Varex Imaging (VREX) Competitors

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

Is VREX or COMM more profitable?

Varex Imaging has a net margin of -5.79% compared to CommScope's net margin of -18.10%. Varex Imaging's return on equity of 4.00% beat CommScope's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Varex Imaging	-5.79%	4.00%	1.81%
CommScope	-18.10%	-1.01%	0.37%

Which has more volatility and risk, VREX or COMM?

Varex Imaging has a beta of 0.66, meaning that its share price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CommScope has a beta of 2.29, meaning that its share price is 129% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate VREX or COMM?

Varex Imaging presently has a consensus target price of $22.50, suggesting a potential upside of 163.77%. CommScope has a consensus target price of $4.75, suggesting a potential downside of 24.96%. Given Varex Imaging's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Varex Imaging is more favorable than CommScope.

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)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.50
CommScope	2 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.60

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer VREX or COMM?

CommScope received 324 more outperform votes than Varex Imaging when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.77% of users gave CommScope an outperform vote while only 63.90% of users gave Varex Imaging an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Varex Imaging	Outperform Votes 239 63.90%	Underperform Votes 135 36.10%
CommScope	Outperform Votes 563 65.77%	Underperform Votes 293 34.23%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of VREX or COMM?

88.0% of CommScope shares are held by institutional investors. 4.3% of Varex Imaging shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of CommScope shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has better valuation and earnings, VREX or COMM?

Varex Imaging has higher earnings, but lower revenue than CommScope. Varex Imaging is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CommScope, 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	$827.50M	0.42	-$47.70M	-$1.03	-8.28
CommScope	$4.42B	0.31	-$1.45B	$2.73	2.32

Does the media prefer VREX or COMM?

In the previous week, CommScope had 6 more articles in the media than Varex Imaging. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for CommScope and 1 mentions for Varex Imaging. Varex Imaging's average media sentiment score of 1.89 beat CommScope's score of 1.43 indicating that Varex Imaging is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Varex Imaging	Very Positive
CommScope	Positive

Summary

Varex Imaging beats CommScope on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.