AtriCure (ATRC) Competitors

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

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of ITGR or ATRC?

99.3% of Integer shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.1% of AtriCure shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.0% of Integer shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.2% of AtriCure shares are owned by 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.

Do analysts rate ITGR or ATRC?

Integer currently has a consensus price target of $145.44, suggesting a potential upside of 3.22%. AtriCure has a consensus price target of $42.00, suggesting a potential upside of 9.18%. Given AtriCure's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe AtriCure 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
AtriCure	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in ITGR or ATRC?

AtriCure received 173 more outperform votes than Integer when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.17% of users gave AtriCure an outperform vote while only 63.92% of users gave Integer an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Integer	Outperform Votes 388 63.92%	Underperform Votes 219 36.08%
AtriCure	Outperform Votes 561 69.17%	Underperform Votes 250 30.83%

Which has more risk & volatility, ITGR or ATRC?

Integer has a beta of 1.12, meaning that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AtriCure has a beta of 1.42, meaning that its stock price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is ITGR or ATRC more profitable?

Integer has a net margin of 6.70% compared to AtriCure's net margin of -8.70%. Integer's return on equity of 11.63% beat AtriCure's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Integer	6.70%	11.63%	5.86%
AtriCure	-8.70%	-8.12%	-6.21%

Does the media refer more to ITGR or ATRC?

In the previous week, AtriCure had 15 more articles in the media than Integer. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for AtriCure and 1 mentions for Integer. Integer's average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat AtriCure's score of 0.46 indicating that Integer is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Integer	Positive
AtriCure	Neutral

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, ITGR or ATRC?

Integer has higher revenue and earnings than AtriCure. AtriCure 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	$1.60B	2.96	$90.65M	$3.24	43.49
AtriCure	$399.24M	4.70	-$30.44M	-$0.83	-46.35

Summary

Integer beats AtriCure on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.