Zynex (ZYXI) Competitors

Zynex (NASDAQ:ZYXI) and CVRx (NASDAQ:CVRX) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, risk and institutional ownership.

Is ZYXI or CVRX more profitable?

Zynex has a net margin of -19.79% compared to CVRx's net margin of -95.61%. Zynex's return on equity of -78.54% beat CVRx's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Zynex	-19.79%	-78.54%	-16.70%
CVRx	-95.61%	-79.31%	-40.96%

Does the media refer more to ZYXI or CVRX?

In the previous week, Zynex and Zynex both had 1 articles in the media. Zynex's average media sentiment score of 1.87 equaled CVRx'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Zynex	Very Positive
CVRx	Very Positive

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, ZYXI or CVRX?

Zynex has higher revenue and earnings than CVRx. CVRx is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Zynex, 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
Zynex	$192.35M	0.26	$2.99M	-$0.94	-1.74
CVRx	$51.29M	4.02	-$59.97M	-$2.10	-3.75

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of ZYXI or CVRX?

29.7% of Zynex shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.3% of CVRx shares are held by institutional investors. 49.3% of Zynex shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 13.9% of CVRx shares are held 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.

Do analysts rate ZYXI or CVRX?

Zynex currently has a consensus target price of $4.90, suggesting a potential upside of 198.78%. CVRx has a consensus target price of $14.00, suggesting a potential upside of 77.66%. Given Zynex's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Zynex is more favorable than CVRx.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Zynex	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
CVRx	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.86

Which has more risk & volatility, ZYXI or CVRX?

Zynex has a beta of 0.91, suggesting that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CVRx has a beta of 1.27, suggesting that its share price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Zynex beats CVRx on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.