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Pulse Biosciences (PLSE) Competitors

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$16.49 +0.19 (+1.17%)
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PLSE vs. IRTC, BLCO, SLNO, TMDX, PRCT, NVST, NVCR, LIVN, ENOV, and LMAT

Should you be buying Pulse Biosciences stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Pulse Biosciences include iRhythm Technologies (IRTC), Bausch + Lomb (BLCO), Soleno Therapeutics (SLNO), TransMedics Group (TMDX), PROCEPT BioRobotics (PRCT), Envista (NVST), NovoCure (NVCR), LivaNova (LIVN), Enovis (ENOV), and LeMaitre Vascular (LMAT). These companies are all part of the "medical equipment" industry.

Pulse Biosciences vs.

iRhythm Technologies (NASDAQ:IRTC) and Pulse Biosciences (NASDAQ:PLSE) are both 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.

iRhythm Technologies has a beta of 1.34, meaning that its share price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pulse Biosciences has a beta of 1.6, meaning that its share price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Pulse Biosciences has a net margin of 0.00% compared to iRhythm Technologies' net margin of -19.14%. Pulse Biosciences' return on equity of -96.89% beat iRhythm Technologies' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
iRhythm Technologies-19.14% -118.83% -11.34%
Pulse Biosciences N/A -96.89%-74.83%

Pulse Biosciences has lower revenue, but higher earnings than iRhythm Technologies.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
iRhythm Technologies$618.59M7.30-$123.41M-$3.14-45.04
Pulse Biosciences$700K1,565.95-$42.21MN/AN/A

76.9% of Pulse Biosciences shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of iRhythm Technologies shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 71.5% of Pulse Biosciences 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.

iRhythm Technologies currently has a consensus target price of $128.55, suggesting a potential downside of 9.11%. Given iRhythm Technologies' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe iRhythm Technologies is more favorable than Pulse Biosciences.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
iRhythm Technologies
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.91
Pulse Biosciences
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

iRhythm Technologies received 166 more outperform votes than Pulse Biosciences when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.19% of users gave iRhythm Technologies an outperform vote while only 63.50% of users gave Pulse Biosciences an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
iRhythm TechnologiesOutperform Votes
413
66.19%
Underperform Votes
211
33.81%
Pulse BiosciencesOutperform Votes
247
63.50%
Underperform Votes
142
36.50%

In the previous week, iRhythm Technologies had 6 more articles in the media than Pulse Biosciences. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for iRhythm Technologies and 5 mentions for Pulse Biosciences. iRhythm Technologies' average media sentiment score of 1.44 beat Pulse Biosciences' score of 0.83 indicating that iRhythm Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
iRhythm Technologies
9 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Pulse Biosciences
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

iRhythm Technologies beats Pulse Biosciences on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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PLSE vs. The Competition

MetricPulse BiosciencesSurgical & medical instruments IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1.09B$4.40B$5.19B$8.42B
Dividend YieldN/A37.68%4.99%4.16%
P/E RatioN/A29.3526.3519.59
Price / Sales1,565.9553.20386.96120.30
Price / CashN/A51.0838.3134.62
Price / Book20.126.166.614.47
Net Income-$42.21M$67.09M$3.22B$247.85M
7 Day Performance-3.30%0.01%0.95%3.32%
1 Month Performance-4.32%4.90%6.52%11.04%
1 Year Performance124.44%21.53%12.77%5.26%

Pulse Biosciences Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PLSE
Pulse Biosciences
0.8654 of 5 stars
$16.49
+1.2%
N/A+112.0%$1.11B$700,000.000.00140Earnings Report
IRTC
iRhythm Technologies
1.309 of 5 stars
$135.76
+3.5%
$128.55
-5.3%
+41.3%$4.33B$591.84M-37.301,790Positive News
High Trading Volume
BLCO
Bausch + Lomb
4.2982 of 5 stars
$11.37
-1.1%
$16.14
+41.9%
-23.6%$4.02B$4.83B-12.4912,500High Trading Volume
SLNO
Soleno Therapeutics
4.538 of 5 stars
$76.49
+1.7%
$104.67
+36.8%
+68.9%$3.82BN/A-23.0430Analyst Revision
TMDX
TransMedics Group
2.0935 of 5 stars
$92.21
+2.5%
$124.20
+34.7%
-7.6%$3.12B$441.54M98.10210Earnings Report
Insider Trade
Positive News
PRCT
PROCEPT BioRobotics
2.7907 of 5 stars
$54.41
-2.2%
$90.00
+65.4%
-16.1%$3.01B$249.12M-27.90430
NVST
Envista
4.0804 of 5 stars
$17.00
+0.1%
$20.15
+18.5%
-6.6%$2.88B$2.50B-2.6212,700
NVCR
NovoCure
3.6469 of 5 stars
$17.76
-2.1%
$32.83
+84.9%
-15.8%$1.98B$621.71M-12.691,320Positive News
LIVN
LivaNova
3.7839 of 5 stars
$36.28
-1.4%
$61.17
+68.6%
-29.1%$1.98B$1.25B86.382,900Analyst Forecast
Positive News
High Trading Volume
ENOV
Enovis
3.0614 of 5 stars
$34.21
-3.1%
$58.50
+71.0%
-31.0%$1.95B$2.11B-15.626,800Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
Positive News
LMAT
LeMaitre Vascular
3.3137 of 5 stars
$80.44
+2.2%
$98.14
+22.0%
+6.4%$1.82B$219.86M43.96490Positive News
High Trading Volume

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