Apyx Medical (APYX) Competitors

Apyx Medical (NASDAQ:APYX) and Nevro (NYSE:NVRO) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability and risk.

Do analysts rate APYX or NVRO?

Nevro has a consensus price target of $6.43, suggesting a potential upside of 12.03%. Given Nevro's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Nevro is more favorable than Apyx Medical.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Apyx Medical	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Nevro	2 Sell rating(s)	10 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.92

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer APYX or NVRO?

Nevro received 426 more outperform votes than Apyx Medical when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.84% of users gave Nevro an outperform vote while only 60.94% of users gave Apyx Medical an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Apyx Medical	Outperform Votes 78 60.94%	Underperform Votes 50 39.06%
Nevro	Outperform Votes 504 62.84%	Underperform Votes 298 37.16%

Which has more volatility & risk, APYX or NVRO?

Apyx Medical has a beta of 1.25, indicating that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nevro has a beta of 0.94, indicating that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is APYX or NVRO more profitable?

Nevro has a net margin of -16.54% compared to Apyx Medical's net margin of -58.59%. Nevro's return on equity of -23.52% beat Apyx Medical's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Apyx Medical	-58.59%	-137.98%	-36.74%
Nevro	-16.54%	-23.52%	-10.83%

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, APYX or NVRO?

Apyx Medical has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Nevro. Nevro is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Apyx Medical, 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
Apyx Medical	$48.54M	0.92	-$18.71M	-$0.83	-1.43
Nevro	$419.15M	0.51	-$92.21M	-$1.89	-3.03

Does the media refer more to APYX or NVRO?

In the previous week, Nevro had 5 more articles in the media than Apyx Medical. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Nevro and 2 mentions for Apyx Medical. Apyx Medical's average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat Nevro's score of 0.85 indicating that Apyx Medical is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Apyx Medical	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Nevro	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of APYX or NVRO?

55.3% of Apyx Medical shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.5% of Nevro shares are held by institutional investors. 16.8% of Apyx Medical shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.2% of Nevro shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Nevro beats Apyx Medical on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.