SRDX vs. OFIX, ANGO, ARAY, CTSO, ATRC, ATEC, BVS, PLSE, IRMD, and OSUR
Should you be buying Surmodics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Surmodics include Orthofix Medical (OFIX), AngioDynamics (ANGO), Accuray (ARAY), Cytosorbents (CTSO), AtriCure (ATRC), Alphatec (ATEC), Bioventus (BVS), Pulse Biosciences (PLSE), Iradimed (IRMD), and OraSure Technologies (OSUR). These companies are all part of the "surgical & medical instruments" industry.
Orthofix Medical (NASDAQ:OFIX) and Surmodics (NASDAQ:SRDX) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, valuation and community ranking.
89.8% of Orthofix Medical shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.6% of Surmodics shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.7% of Orthofix Medical shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.9% of Surmodics shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Surmodics has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Orthofix Medical. Orthofix Medical is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Surmodics, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Orthofix Medical had 3 more articles in the media than Surmodics. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Orthofix Medical and 1 mentions for Surmodics. Surmodics' average media sentiment score of 0.34 beat Orthofix Medical's score of 0.00 indicating that Orthofix Medical is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Orthofix Medical has a beta of 1.06, indicating that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Surmodics has a beta of 1.04, indicating that its stock price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Orthofix Medical received 74 more outperform votes than Surmodics when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.13% of users gave Surmodics an outperform vote while only 61.80% of users gave Orthofix Medical an outperform vote.
Surmodics has a net margin of 9.44% compared to Surmodics' net margin of -16.64%. Orthofix Medical's return on equity of 13.30% beat Surmodics' return on equity.
Orthofix Medical presently has a consensus target price of $18.00, indicating a potential upside of 20.00%. Surmodics has a consensus target price of $57.00, indicating a potential upside of 64.64%. Given Orthofix Medical's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Surmodics is more favorable than Orthofix Medical.
Summary
Surmodics beats Orthofix Medical on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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