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Creo Medical Group (CREO) Competitors

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CREO vs. EKF, IUG, NCYT, POLX, IHC, AVO, MHC, RUA, SUN, and BELL

Should you be buying Creo Medical Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Creo Medical Group include EKF Diagnostics (EKF), Intelligent Ultrasound Group (IUG), Novacyt (NCYT), Polarean Imaging (POLX), Inspiration Healthcare Group (IHC), Advanced Oncotherapy (AVO), MyHealthChecked (MHC), RUA Life Sciences (RUA), Surgical Innovations Group (SUN), and Belluscura (BELL). These companies are all part of the "medical devices" industry.

Creo Medical Group vs.

EKF Diagnostics (LON:EKF) and Creo Medical Group (LON:CREO) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations and community ranking.

EKF Diagnostics received 221 more outperform votes than Creo Medical Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 76.76% of users gave EKF Diagnostics an outperform vote while only 67.52% of users gave Creo Medical Group an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
EKF DiagnosticsOutperform Votes
327
76.76%
Underperform Votes
99
23.24%
Creo Medical GroupOutperform Votes
106
67.52%
Underperform Votes
51
32.48%

In the previous week, Creo Medical Group had 2 more articles in the media than EKF Diagnostics. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Creo Medical Group and 0 mentions for EKF Diagnostics. EKF Diagnostics' average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Creo Medical Group's score of -0.05 indicating that EKF Diagnostics is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
EKF Diagnostics Neutral
Creo Medical Group Neutral

70.3% of EKF Diagnostics shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 56.1% of Creo Medical Group shares are held by institutional investors. 5.2% of EKF Diagnostics shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 22.4% of Creo Medical Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

EKF Diagnostics has a beta of 0.57, suggesting that its stock price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Creo Medical Group has a beta of 0.86, suggesting that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.

EKF Diagnostics has a net margin of 9.37% compared to Creo Medical Group's net margin of -73.93%. EKF Diagnostics' return on equity of 7.03% beat Creo Medical Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
EKF Diagnostics9.37% 7.03% 5.27%
Creo Medical Group -73.93%-41.79%-20.09%

EKF Diagnostics has higher revenue and earnings than Creo Medical Group. Creo Medical Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than EKF Diagnostics, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
EKF Diagnostics£49.91M1.88£4.68M£1.0719.64
Creo Medical Group£33.87M1.43-£25.04M-£6.32-1.90

Summary

EKF Diagnostics beats Creo Medical Group on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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CREO vs. The Competition

MetricCreo Medical GroupMedical Devices IndustryMedical SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£48.51M£3.24B£5.25B£2.42B
Dividend YieldN/A2.44%4.89%4.94%
P/E Ratio-1.9075.4921.19127.51
Price / Sales1.43122.05356.80260,717.02
Price / Cash2.4315.9938.1828.06
Price / Book0.923.626.244.36
Net Income-£25.04M£126.02M£3.20B£5.81B
7 Day Performance-7.69%-5.14%-8.30%2.03%
1 Month Performance-12.73%-9.67%-4.70%0.16%
1 Year Performance-67.93%-13.88%2.67%95.71%

Creo Medical Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CREO
Creo Medical Group
N/AGBX 12
flat
N/A-67.7%£48.51M£33.87M-1.90279News Coverage
High Trading Volume
EKF
EKF Diagnostics
N/AGBX 23.02
+12.3%
N/A-22.4%£102.30M£49.91M21.42356High Trading Volume
IUG
Intelligent Ultrasound Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£42.76M£6.57M-18.9165
NCYT
Novacyt
N/AGBX 42.70
-3.0%
N/A-9.3%£29.50M£18.12M-0.78120Positive News
Gap Down
POLX
Polarean Imaging
N/AGBX 1.15
-2.1%
N/A-74.7%£16.88M£5.21M-0.3028Gap Down
IHC
Inspiration Healthcare Group
N/AGBX 16.75
+1.5%
N/A-42.3%£14.51M£42.87M-1.15224Positive News
Gap Down
AVO
Advanced Oncotherapy
N/AN/AN/AN/A£9.50MN/A-25.003,900Gap Down
MHC
MyHealthChecked
N/AGBX 15.40
+1.0%
N/A+19.2%£8.01M£9.43M-7.6816
RUA
RUA Life Sciences
N/AGBX 12.05
+0.4%
N/A+4.0%£7.48M£4.05M-2.8148
SUN
Surgical Innovations Group
N/AGBX 0.56
+1.5%
N/A+4.6%£5.21M£12.54M-21.1180News Coverage
Gap Up
BELL
Belluscura
N/AGBX 1.50
-4.8%
N/A-85.7%£3.78M£2.87M-0.1624Gap Up
High Trading Volume
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