LAKE vs. ZJYL, SMTI, INGN, CLGN, APT, MLSS, NTRB, COCH, RBOT, and LFWD
Should you be buying Lakeland Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lakeland Industries include Jin Medical International (ZJYL), Sanara MedTech (SMTI), Inogen (INGN), CollPlant Biotechnologies (CLGN), Alpha Pro Tech (APT), Milestone Scientific (MLSS), Nutriband (NTRB), Envoy Medical (COCH), Vicarious Surgical (RBOT), and ReWalk Robotics (LFWD). These companies are all part of the "surgical appliances & supplies" industry.
Jin Medical International (NASDAQ:ZJYL) and Lakeland Industries (NASDAQ:LAKE) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership and earnings.
71.7% of Lakeland Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.2% of Lakeland Industries 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.
Lakeland Industries has a net margin of 4.33% compared to Lakeland Industries' net margin of 0.00%. Jin Medical International's return on equity of 6.63% beat Lakeland Industries' return on equity.
Lakeland Industries has higher revenue and earnings than Jin Medical International.
Jin Medical International has a beta of 18.8, indicating that its stock price is 1,780% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lakeland Industries has a beta of 0.49, indicating that its stock price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Lakeland Industries has a consensus price target of $22.00, indicating a potential upside of 19.37%. Given Jin Medical International's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Lakeland Industries is more favorable than Jin Medical International.
In the previous week, Lakeland Industries had 5 more articles in the media than Jin Medical International. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Lakeland Industries and 1 mentions for Jin Medical International. Lakeland Industries' average media sentiment score of 1.30 beat Jin Medical International's score of 0.68 indicating that Jin Medical International is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Lakeland Industries received 199 more outperform votes than Jin Medical International when rated by MarketBeat users.
Summary
Lakeland Industries beats Jin Medical International on 10 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.
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