POCI vs. LAKE, PROF, AVR, ZJYL, LUCD, RCEL, SPAI, INO, NSPR, and OBIO
Should you be buying Precision Optics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Precision Optics include Lakeland Industries (LAKE), Profound Medical (PROF), Anteris Technologies Global (AVR), Jin Medical International (ZJYL), Lucid Diagnostics (LUCD), Avita Medical (RCEL), Safe Pro Group (SPAI), Inovio Pharmaceuticals (INO), InspireMD (NSPR), and Orchestra BioMed (OBIO). These companies are all part of the "medical equipment" industry.
Precision Optics vs. Its Competitors
Precision Optics (NASDAQ:POCI) and Lakeland Industries (NASDAQ:LAKE) are both small-cap medical equipment companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership and earnings.
Precision Optics has a beta of 0.38, indicating that its stock price is 62% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lakeland Industries has a beta of 1.11, indicating that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Lakeland Industries has a net margin of -13.31% compared to Precision Optics' net margin of -32.84%. Lakeland Industries' return on equity of -6.88% beat Precision Optics' return on equity.
Precision Optics has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Lakeland Industries. Precision Optics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lakeland Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
13.7% of Precision Optics shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.7% of Lakeland Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. 13.0% of Precision Optics shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of Lakeland Industries shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Lakeland Industries has a consensus price target of $26.00, suggesting a potential upside of 73.33%. Given Lakeland Industries' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Lakeland Industries is more favorable than Precision Optics.
In the previous week, Lakeland Industries had 4 more articles in the media than Precision Optics. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Lakeland Industries and 0 mentions for Precision Optics. Lakeland Industries' average media sentiment score of 0.51 beat Precision Optics' score of 0.00 indicating that Lakeland Industries is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Lakeland Industries beats Precision Optics on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:POCI) was last updated on 9/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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