Avanos Medical (AVNS) Competitors

Avanos Medical (NYSE:AVNS) and National Vision (NASDAQ:EYE) are both medical equipment companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings and media sentiment.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in AVNS or EYE?

95.2% of Avanos Medical shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.6% of Avanos Medical shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.7% of National Vision shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts rate AVNS or EYE?

National Vision has a consensus target price of $23.00, suggesting a potential downside of 9.23%. Given National Vision's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe National Vision is more favorable than Avanos Medical.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Avanos Medical	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
National Vision	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.56

Is AVNS or EYE more profitable?

National Vision has a net margin of -1.40% compared to Avanos Medical's net margin of -55.80%. Avanos Medical's return on equity of 6.26% beat National Vision's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Avanos Medical	-55.80%	6.26%	4.63%
National Vision	-1.40%	3.44%	1.40%

Which has more volatility & risk, AVNS or EYE?

Avanos Medical has a beta of 1.12, indicating that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, National Vision has a beta of 1.27, indicating that its share price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer AVNS or EYE?

In the previous week, National Vision had 5 more articles in the media than Avanos Medical. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for National Vision and 5 mentions for Avanos Medical. Avanos Medical's average media sentiment score of 1.30 beat National Vision's score of 1.02 indicating that Avanos Medical is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Avanos Medical	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
National Vision	4 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has better earnings and valuation, AVNS or EYE?

National Vision has higher revenue and earnings than Avanos Medical. National Vision is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Avanos Medical, 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
Avanos Medical	$687.80M	0.80	-$392.10M	-$8.37	-1.42
National Vision	$1.82B	1.10	-$28.50M	-$0.33	-76.79

Summary

National Vision beats Avanos Medical on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.