Vicor (VICR) Competitors

Varex Imaging (NASDAQ:VREX) and Vicor (NASDAQ:VICR) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, media sentiment, earnings, community ranking, analyst recommendations, profitability and risk.

Which has higher earnings & valuation, VREX or VICR?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Varex Imaging	$893.40M	0.77	$48.20M	$0.96	17.70
Vicor	$405.06M	3.72	$53.60M	$1.19	28.46

Do institutionals & insiders believe in VREX or VICR?

47.5% of Vicor shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.2% of Varex Imaging shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 31.3% of Vicor 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.

Is VREX or VICR more profitable?

Vicor has a net margin of 13.23% compared to Vicor's net margin of 5.08%. Varex Imaging's return on equity of 10.45% beat Vicor's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Varex Imaging	5.08%	9.21%	4.22%
Vicor	13.23%	10.45%	9.39%

Does the media favor VREX or VICR?

In the previous week, Vicor had 2 more articles in the media than Varex Imaging. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Vicor and 2 mentions for Varex Imaging. Varex Imaging's average media sentiment score of 0.10 beat Vicor's score of -0.99 indicating that Vicor is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Varex Imaging	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Negative
Vicor	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in VREX or VICR?

Vicor received 5 more outperform votes than Varex Imaging when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.64% of users gave Varex Imaging an outperform vote while only 60.67% of users gave Vicor an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Varex Imaging	Outperform Votes 231 63.64%	Underperform Votes 132 36.36%
Vicor	Outperform Votes 236 60.67%	Underperform Votes 153 39.33%

Which has more volatility & risk, VREX or VICR?

Varex Imaging has a beta of 0.69, suggesting that its stock price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vicor has a beta of 1.53, suggesting that its stock price is 53% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer VREX or VICR?

Varex Imaging presently has a consensus target price of $27.00, indicating a potential upside of 58.92%. Vicor has a consensus target price of $57.50, indicating a potential upside of 69.77%. Given Varex Imaging's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Vicor is more favorable than Varex Imaging.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Varex Imaging	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Vicor	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Summary

Vicor beats Varex Imaging on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.