LFWD vs. LAKE, CLGN, APT, MLSS, NTRB, COCH, RBOT, POAI, HSCS, and NAOV
Should you be buying ReWalk Robotics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ReWalk Robotics include Lakeland Industries (LAKE), CollPlant Biotechnologies (CLGN), Alpha Pro Tech (APT), Milestone Scientific (MLSS), Nutriband (NTRB), Envoy Medical (COCH), Vicarious Surgical (RBOT), Predictive Oncology (POAI), Heart Test Laboratories (HSCS), and NanoVibronix (NAOV). These companies are all part of the "surgical appliances & supplies" industry.
ReWalk Robotics (NASDAQ:LFWD) and Lakeland Industries (NASDAQ:LAKE) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.
Lakeland Industries has a net margin of 4.33% compared to ReWalk Robotics' net margin of -134.52%. Lakeland Industries' return on equity of 6.63% beat ReWalk Robotics' return on equity.
Lakeland Industries received 196 more outperform votes than ReWalk Robotics when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave ReWalk Robotics an outperform vote while only 62.38% of users gave Lakeland Industries an outperform vote.
26.8% of ReWalk Robotics shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.7% of Lakeland Industries shares are held by institutional investors. 2.1% of ReWalk Robotics shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.2% of Lakeland Industries 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.
Lakeland Industries has higher revenue and earnings than ReWalk Robotics. ReWalk Robotics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lakeland Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Lakeland Industries had 3 more articles in the media than ReWalk Robotics. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Lakeland Industries and 3 mentions for ReWalk Robotics. ReWalk Robotics' average media sentiment score of 1.04 beat Lakeland Industries' score of 0.45 indicating that ReWalk Robotics is being referred to more favorably in the media.
ReWalk Robotics currently has a consensus target price of $13.00, suggesting a potential upside of 183.84%. Lakeland Industries has a consensus target price of $22.00, suggesting a potential upside of 19.37%. Given ReWalk Robotics' higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe ReWalk Robotics is more favorable than Lakeland Industries.
ReWalk Robotics has a beta of 2.06, meaning that its stock price is 106% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lakeland Industries has a beta of 0.49, meaning that its stock price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Lakeland Industries beats ReWalk Robotics on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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