UFPT vs. PLSE, IRMD, SPNE, UTMD, ARAY, SON, SEE, PKG, GPK, and PEN
Should you be buying UFP Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of UFP Technologies include Pulse Biosciences (PLSE), Iradimed (IRMD), SeaSpine (SPNE), Utah Medical Products (UTMD), Accuray (ARAY), Sonoco Products (SON), Sealed Air (SEE), Packaging Co. of America (PKG), Graphic Packaging (GPK), and Penumbra (PEN).
UFP Technologies (NASDAQ:UFPT) and Pulse Biosciences (NASDAQ:PLSE) are both small-cap industrial products companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, risk, community ranking, profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings and valuation.
UFP Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than Pulse Biosciences. Pulse Biosciences is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than UFP Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Pulse Biosciences received 41 more outperform votes than UFP Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.17% of users gave Pulse Biosciences an outperform vote while only 59.03% of users gave UFP Technologies an outperform vote.
87.3% of UFP Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.0% of Pulse Biosciences shares are held by institutional investors. 6.2% of UFP Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 71.5% of Pulse Biosciences shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
UFP Technologies has a beta of 0.9, indicating that its stock price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pulse Biosciences has a beta of 1.73, indicating that its stock price is 73% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Pulse Biosciences had 3 more articles in the media than UFP Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Pulse Biosciences and 3 mentions for UFP Technologies. UFP Technologies' average media sentiment score of 1.50 beat Pulse Biosciences' score of 0.58 indicating that UFP Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the media.
UFP Technologies has a net margin of 11.75% compared to Pulse Biosciences' net margin of 0.00%. UFP Technologies' return on equity of 17.40% beat Pulse Biosciences' return on equity.
UFP Technologies presently has a consensus target price of $238.50, indicating a potential downside of 8.40%. Given UFP Technologies' higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe UFP Technologies is more favorable than Pulse Biosciences.
Summary
UFP Technologies beats Pulse Biosciences on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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