HYPR vs. SMLR, EDAP, OM, ELMD, FONR, VANI, CUTR, POCI, IRIX, and ECOR
Should you be buying Hyperfine stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hyperfine include Semler Scientific (SMLR), Edap Tms (EDAP), Outset Medical (OM), Electromed (ELMD), FONAR (FONR), Vivani Medical (VANI), Cutera (CUTR), Precision Optics (POCI), IRIDEX (IRIX), and electroCore (ECOR). These companies are all part of the "electromedical equipment" industry.
Hyperfine (NASDAQ:HYPR) and Semler Scientific (NASDAQ:SMLR) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends.
Semler Scientific has a net margin of 32.92% compared to Hyperfine's net margin of -358.59%. Semler Scientific's return on equity of 30.36% beat Hyperfine's return on equity.
Hyperfine received 3 more outperform votes than Semler Scientific when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 50.00% of users gave Semler Scientific an outperform vote while only 44.44% of users gave Hyperfine an outperform vote.
15.0% of Hyperfine shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 49.4% of Semler Scientific shares are held by institutional investors. 29.4% of Hyperfine shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 13.0% of Semler Scientific shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Hyperfine has a beta of 0.82, suggesting that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Semler Scientific has a beta of 0.92, suggesting that its share price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Hyperfine presently has a consensus price target of $2.12, indicating a potential upside of 153.19%. Given Hyperfine's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Hyperfine is more favorable than Semler Scientific.
Semler Scientific has higher revenue and earnings than Hyperfine. Hyperfine is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Semler Scientific, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Semler Scientific had 8 more articles in the media than Hyperfine. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Semler Scientific and 2 mentions for Hyperfine. Hyperfine's average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat Semler Scientific's score of 0.52 indicating that Hyperfine is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Semler Scientific beats Hyperfine on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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