Integer (ITGR) Competitors

Integer (NYSE:ITGR) and Insulet (NASDAQ:PODD) are both medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, dividends, valuation, risk, institutional ownership and community ranking.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, ITGR or PODD?

Insulet has higher revenue and earnings than Integer. Integer is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Insulet, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Integer	$1.60B	2.56	$90.65M	$2.89	42.16
Insulet	$1.70B	7.21	$206.30M	$3.30	52.95

Which has more volatility and risk, ITGR or PODD?

Integer has a beta of 1.12, meaning that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Insulet has a beta of 1, meaning that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend ITGR or PODD?

Integer currently has a consensus price target of $128.00, suggesting a potential upside of 5.47%. Insulet has a consensus price target of $239.18, suggesting a potential upside of 38.85%. Given Insulet's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Insulet is more favorable than Integer.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Integer	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.71
Insulet	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	15 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.83

Does the media prefer ITGR or PODD?

In the previous week, Insulet had 11 more articles in the media than Integer. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Insulet and 3 mentions for Integer. Insulet's average media sentiment score of 1.12 beat Integer's score of 0.83 indicating that Insulet is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Integer	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Insulet	7 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is ITGR or PODD more profitable?

Insulet has a net margin of 13.14% compared to Integer's net margin of 6.01%. Insulet's return on equity of 34.06% beat Integer's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Integer	6.01%	11.25%	5.69%
Insulet	13.14%	34.06%	9.08%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ITGR or PODD?

Insulet received 337 more outperform votes than Integer when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.08% of users gave Insulet an outperform vote while only 63.41% of users gave Integer an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Integer	Outperform Votes 376 63.41%	Underperform Votes 217 36.59%
Insulet	Outperform Votes 713 66.08%	Underperform Votes 366 33.92%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in ITGR or PODD?

99.3% of Integer shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.0% of Integer shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Insulet shares are owned by company 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.

Summary

Insulet beats Integer on 15 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.