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STSS vs. IRIX, NXGL, ALUR, NAOV, DRIO, NRXS, XAIR, NXL, IINN, and BDMD

Should you be buying Sharps Technology stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sharps Technology include IRIDEX (IRIX), NexGel (NXGL), Allurion Technologies (ALUR), Nanovibronix (NAOV), DarioHealth (DRIO), NeurAxis (NRXS), Beyond Air (XAIR), Nexalin Technology (NXL), Inspira Technologies OXY B.H.N. (IINN), and Baird Medical Investment (BDMD). These companies are all part of the "medical equipment" industry.

Sharps Technology vs. Its Competitors

IRIDEX (NASDAQ:IRIX) and Sharps Technology (NASDAQ:STSS) are both small-cap medical equipment companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, valuation and profitability.

IRIDEX has higher revenue and earnings than Sharps Technology. IRIDEX is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sharps Technology, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
IRIDEX$48.67M0.41-$8.91M-$0.43-2.74
Sharps TechnologyN/AN/A-$9.30M-$1.88 thousand0.00

In the previous week, IRIDEX had 4 more articles in the media than Sharps Technology. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for IRIDEX and 2 mentions for Sharps Technology. Sharps Technology's average media sentiment score of 1.88 beat IRIDEX's score of 1.06 indicating that Sharps Technology is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
IRIDEX Positive
Sharps Technology Very Positive

20.1% of IRIDEX shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 17.2% of Sharps Technology shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.4% of IRIDEX shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Sharps Technology shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

IRIDEX has a beta of 0.62, indicating that its stock price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sharps Technology has a beta of 2.15, indicating that its stock price is 115% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Sharps Technology has a net margin of 0.00% compared to IRIDEX's net margin of -10.95%. Sharps Technology's return on equity of -98.77% beat IRIDEX's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
IRIDEX-10.95% -293.27% -17.47%
Sharps Technology N/A -98.77%-53.85%

Summary

IRIDEX beats Sharps Technology on 7 of the 12 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 STSS 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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STSS vs. The Competition

MetricSharps TechnologyMED PRODUCTS IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$5.53M$10.54B$5.55B$9.83B
Dividend YieldN/A1.97%4.62%4.11%
P/E Ratio0.0020.0630.1526.03
Price / SalesN/A24.84460.84105.55
Price / CashN/A24.0537.7558.93
Price / Book0.053.138.476.06
Net Income-$9.30M$209.94M$3.26B$265.11M
7 Day Performance11.43%8.82%3.56%2.90%
1 Month Performance-6.46%9.93%5.97%3.99%
1 Year PerformanceN/A-6.89%42.70%26.92%

Sharps Technology Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
STSS
Sharps Technology
1.4845 of 5 stars
$5.36
-0.7%
N/AN/A$5.53MN/A0.003Positive News
Earnings Report
Gap Up
IRIX
IRIDEX
0.9116 of 5 stars
$1.29
+2.0%
N/A-33.7%$21.58M$48.67M-2.99120News Coverage
Earnings Report
NXGL
NexGel
0.8178 of 5 stars
$2.63
-0.8%
N/A-2.9%$20.12M$8.69M-5.8410News Coverage
Earnings Report
Gap Down
ALUR
Allurion Technologies
1.5367 of 5 stars
$2.69
+3.1%
$22.83
+748.8%
-86.8%$20.07M$32.11M-0.22501News Coverage
Gap Down
NAOV
Nanovibronix
0.3958 of 5 stars
$7.73
+0.1%
N/A-88.6%$19.93M$2.56M-0.5720Stock Split
Gap Down
Trading Halted
DRIO
DarioHealth
1.654 of 5 stars
$0.39
-21.9%
$2.00
+408.9%
-55.2%$17.89M$27.04M-0.70200News Coverage
Gap Up
NRXS
NeurAxis
3.397 of 5 stars
$2.36
-3.1%
$7.00
+197.2%
-21.5%$16.99M$2.93M-1.2819News Coverage
Gap Up
XAIR
Beyond Air
4.0103 of 5 stars
$3.25
+2.8%
$25.50
+684.6%
-63.3%$15.08M$3.70M-0.2170News Coverage
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
NXL
Nexalin Technology
3.2406 of 5 stars
$0.85
-4.2%
$5.00
+486.2%
-4.5%$14.86M$170K-1.123Earnings Report
Upcoming Earnings
Gap Up
IINN
Inspira Technologies OXY B.H.N.
2.5842 of 5 stars
$1.18
-2.1%
$2.00
+70.2%
+30.6%$14.83MN/A0.0020Gap Down
BDMD
Baird Medical Investment
N/A$2.11
-2.3%
N/AN/A$13.88MN/A0.00N/APositive News

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This page (NASDAQ:STSS) was last updated on 8/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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