EDT vs. AKU, GEN, LMD, LXG, SQD, DXD, MBI, BUX, CRL, and ONC
Should you be buying Spectral Medical stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Spectral Medical include Akumin (AKU), GeneNews (GEN), LED Medical Diagnostics (LMD), LexaGene (LXG), SQI Diagnostics (SQD), 3D Signatures (DXD), Med Biogene (MBI), Biomark Diagnostics (BUX), Charles River Laboratories International (CRL), and Oncolytics Biotech (ONC). These companies are all part of the "medical" sector.
Spectral Medical vs. Its Competitors
Akumin (TSE:AKU) and Spectral Medical (TSE:EDT) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, profitability and earnings.
Akumin has a beta of 0.15, suggesting that its stock price is 85% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Spectral Medical has a beta of 0.125216, suggesting that its stock price is 87% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Spectral Medical has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Akumin's net margin of -34.67%. Akumin's return on equity of -483.86% beat Spectral Medical's return on equity.
Spectral Medical has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Akumin. Spectral Medical is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Akumin, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Akumin's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Spectral Medical'saverage media sentiment score.
30.3% of Akumin shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.0% of Spectral Medical shares are owned by institutional investors. 33.0% of Akumin shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 18.2% of Spectral Medical shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Akumin beats Spectral Medical on 7 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of TSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (TSE:EDT) was last updated on 10/9/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
