POCI vs. STRR, ELMD, FONR, VANI, HYPR, CUTR, IRIX, ECOR, PXDT, and MOVE
Should you be buying Precision Optics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Precision Optics include Star Equity (STRR), Electromed (ELMD), FONAR (FONR), Vivani Medical (VANI), Hyperfine (HYPR), Cutera (CUTR), IRIDEX (IRIX), electroCore (ECOR), Pixie Dust Technologies (PXDT), and Movano (MOVE). These companies are all part of the "electromedical equipment" industry.
Star Equity (NASDAQ:STRR) and Precision Optics (NASDAQ:POCI) are both small-cap multi-sector conglomerates companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, risk, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment and dividends.
Star Equity received 3 more outperform votes than Precision Optics when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 100.00% of users gave Star Equity an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave Precision Optics an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Star Equity had 5 more articles in the media than Precision Optics. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Star Equity and 2 mentions for Precision Optics. Star Equity's average media sentiment score of 1.43 beat Precision Optics' score of 0.21 indicating that Precision Optics is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Star Equity has higher revenue and earnings than Precision Optics. Precision Optics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Star Equity, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Star Equity has a beta of 0.23, indicating that its share price is 77% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Precision Optics has a beta of 0.1, indicating that its share price is 90% less volatile than the S&P 500.
3.8% of Star Equity shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.7% of Precision Optics shares are held by institutional investors. 28.8% of Star Equity shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 16.3% of Precision Optics shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Star Equity has a net margin of 52.81% compared to Star Equity's net margin of -8.43%. Precision Optics' return on equity of -5.42% beat Star Equity's return on equity.
Summary
Star Equity beats Precision Optics on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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