Penumbra (PEN) Competitors

Penumbra (NYSE:PEN) and Stevanato Group (NYSE:STVN) are both mid-cap medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, risk and dividends.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, PEN or STVN?

Stevanato Group has higher revenue and earnings than Penumbra. Stevanato Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Penumbra, 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
Penumbra	$847.13M	10.21	-$2M	$1.03	217.52
Stevanato Group	$1.04B	7.93	$150.51M	$0.59	47.15

Do institutionals & insiders believe in PEN or STVN?

88.2% of Penumbra shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.9% of Stevanato Group shares are held by institutional investors. 5.3% of Penumbra shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Stevanato Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts recommend PEN or STVN?

Penumbra currently has a consensus target price of $317.25, suggesting a potential upside of 41.60%. Given Penumbra's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Penumbra is more favorable than Stevanato Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Penumbra	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.83
Stevanato Group	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.71

Which has more risk and volatility, PEN or STVN?

Penumbra has a beta of 0.62, meaning that its share price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Stevanato Group has a beta of 0.71, meaning that its share price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to PEN or STVN?

In the previous week, Penumbra had 3 more articles in the media than Stevanato Group. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Penumbra and 4 mentions for Stevanato Group. Stevanato Group's average media sentiment score of 1.06 beat Penumbra's score of 0.72 indicating that Stevanato Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Penumbra	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Stevanato Group	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in PEN or STVN?

Penumbra received 757 more outperform votes than Stevanato Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 80.43% of users gave Penumbra an outperform vote while only 63.16% of users gave Stevanato Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Penumbra	Outperform Votes 781 80.43%	Underperform Votes 190 19.57%
Stevanato Group	Outperform Votes 24 63.16%	Underperform Votes 14 36.84%

Is PEN or STVN more profitable?

Stevanato Group has a net margin of 14.05% compared to Penumbra's net margin of 4.08%. Stevanato Group's return on equity of 14.87% beat Penumbra's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Penumbra	4.08%	5.54%	4.10%
Stevanato Group	14.05%	14.87%	8.70%

Summary

Penumbra beats Stevanato Group on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.