SENS vs. MLAB, CTNM, IMMP, EDAP, AGEN, PSTX, SHCR, CADL, HOWL, and INO
Should you be buying Senseonics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Senseonics include Mesa Laboratories (MLAB), Contineum Therapeutics (CTNM), Immutep (IMMP), Edap Tms (EDAP), Agenus (AGEN), Poseida Therapeutics (PSTX), Sharecare (SHCR), Candel Therapeutics (CADL), Werewolf Therapeutics (HOWL), and Inovio Pharmaceuticals (INO). These companies are all part of the "medical" sector.
Mesa Laboratories (NASDAQ:MLAB) and Senseonics (NYSE:SENS) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings and dividends.
Mesa Laboratories received 216 more outperform votes than Senseonics when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.82% of users gave Mesa Laboratories an outperform vote while only 16.67% of users gave Senseonics an outperform vote.
Mesa Laboratories has higher revenue and earnings than Senseonics. Senseonics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Mesa Laboratories, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Mesa Laboratories has a net margin of 0.45% compared to Mesa Laboratories' net margin of -346.38%. Senseonics' return on equity of 7.41% beat Mesa Laboratories' return on equity.
90.6% of Mesa Laboratories shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 12.4% of Senseonics shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.2% of Mesa Laboratories shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.9% of Senseonics shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Mesa Laboratories has a beta of 0.82, indicating that its stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Senseonics has a beta of 0.91, indicating that its stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Senseonics had 9 more articles in the media than Mesa Laboratories. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Senseonics and 3 mentions for Mesa Laboratories. Senseonics' average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat Mesa Laboratories' score of 0.37 indicating that Mesa Laboratories is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Mesa Laboratories currently has a consensus target price of $130.00, suggesting a potential upside of 7.79%. Senseonics has a consensus target price of $1.25, suggesting a potential upside of 154.22%. Given Mesa Laboratories' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Senseonics is more favorable than Mesa Laboratories.
Summary
Mesa Laboratories beats Senseonics on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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