TCMD vs. CERS, OSUR, CRY, MDXG, ATRC, AORT, CATX, SILK, ATRI, and KIDS
Should you be buying Tactile Systems Technology stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Tactile Systems Technology include Cerus (CERS), OraSure Technologies (OSUR), CryoLife (CRY), MiMedx Group (MDXG), AtriCure (ATRC), Artivion (AORT), Perspective Therapeutics (CATX), Silk Road Medical (SILK), Atrion (ATRI), and OrthoPediatrics (KIDS). These companies are all part of the "medical" sector.
Cerus (NASDAQ:CERS) and Tactile Systems Technology (NASDAQ:TCMD) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, community ranking and profitability.
Cerus has a beta of 1.26, suggesting that its share price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tactile Systems Technology has a beta of 1.24, suggesting that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Cerus received 206 more outperform votes than Tactile Systems Technology when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.26% of users gave Cerus an outperform vote while only 69.62% of users gave Tactile Systems Technology an outperform vote.
Tactile Systems Technology has higher revenue and earnings than Cerus. Cerus is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Tactile Systems Technology, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Tactile Systems Technology had 1 more articles in the media than Cerus. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Tactile Systems Technology and 1 mentions for Cerus. Tactile Systems Technology's average media sentiment score of 1.46 beat Cerus' score of 0.01 indicating that Cerus is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Cerus presently has a consensus target price of $3.83, suggesting a potential upside of 115.36%. Tactile Systems Technology has a consensus target price of $30.00, suggesting a potential upside of 149.38%. Given Cerus' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Tactile Systems Technology is more favorable than Cerus.
78.4% of Cerus shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.4% of Tactile Systems Technology shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.4% of Cerus shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Tactile Systems Technology shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Tactile Systems Technology has a net margin of 10.19% compared to Tactile Systems Technology's net margin of -19.27%. Cerus' return on equity of 15.88% beat Tactile Systems Technology's return on equity.
Summary
Tactile Systems Technology beats Cerus on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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