RMTI vs. ECOR, IRIX, FONR, ARAY, RSLS, EDAP, ABT, ISRG, SYK, and BSX
Should you be buying Rockwell Medical stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Rockwell Medical include electroCore (ECOR), IRIDEX (IRIX), FONAR (FONR), Accuray (ARAY), ReShape Lifesciences (RSLS), Edap Tms (EDAP), Abbott Laboratories (ABT), Intuitive Surgical (ISRG), Stryker (SYK), and Boston Scientific (BSX).
Rockwell Medical (NASDAQ:RMTI) and electroCore (NASDAQ:ECOR) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, profitability, dividends and risk.
Rockwell Medical received 138 more outperform votes than electroCore when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.12% of users gave electroCore an outperform vote while only 57.31% of users gave Rockwell Medical an outperform vote.
Rockwell Medical has a beta of 1.21, suggesting that its stock price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, electroCore has a beta of 0.91, suggesting that its stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Rockwell Medical has higher revenue and earnings than electroCore. Rockwell Medical is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than electroCore, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Rockwell Medical has a net margin of -9.72% compared to electroCore's net margin of -88.12%. Rockwell Medical's return on equity of -28.29% beat electroCore's return on equity.
Rockwell Medical presently has a consensus price target of $7.00, suggesting a potential upside of 298.86%. Given Rockwell Medical's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Rockwell Medical is more favorable than electroCore.
In the previous week, Rockwell Medical had 2 more articles in the media than electroCore. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Rockwell Medical and 2 mentions for electroCore. Rockwell Medical's average media sentiment score of 0.73 beat electroCore's score of 0.63 indicating that Rockwell Medical is being referred to more favorably in the media.
23.3% of Rockwell Medical shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 26.7% of electroCore shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.9% of Rockwell Medical shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 13.1% of electroCore shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Rockwell Medical beats electroCore on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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