NVRO vs. MDXG, ATRC, AORT, CATX, SILK, ATRI, KIDS, EMBC, FNA, and PLSE
Should you be buying Nevro stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Nevro include MiMedx Group (MDXG), AtriCure (ATRC), Artivion (AORT), Perspective Therapeutics (CATX), Silk Road Medical (SILK), Atrion (ATRI), OrthoPediatrics (KIDS), Embecta (EMBC), Paragon 28 (FNA), and Pulse Biosciences (PLSE). These companies are all part of the "surgical & medical instruments" industry.
MiMedx Group (NASDAQ:MDXG) and Nevro (NYSE:NVRO) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, risk, dividends and analyst recommendations.
Nevro received 469 more outperform votes than MiMedx Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 77.27% of users gave MiMedx Group an outperform vote while only 65.75% of users gave Nevro an outperform vote.
MiMedx Group has a net margin of 18.63% compared to MiMedx Group's net margin of -19.17%. Nevro's return on equity of 39.42% beat MiMedx Group's return on equity.
MiMedx Group currently has a consensus target price of $12.25, indicating a potential upside of 71.33%. Nevro has a consensus target price of $19.46, indicating a potential upside of 108.14%. Given MiMedx Group's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Nevro is more favorable than MiMedx Group.
In the previous week, MiMedx Group had 2 more articles in the media than Nevro. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for MiMedx Group and 1 mentions for Nevro. Nevro's average media sentiment score of 1.08 beat MiMedx Group's score of 0.90 indicating that MiMedx Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
MiMedx Group has a beta of 1.44, suggesting that its share price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nevro has a beta of 0.96, suggesting that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.
79.2% of MiMedx Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.5% of Nevro shares are held by institutional investors. 1.3% of MiMedx Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.2% of Nevro shares are held by 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.
MiMedx Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Nevro. Nevro is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than MiMedx Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
MiMedx Group beats Nevro on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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