STRR vs. ECOR, CUTR, POCI, IRIX, MOVE, GIA, PXDT, BSGM, NRXS, and QTI
Should you be buying Star Equity stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Star Equity include electroCore (ECOR), Cutera (CUTR), Precision Optics (POCI), IRIDEX (IRIX), Movano (MOVE), GigCapital5 (GIA), Pixie Dust Technologies (PXDT), BioSig Technologies (BSGM), NeurAxis (NRXS), and QT Imaging (QTI). These companies are all part of the "electromedical equipment" industry.
electroCore (NASDAQ:ECOR) and Star Equity (NASDAQ:STRR) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation, earnings, dividends and media sentiment.
26.7% of electroCore shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.8% of Star Equity shares are owned by institutional investors. 13.1% of electroCore shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 28.8% of Star Equity shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
electroCore has a beta of 0.6, indicating that its stock price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Star Equity has a beta of 0.16, indicating that its stock price is 84% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Star Equity has a net margin of 52.81% compared to Star Equity's net margin of -88.12%. electroCore's return on equity of -5.42% beat Star Equity's return on equity.
electroCore received 161 more outperform votes than Star Equity when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Star Equity an outperform vote while only 62.12% of users gave electroCore an outperform vote.
Star Equity has higher revenue and earnings than electroCore. electroCore is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Star Equity, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, electroCore had 3 more articles in the media than Star Equity. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for electroCore and 0 mentions for Star Equity. Star Equity's average media sentiment score of 1.15 beat electroCore's score of 0.00 indicating that electroCore is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Star Equity beats electroCore on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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