Tactile Systems Technology (TCMD) Competitors

Tactile Systems Technology (NASDAQ:TCMD) and SI-BONE (NASDAQ:SIBN) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations and profitability.

Is TCMD or SIBN more profitable?

Tactile Systems Technology has a net margin of 5.79% compared to SI-BONE's net margin of -23.82%. Tactile Systems Technology's return on equity of 9.37% beat SI-BONE's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Tactile Systems Technology	5.79%	9.37%	6.75%
SI-BONE	-23.82%	-22.51%	-16.53%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer TCMD or SIBN?

Tactile Systems Technology received 204 more outperform votes than SI-BONE when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.80% of users gave Tactile Systems Technology an outperform vote while only 69.17% of users gave SI-BONE an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Tactile Systems Technology	Outperform Votes 379 69.80%	Underperform Votes 164 30.20%
SI-BONE	Outperform Votes 175 69.17%	Underperform Votes 78 30.83%

Which has more risk & volatility, TCMD or SIBN?

Tactile Systems Technology has a beta of 1.05, indicating that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SI-BONE has a beta of 0.82, indicating that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to TCMD or SIBN?

In the previous week, SI-BONE had 12 more articles in the media than Tactile Systems Technology. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for SI-BONE and 4 mentions for Tactile Systems Technology. SI-BONE's average media sentiment score of 1.20 beat Tactile Systems Technology's score of 0.42 indicating that SI-BONE is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Tactile Systems Technology	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
SI-BONE	7 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts rate TCMD or SIBN?

Tactile Systems Technology presently has a consensus target price of $16.00, indicating a potential upside of 53.85%. SI-BONE has a consensus target price of $22.50, indicating a potential upside of 14.16%. Given Tactile Systems Technology's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Tactile Systems Technology is more favorable than SI-BONE.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Tactile Systems Technology	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
SI-BONE	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, TCMD or SIBN?

Tactile Systems Technology has higher revenue and earnings than SI-BONE. SI-BONE is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Tactile Systems Technology, 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
Tactile Systems Technology	$293.16M	0.82	$28.51M	$0.66	15.76
SI-BONE	$176.60M	4.76	-$43.34M	-$0.64	-30.80

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of TCMD or SIBN?

83.4% of Tactile Systems Technology shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.1% of SI-BONE shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.5% of Tactile Systems Technology shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.0% of SI-BONE shares are owned by company 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

Tactile Systems Technology beats SI-BONE on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.