STRR vs. MOVE, CUTR, ECOR, IRIX, POCI, PXDT, BSGM, NRXS, QTI, and NXL
Should you be buying Star Equity stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Star Equity include Movano (MOVE), Cutera (CUTR), electroCore (ECOR), IRIDEX (IRIX), Precision Optics (POCI), Pixie Dust Technologies (PXDT), BioSig Technologies (BSGM), NeurAxis (NRXS), QT Imaging (QTI), and Nexalin Technology (NXL). These companies are all part of the "electromedical equipment" industry.
Star Equity (NASDAQ:STRR) and Movano (NASDAQ:MOVE) are both small-cap multi-sector conglomerates companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings and profitability.
Movano received 180 more outperform votes than Star Equity when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Star Equity an outperform vote while only 70.66% of users gave Movano an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Movano had 5 more articles in the media than Star Equity. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Movano and 11 mentions for Star Equity. Movano's average media sentiment score of 0.47 beat Star Equity's score of 0.40 indicating that Movano is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Star Equity has higher revenue and earnings than Movano. Movano is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Star Equity, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
3.8% of Star Equity shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.6% of Movano shares are held by institutional investors. 28.8% of Star Equity shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.6% of Movano shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Star Equity has a net margin of 52.81% compared to Movano's net margin of 0.00%. Star Equity's return on equity of -5.42% beat Movano's return on equity.
Star Equity has a beta of 0.23, suggesting that its stock price is 77% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Movano has a beta of 0.21, suggesting that its stock price is 79% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Star Equity beats Movano on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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