BLFS vs. NARI, NVST, PRCT, IRTC, WRBY, LIVN, ENOV, NVCR, TMDX, and LMAT
Should you be buying BioLife Solutions stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BioLife Solutions include Inari Medical (NARI), Envista (NVST), PROCEPT BioRobotics (PRCT), iRhythm Technologies (IRTC), Warby Parker (WRBY), LivaNova (LIVN), Enovis (ENOV), NovoCure (NVCR), TransMedics Group (TMDX), and LeMaitre Vascular (LMAT). These companies are all part of the "medical equipment" industry.
BioLife Solutions vs.
BioLife Solutions (NASDAQ:BLFS) and Inari Medical (NASDAQ:NARI) are both medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, profitability, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
93.2% of BioLife Solutions shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.0% of Inari Medical shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.2% of BioLife Solutions shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 10.6% of Inari Medical shares are owned by 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.
BioLife Solutions received 245 more outperform votes than Inari Medical when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.46% of users gave BioLife Solutions an outperform vote while only 57.89% of users gave Inari Medical an outperform vote.
In the previous week, BioLife Solutions had 1 more articles in the media than Inari Medical. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for BioLife Solutions and 8 mentions for Inari Medical. Inari Medical's average media sentiment score of 0.54 beat BioLife Solutions' score of -0.14 indicating that Inari Medical is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Inari Medical has higher revenue and earnings than BioLife Solutions. Inari Medical is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BioLife Solutions, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
BioLife Solutions currently has a consensus price target of $29.43, indicating a potential upside of 10.34%. Inari Medical has a consensus price target of $68.00, indicating a potential downside of 14.97%. Given BioLife Solutions' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe BioLife Solutions is more favorable than Inari Medical.
BioLife Solutions has a beta of 1.91, suggesting that its stock price is 91% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Inari Medical has a beta of 1.02, suggesting that its stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Inari Medical has a net margin of -13.68% compared to BioLife Solutions' net margin of -38.98%. BioLife Solutions' return on equity of -6.61% beat Inari Medical's return on equity.
Summary
BioLife Solutions beats Inari Medical on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:BLFS) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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