Precision Optics (POCI) Competitors

TriSalus Life Sciences (NASDAQ:TLSI) and Precision Optics (NASDAQ:POCI) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, dividends, earnings, risk and media sentiment.

Which has more risk and volatility, TLSI or POCI?

TriSalus Life Sciences has a beta of 0.48, suggesting that its stock price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Precision Optics has a beta of 0.3, suggesting that its stock price is 70% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend TLSI or POCI?

TriSalus Life Sciences currently has a consensus price target of $10.75, suggesting a potential upside of 135.95%. Given TriSalus Life Sciences' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe TriSalus Life Sciences is more favorable than Precision Optics.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
TriSalus Life Sciences	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.25
Precision Optics	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in TLSI or POCI?

2.6% of TriSalus Life Sciences shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.7% of Precision Optics shares are owned by institutional investors. 27.5% of TriSalus Life Sciences shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 13.0% of Precision Optics shares are owned by 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 favor TLSI or POCI?

In the previous week, TriSalus Life Sciences had 10 more articles in the media than Precision Optics. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for TriSalus Life Sciences and 1 mentions for Precision Optics. Precision Optics' average media sentiment score of 1.88 beat TriSalus Life Sciences' score of 0.29 indicating that Precision Optics is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
TriSalus Life Sciences	Neutral
Precision Optics	Very Positive

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, TLSI or POCI?

Precision Optics has lower revenue, but higher earnings than TriSalus Life Sciences. Precision Optics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TriSalus Life Sciences, 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
TriSalus Life Sciences	$29.43M	5.86	-$30.05M	-$1.18	-3.86
Precision Optics	$19.10M	1.91	-$2.95M	-$0.89	-5.33

Is TLSI or POCI more profitable?

Precision Optics has a net margin of -32.84% compared to TriSalus Life Sciences' net margin of -86.61%. TriSalus Life Sciences' return on equity of 0.00% beat Precision Optics' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
TriSalus Life Sciences	-86.61%	N/A	-116.50%
Precision Optics	-32.84%	-54.03%	-32.48%

Summary

TriSalus Life Sciences beats Precision Optics on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.