VREX vs. VICR, MVIS, NEON, NSYS, LGL, OST, CRKN, VRT, PI, and AEIS
Should you be buying Varex Imaging stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Varex Imaging include Vicor (VICR), MicroVision (MVIS), Neonode (NEON), Nortech Systems (NSYS), The LGL Group (LGL), Ostin Technology Group (OST), Crown ElectroKinetics (CRKN), Vertiv (VRT), Impinj (PI), and Advanced Energy Industries (AEIS). These companies are all part of the "electronic components, not elsewhere classified" industry.
Vicor (NASDAQ:VICR) and Varex Imaging (NASDAQ:VREX) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, risk, earnings, dividends, valuation, profitability and analyst recommendations.
47.5% of Vicor shares are owned by institutional investors. 31.3% of Vicor shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 5.2% of Varex Imaging shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Vicor has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Varex Imaging. Varex Imaging is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Vicor, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Vicor received 5 more outperform votes than Varex Imaging when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.46% of users gave Varex Imaging an outperform vote while only 59.60% of users gave Vicor an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Vicor had 3 more articles in the media than Varex Imaging. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Vicor and 3 mentions for Varex Imaging. Vicor's average media sentiment score of 1.18 beat Varex Imaging's score of 0.38 indicating that Varex Imaging is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Vicor has a net margin of 11.49% compared to Vicor's net margin of 4.90%. Varex Imaging's return on equity of 8.55% beat Vicor's return on equity.
Vicor presently has a consensus price target of $55.00, indicating a potential upside of 57.19%. Varex Imaging has a consensus price target of $30.00, indicating a potential upside of 94.17%. Given Vicor's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Varex Imaging is more favorable than Vicor.
Vicor has a beta of 1.53, suggesting that its stock price is 53% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Varex Imaging has a beta of 0.72, suggesting that its stock price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Vicor beats Varex Imaging on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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