Alphatec (ATEC) Competitors

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

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of ATEC or ITGR?

66.4% of Alphatec shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.3% of Integer shares are held by institutional investors. 22.8% of Alphatec shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Integer shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, ATEC or ITGR?

Integer has higher revenue and earnings than Alphatec. Alphatec is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Integer, 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
Alphatec	$482.26M	3.40	-$186.64M	-$1.28	-9.04
Integer	$1.71B	2.76	$90.65M	$3.24	43.49

Do analysts recommend ATEC or ITGR?

Alphatec currently has a consensus target price of $17.44, suggesting a potential upside of 50.77%. Integer has a consensus target price of $145.44, suggesting a potential upside of 3.22%. Given Alphatec's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Alphatec is more favorable than Integer.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Alphatec	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.89
Integer	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.89

Which has more risk & volatility, ATEC or ITGR?

Alphatec has a beta of 1.41, indicating that its stock price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Integer has a beta of 1.12, indicating that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to ATEC or ITGR?

In the previous week, Alphatec had 11 more articles in the media than Integer. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Alphatec and 1 mentions for Integer. Alphatec's average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat Integer's score of 0.00 indicating that Alphatec is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Alphatec	6 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Integer	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in ATEC or ITGR?

Integer received 57 more outperform votes than Alphatec when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.92% of users gave Integer an outperform vote while only 57.87% of users gave Alphatec an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Alphatec	Outperform Votes 331 57.87%	Underperform Votes 241 42.13%
Integer	Outperform Votes 388 63.92%	Underperform Votes 219 36.08%

Is ATEC or ITGR more profitable?

Integer has a net margin of 6.70% compared to Alphatec's net margin of -31.06%. Integer's return on equity of 11.63% beat Alphatec's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Alphatec	-31.06%	-541.39%	-22.99%
Integer	6.70%	11.63%	5.86%

Summary

Integer beats Alphatec on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.