Pro-Dex (PDEX) Competitors

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

Is PDEX or EMBC more profitable?

Pro-Dex has a net margin of 14.61% compared to Embecta's net margin of 7.58%. Pro-Dex's return on equity of 29.08% beat Embecta's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Pro-Dex	14.61%	29.08%	16.19%
Embecta	7.58%	-23.40%	14.46%

Do insiders & institutionals believe in PDEX or EMBC?

15.3% of Pro-Dex shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.8% of Embecta shares are held by institutional investors. 47.5% of Pro-Dex shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Embecta shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has better earnings & valuation, PDEX or EMBC?

Embecta has higher revenue and earnings than Pro-Dex. Embecta 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
Pro-Dex	$53.84M	2.46	$2.13M	$2.80	14.54
Embecta	$1.12B	0.72	$78.30M	$1.43	9.70

Which has more risk & volatility, PDEX or EMBC?

Pro-Dex has a beta of 0.19, suggesting that its share price is 81% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Embecta has a beta of 1.08, suggesting that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer PDEX or EMBC?

Pro-Dex presently has a consensus target price of $56.00, suggesting a potential upside of 37.56%. Embecta has a consensus target price of $19.00, suggesting a potential upside of 36.99%. Given Pro-Dex's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Pro-Dex is more favorable than Embecta.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Pro-Dex	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Embecta	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Does the media refer more to PDEX or EMBC?

In the previous week, Embecta had 15 more articles in the media than Pro-Dex. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Embecta and 1 mentions for Pro-Dex. Pro-Dex's average media sentiment score of 1.88 beat Embecta's score of 0.55 indicating that Pro-Dex is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Pro-Dex	Very Positive
Embecta	Positive

Summary

Pro-Dex beats Embecta on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.