Pro-Dex (PDEX) Competitors

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

Do analysts rate PDEX or KIDS?

Pro-Dex currently has a consensus target price of $52.00, suggesting a potential upside of 14.66%. OrthoPediatrics has a consensus target price of $39.00, suggesting a potential upside of 57.58%. Given OrthoPediatrics' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe OrthoPediatrics is more favorable than Pro-Dex.

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
OrthoPediatrics	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Do institutionals and insiders believe in PDEX or KIDS?

15.3% of Pro-Dex shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.1% of OrthoPediatrics shares are held by institutional investors. 47.5% of Pro-Dex shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 31.8% of OrthoPediatrics shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility and risk, PDEX or KIDS?

Pro-Dex has a beta of 0.56, meaning that its stock price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, OrthoPediatrics has a beta of 1.14, meaning that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is PDEX or KIDS more profitable?

Pro-Dex has a net margin of 9.17% compared to OrthoPediatrics' net margin of -15.00%. Pro-Dex's return on equity of 16.74% beat OrthoPediatrics' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Pro-Dex	9.17%	16.74%	9.98%
OrthoPediatrics	-15.00%	-5.78%	-4.80%

Does the media favor PDEX or KIDS?

In the previous week, OrthoPediatrics had 6 more articles in the media than Pro-Dex. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for OrthoPediatrics and 8 mentions for Pro-Dex. Pro-Dex's average media sentiment score of 1.13 beat OrthoPediatrics' score of 0.46 indicating that Pro-Dex is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Pro-Dex	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
OrthoPediatrics	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has higher earnings and valuation, PDEX or KIDS?

Pro-Dex has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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
Pro-Dex	$56.80M	2.60	$2.13M	$1.54	29.45
OrthoPediatrics	$189.67M	3.16	-$20.97M	-$1.23	-20.12

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in PDEX or KIDS?

OrthoPediatrics received 157 more outperform votes than Pro-Dex when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.26% of users gave OrthoPediatrics an outperform vote while only 61.85% of users gave Pro-Dex an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Pro-Dex	Outperform Votes 154 61.85%	Underperform Votes 95 38.15%
OrthoPediatrics	Outperform Votes 311 64.26%	Underperform Votes 173 35.74%

Summary

Pro-Dex and OrthoPediatrics tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.