VICR vs. VREX, MVIS, AEIS, PI, FELE, WIRE, ENS, BDC, BRC, and POWL
Should you be buying Vicor stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Vicor include Varex Imaging (VREX), MicroVision (MVIS), Advanced Energy Industries (AEIS), Impinj (PI), Franklin Electric (FELE), Encore Wire (WIRE), EnerSys (ENS), Belden (BDC), Brady (BRC), and Powell Industries (POWL).
Varex Imaging (NASDAQ:VREX) and Vicor (NASDAQ:VICR) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, community ranking and dividends.
Vicor has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Varex Imaging. Varex Imaging is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Vicor, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Vicor has a net margin of 7.20% compared to Vicor's net margin of 4.90%. Vicor's return on equity of 8.26% beat Varex Imaging's return on equity.
Varex Imaging has a beta of 0.59, suggesting that its share price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vicor has a beta of 1.5, suggesting that its share price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Varex Imaging currently has a consensus price target of $30.00, suggesting a potential upside of 103.94%. Vicor has a consensus price target of $35.00, suggesting a potential downside of 12.57%. Given Vicor's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Varex Imaging is more favorable than Vicor.
In the previous week, Vicor had 21 more articles in the media than Varex Imaging. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Vicor and 4 mentions for Varex Imaging. Vicor's average media sentiment score of 1.06 beat Varex Imaging's score of 0.00 indicating that Varex Imaging is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Vicor received 5 more outperform votes than Varex Imaging when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.46% of users gave Varex Imaging an outperform vote while only 59.30% of users gave Vicor an outperform vote.
47.5% of Vicor shares are held by institutional investors. 5.2% of Varex Imaging shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 31.3% of Vicor shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Vicor beats Varex Imaging on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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