CNMD vs. MASI, TMDX, ITGR, LIVN, INMD, SLNO, BLFS, ZYXI, AXGN, and SMLR
Should you be buying CONMED stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CONMED include Masimo (MASI), TransMedics Group (TMDX), Integer (ITGR), LivaNova (LIVN), InMode (INMD), Soleno Therapeutics (SLNO), BioLife Solutions (BLFS), Zynex (ZYXI), AxoGen (AXGN), and Semler Scientific (SMLR). These companies are all part of the "electromedical equipment" industry.
CONMED (NYSE:CNMD) and Masimo (NASDAQ:MASI) are both mid-cap medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, community ranking, risk, media sentiment and profitability.
CONMED has a net margin of 6.53% compared to Masimo's net margin of 4.01%. CONMED's return on equity of 13.78% beat Masimo's return on equity.
Masimo has higher revenue and earnings than CONMED. CONMED is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Masimo, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
CONMED has a beta of 1.37, suggesting that its stock price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Masimo has a beta of 0.99, suggesting that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Masimo received 427 more outperform votes than CONMED when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.84% of users gave Masimo an outperform vote while only 42.37% of users gave CONMED an outperform vote.
CONMED currently has a consensus target price of $102.50, indicating a potential upside of 34.09%. Masimo has a consensus target price of $138.71, indicating a potential upside of 11.42%. Given CONMED's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe CONMED is more favorable than Masimo.
In the previous week, Masimo had 17 more articles in the media than CONMED. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Masimo and 2 mentions for CONMED. CONMED's average media sentiment score of 0.40 beat Masimo's score of 0.26 indicating that CONMED is being referred to more favorably in the media.
86.0% of Masimo shares are held by institutional investors. 6.8% of CONMED shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 9.7% of Masimo shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Masimo beats CONMED on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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