Sonendo (SONX) Competitors

Sonendo (NYSE:SONX) and Avinger (NASDAQ:AVGR) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, valuation, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership and dividends.

Is SONX or AVGR more profitable?

Sonendo has a net margin of -92.74% compared to Avinger's net margin of -261.06%. Sonendo's return on equity of -184.01% beat Avinger's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Sonendo	-92.74%	-184.01%	-68.60%
Avinger	-261.06%	-5,527.11%	-123.25%

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, SONX or AVGR?

Avinger has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Sonendo. Avinger is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sonendo, 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
Sonendo	$44.40M	0.01	-$60.92M	-$59.12	-0.02
Avinger	$7.26M	0.22	-$18.32M	-$11.06	-0.04

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of SONX or AVGR?

28.7% of Sonendo shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 18.3% of Avinger shares are held by institutional investors. 7.9% of Sonendo shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 42.8% of Avinger shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor SONX or AVGR?

Avinger received 382 more outperform votes than Sonendo when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 55.67% of users gave Avinger an outperform vote while only 40.74% of users gave Sonendo an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Sonendo	Outperform Votes 11 40.74%	Underperform Votes 16 59.26%
Avinger	Outperform Votes 393 55.67%	Underperform Votes 313 44.33%

Which has more risk and volatility, SONX or AVGR?

Sonendo has a beta of 1.5, meaning that its share price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Avinger has a beta of 1.09, meaning that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to SONX or AVGR?

In the previous week, Sonendo had 1 more articles in the media than Avinger. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Sonendo and 0 mentions for Avinger. Sonendo's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Avinger's score of 0.00 indicating that Sonendo is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Sonendo	Positive
Avinger	Neutral

Summary

Sonendo beats Avinger on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.