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STAAR Surgical (STAA) Competitors

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STAA vs. XRAY, ICUI, QDEL, NEOG, CERS, OSUR, UTMD, ANIK, WST, and COO

Should you be buying STAAR Surgical stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of STAAR Surgical include DENTSPLY SIRONA (XRAY), ICU Medical (ICUI), QuidelOrtho (QDEL), Neogen (NEOG), Cerus (CERS), OraSure Technologies (OSUR), Utah Medical Products (UTMD), Anika Therapeutics (ANIK), West Pharmaceutical Services (WST), and Cooper Companies (COO). These companies are all part of the "health care supplies" industry.

STAAR Surgical vs. Its Competitors

STAAR Surgical (NASDAQ:STAA) and DENTSPLY SIRONA (NASDAQ:XRAY) are both medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings and profitability.

In the previous week, DENTSPLY SIRONA had 11 more articles in the media than STAAR Surgical. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for DENTSPLY SIRONA and 3 mentions for STAAR Surgical. STAAR Surgical's average media sentiment score of 1.45 beat DENTSPLY SIRONA's score of 0.71 indicating that STAAR Surgical is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
STAAR Surgical
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
DENTSPLY SIRONA
2 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

DENTSPLY SIRONA has a net margin of -24.42% compared to STAAR Surgical's net margin of -25.46%. DENTSPLY SIRONA's return on equity of 14.31% beat STAAR Surgical's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
STAAR Surgical-25.46% -10.59% -8.32%
DENTSPLY SIRONA -24.42%14.31%5.37%

STAAR Surgical currently has a consensus target price of $18.00, indicating a potential downside of 6.25%. DENTSPLY SIRONA has a consensus target price of $19.60, indicating a potential upside of 22.27%. Given DENTSPLY SIRONA's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe DENTSPLY SIRONA is more favorable than STAAR Surgical.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
STAAR Surgical
0 Sell rating(s)
9 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.10
DENTSPLY SIRONA
0 Sell rating(s)
10 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.17

96.7% of STAAR Surgical shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.7% of DENTSPLY SIRONA shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of STAAR Surgical shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of DENTSPLY SIRONA shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

STAAR Surgical has higher earnings, but lower revenue than DENTSPLY SIRONA. STAAR Surgical is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than DENTSPLY SIRONA, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
STAAR Surgical$279.13M3.41-$20.21M-$1.44-13.33
DENTSPLY SIRONA$3.79B0.84-$910M-$4.54-3.53

STAAR Surgical has a beta of 0.58, indicating that its stock price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DENTSPLY SIRONA has a beta of 0.94, indicating that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

DENTSPLY SIRONA beats STAAR Surgical on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding STAA and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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STAA vs. The Competition

MetricSTAAR SurgicalMED/DENTAL IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$940.00M$15.92B$5.70B$9.50B
Dividend YieldN/A1.41%4.60%4.01%
P/E Ratio-13.3318.9528.1020.05
Price / Sales3.412.46429.3789.38
Price / CashN/A17.9036.2258.56
Price / Book2.384.008.665.87
Net Income-$20.21M$430.42M$3.25B$258.55M
7 Day Performance10.60%5.58%4.22%3.73%
1 Month Performance14.08%5.17%10.51%11.75%
1 Year Performance-52.08%23.10%34.40%18.03%

STAAR Surgical Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
STAA
STAAR Surgical
2.6907 of 5 stars
$19.20
+1.2%
$18.00
-6.3%
-52.8%$940.00M$279.13M-13.331,211Positive News
XRAY
DENTSPLY SIRONA
4.0877 of 5 stars
$15.63
-0.3%
$19.60
+25.4%
-39.3%$3.12B$3.79B9.3314,000Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
ICUI
ICU Medical
4.3627 of 5 stars
$121.66
-0.7%
$192.67
+58.4%
+4.4%$3.01B$2.38B22.2315,000News Coverage
Positive News
QDEL
QuidelOrtho
4.4736 of 5 stars
$25.30
-0.6%
$44.33
+75.2%
-28.4%$1.72B$2.78B-5.096,600Analyst Downgrade
NEOG
Neogen
3.9161 of 5 stars
$4.78
+0.8%
$7.50
+56.9%
-69.3%$1.03B$924.22M13.172,110Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Revision
CERS
Cerus
2.8639 of 5 stars
$1.38
+1.5%
$3.50
+153.6%
-41.6%$259.98M$180.27M-13.80290Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
OSUR
OraSure Technologies
2.4364 of 5 stars
$3.25
+1.6%
$3.00
-7.7%
-23.3%$239.36M$185.83M-7.74840Positive News
UTMD
Utah Medical Products
1.8973 of 5 stars
$55.55
+0.1%
N/A-16.9%$180.34M$40.90M14.69180News Coverage
Earnings Report
ANIK
Anika Therapeutics
4.1409 of 5 stars
$10.69
+1.8%
$20.00
+87.1%
-59.4%$150.59M$119.91M-2.76300Positive News
WST
West Pharmaceutical Services
4.4658 of 5 stars
$210.56
-0.2%
$320.00
+52.0%
-5.0%$15.15B$2.89B31.7610,600Trending News
Earnings Report
Dividend Increase
Analyst Forecast
COO
Cooper Companies
3.2947 of 5 stars
$71.32
-1.8%
$97.20
+36.3%
-19.5%$14.52B$3.90B34.6216,000Analyst Upgrade

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