STAAR Surgical (STAA) Competitors

ICU Medical (NASDAQ:ICUI) and STAAR Surgical (NASDAQ:STAA) are both medical companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment and dividends.

Which has more risk and volatility, ICUI or STAA?

ICU Medical has a beta of 0.87, indicating that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, STAAR Surgical has a beta of 0.65, indicating that its stock price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ICUI or STAA?

ICU Medical received 111 more outperform votes than STAAR Surgical when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.21% of users gave ICU Medical an outperform vote while only 53.92% of users gave STAAR Surgical an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
ICU Medical	Outperform Votes 400 64.21%	Underperform Votes 223 35.79%
STAAR Surgical	Outperform Votes 289 53.92%	Underperform Votes 247 46.08%

Is ICUI or STAA more profitable?

ICU Medical has a net margin of -4.74% compared to STAAR Surgical's net margin of -6.44%. ICU Medical's return on equity of 5.05% beat STAAR Surgical's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ICU Medical	-4.74%	5.05%	2.42%
STAAR Surgical	-6.44%	-3.35%	-2.67%

Do analysts recommend ICUI or STAA?

ICU Medical presently has a consensus target price of $192.67, suggesting a potential upside of 45.11%. STAAR Surgical has a consensus target price of $24.63, suggesting a potential upside of 30.64%. Given ICU Medical's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe ICU Medical is more favorable than STAAR Surgical.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ICU Medical	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
STAAR Surgical	1 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Does the media prefer ICUI or STAA?

In the previous week, ICU Medical had 7 more articles in the media than STAAR Surgical. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for ICU Medical and 13 mentions for STAAR Surgical. STAAR Surgical's average media sentiment score of 1.32 beat ICU Medical's score of 0.39 indicating that STAAR Surgical is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
ICU Medical	11 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
STAAR Surgical	9 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, ICUI or STAA?

STAAR Surgical has lower revenue, but higher earnings than ICU Medical. ICU Medical is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than STAAR Surgical, 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
ICU Medical	$2.42B	1.35	-$29.66M	-$3.83	-34.67
STAAR Surgical	$279.13M	3.34	-$20.21M	-$1.44	-13.09

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of ICUI or STAA?

96.1% of ICU Medical shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.7% of STAAR Surgical shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.5% of ICU Medical shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of STAAR Surgical shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

ICU Medical beats STAAR Surgical on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.