Alphatec (ATEC) Competitors

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

Which has more risk and volatility, ITGR or ATEC?

Integer has a beta of 1.12, indicating that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alphatec has a beta of 1.38, indicating that its share price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in ITGR or ATEC?

Integer received 59 more outperform votes than Alphatec when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.92% of users gave Integer an outperform vote while only 57.72% of users gave Alphatec an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Integer	Outperform Votes 388 63.92%	Underperform Votes 219 36.08%
Alphatec	Outperform Votes 329 57.72%	Underperform Votes 241 42.28%

Which has higher valuation and earnings, ITGR or ATEC?

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
Integer	$1.71B	2.62	$90.65M	$3.24	41.26
Alphatec	$572.74M	2.32	-$186.64M	-$1.28	-7.30

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

99.3% of Integer shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.3% of Alphatec shares are held by institutional investors. 2.0% of Integer shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 22.8% of Alphatec shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is ITGR or ATEC 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
Integer	6.70%	11.63%	5.86%
Alphatec	-31.06%	-541.39%	-22.99%

Do analysts prefer ITGR or ATEC?

Integer currently has a consensus price target of $145.44, indicating a potential upside of 8.81%. Alphatec has a consensus price target of $17.11, indicating a potential upside of 83.01%. Given Alphatec's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Alphatec is more favorable than Integer.

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

Does the media prefer ITGR or ATEC?

In the previous week, Alphatec had 1 more articles in the media than Integer. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Alphatec and 3 mentions for Integer. Integer's average media sentiment score of 1.70 beat Alphatec's score of 0.80 indicating that Integer is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Integer	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Alphatec	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Integer beats Alphatec on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.