BFLY vs. EYE, INSP, PRCT, LMAT, AORT, LQDA, ENOV, NVCR, CDRE, and CNMD
Should you be buying Butterfly Network stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Butterfly Network include National Vision (EYE), Inspire Medical Systems (INSP), PROCEPT BioRobotics (PRCT), LeMaitre Vascular (LMAT), Artivion (AORT), Liquidia Technologies (LQDA), Enovis (ENOV), NovoCure (NVCR), Cadre (CDRE), and CONMED (CNMD). These companies are all part of the "medical equipment" industry.
Butterfly Network vs. Its Competitors
Butterfly Network (NYSE:BFLY) and National Vision (NASDAQ:EYE) are both medical equipment companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings and media sentiment.
37.9% of Butterfly Network shares are owned by institutional investors. 25.2% of Butterfly Network 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 large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
National Vision has a net margin of -0.75% compared to Butterfly Network's net margin of -71.79%. National Vision's return on equity of 3.56% beat Butterfly Network's return on equity.
Butterfly Network has a beta of 2.59, suggesting that its share price is 159% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, National Vision has a beta of 1.3, suggesting that its share price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Butterfly Network presently has a consensus price target of $3.00, indicating a potential upside of 27.39%. National Vision has a consensus price target of $24.73, indicating a potential downside of 8.92%. Given Butterfly Network's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Butterfly Network is more favorable than National Vision.
National Vision has higher revenue and earnings than Butterfly Network. National Vision is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Butterfly Network, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Butterfly Network had 1 more articles in the media than National Vision. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Butterfly Network and 5 mentions for National Vision. National Vision's average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat Butterfly Network's score of 0.08 indicating that National Vision is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
National Vision beats Butterfly Network on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:BFLY) was last updated on 10/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
