SANUWAVE Health (SNWV) Competitors

National Vision (NASDAQ:EYE) and SANUWAVE Health (NASDAQ:SNWV) are both small-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, community ranking and dividends.

Which has higher earnings & valuation, EYE or SNWV?

SANUWAVE Health has lower revenue, but higher earnings than National Vision. National Vision is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SANUWAVE Health, 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
National Vision	$1.82B	0.53	-$65.90M	-$0.36	-34.31
SANUWAVE Health	$32.63M	7.09	-$33.34M	-$3.90	-6.94

Is EYE or SNWV more profitable?

SANUWAVE Health has a net margin of 0.00% compared to National Vision's net margin of -0.81%. National Vision's return on equity of 3.52% beat SANUWAVE Health's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
National Vision	-0.81%	3.52%	1.39%
SANUWAVE Health	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the media refer more to EYE or SNWV?

In the previous week, National Vision had 8 more articles in the media than SANUWAVE Health. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for National Vision and 1 mentions for SANUWAVE Health. SANUWAVE Health's average media sentiment score of 1.89 beat National Vision's score of 1.06 indicating that SANUWAVE Health is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
National Vision	Positive
SANUWAVE Health	Very Positive

Which has more risk & volatility, EYE or SNWV?

National Vision has a beta of 1.22, meaning that its share price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SANUWAVE Health has a beta of 1.25, meaning that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in EYE or SNWV?

National Vision received 254 more outperform votes than SANUWAVE Health when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
National Vision	Outperform Votes 254 64.80%	Underperform Votes 138 35.20%
SANUWAVE Health	N/A	N/A

Do analysts rate EYE or SNWV?

National Vision presently has a consensus price target of $14.00, indicating a potential upside of 13.36%. Given National Vision's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe National Vision is more favorable than SANUWAVE Health.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
National Vision	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.17
SANUWAVE Health	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of EYE or SNWV?

42.5% of SANUWAVE Health shares are held by institutional investors. 2.3% of National Vision shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 36.6% of SANUWAVE Health shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

National Vision beats SANUWAVE Health on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.