Spectral Medical (EDT) Competitors

Spectral Medical (TSE:EDT) and Akumin (TSE:AKU) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, community ranking, dividends, earnings and risk.

Does the media refer more to EDT or AKU?

In the previous week, Spectral Medical had 2 more articles in the media than Akumin. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Spectral Medical and 0 mentions for Akumin. Spectral Medical's average media sentiment score of 0.70 beat Akumin's score of 0.00 indicating that Spectral Medical is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Spectral Medical	Positive
Akumin	Neutral

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, EDT or AKU?

Spectral Medical has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Spectral Medical	C$1.90M	119.90	-C$18.68M	-C$0.07	-11.57
Akumin	C$737.69M	0.00	-C$255.80M	-C$3.80	N/A

Which has more risk & volatility, EDT or AKU?

Spectral Medical has a beta of 0.96, suggesting that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Akumin has a beta of 0.15, suggesting that its share price is 85% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of EDT or AKU?

13.0% of Spectral Medical shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 30.3% of Akumin shares are held by institutional investors. 18.2% of Spectral Medical shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 33.0% of Akumin shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is EDT or AKU more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Spectral Medical	N/A	-973.97%	-93.22%
Akumin	-34.67%	-483.86%	0.47%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer EDT or AKU?

Spectral Medical received 106 more outperform votes than Akumin when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.17% of users gave Spectral Medical an outperform vote while only 64.10% of users gave Akumin an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Spectral Medical	Outperform Votes 131 65.17%	Underperform Votes 70 34.83%
Akumin	Outperform Votes 25 64.10%	Underperform Votes 14 35.90%

Summary

Spectral Medical beats Akumin on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.