TCMD vs. CERS, OSUR, CRY, MDXG, ATRC, AORT, CATX, SILK, KIDS, and ATRI
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), OrthoPediatrics (KIDS), and Atrion (ATRI). 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 business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, valuation, community ranking, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends and earnings.
Cerus currently has a consensus price target of $3.83, suggesting a potential upside of 114.15%. Tactile Systems Technology has a consensus price target of $30.00, suggesting a potential upside of 135.66%. Given Cerus' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Tactile Systems Technology is more favorable than Cerus.
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.
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.
Cerus has a beta of 1.31, suggesting that its share price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tactile Systems Technology has a beta of 1.23, suggesting that its share price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Cerus had 1 more articles in the media than Tactile Systems Technology. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Cerus and 2 mentions for Tactile Systems Technology. Cerus' average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat Tactile Systems Technology's score of 0.61 indicating that Tactile Systems Technology is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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 stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Cerus received 207 more outperform votes than Tactile Systems Technology when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.26% of users gave Cerus an outperform vote while only 69.56% of users gave Tactile Systems Technology an outperform vote.
Summary
Tactile Systems Technology beats Cerus on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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