dex shares are owned by institutional investors. 32.7% of OrthoPediatrics shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 47.5% of Pro-Dex shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media refer more to KIDS or PDEX?

In the previous week, OrthoPediatrics had 3 more articles in the media than Pro-Dex. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for OrthoPediatrics and 2 mentions for Pro-Dex. OrthoPediatrics' average media sentiment score of 1.32 beat Pro-Dex's score of 1.26 indicating that OrthoPediatrics is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
OrthoPediatrics	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Pro-Dex	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

OrthoPediatrics beats Pro-Dex on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.