Cutera (CUTR) Competitors

Precision Optics (NASDAQ:POCI) and Cutera (NASDAQ:CUTR) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends and community ranking.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in POCI or CUTR?

13.7% of Precision Optics shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.7% of Cutera shares are owned by institutional investors. 16.3% of Precision Optics shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Cutera shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in POCI or CUTR?

Cutera received 336 more outperform votes than Precision Optics when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.74% of users gave Cutera an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave Precision Optics an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Precision Optics	Outperform Votes No Votes	Underperform Votes 2 100.00%
Cutera	Outperform Votes 336 64.74%	Underperform Votes 183 35.26%

Which has more risk & volatility, POCI or CUTR?

Precision Optics has a beta of 0.21, suggesting that its share price is 79% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cutera has a beta of 1.35, suggesting that its share price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, POCI or CUTR?

Precision Optics has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Cutera. Precision Optics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cutera, 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
Precision Optics	$19.10M	1.74	-$2.95M	-$0.62	-8.44
Cutera	$212.37M	0.03	-$162.83M	-$6.58	-0.05

Does the media prefer POCI or CUTR?

In the previous week, Precision Optics had 6 more articles in the media than Cutera. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Precision Optics and 3 mentions for Cutera. Precision Optics' average media sentiment score of 0.51 beat Cutera's score of 0.30 indicating that Precision Optics is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Precision Optics	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Cutera	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is POCI or CUTR more profitable?

Precision Optics has a net margin of -20.01% compared to Cutera's net margin of -84.86%. Cutera's return on equity of 0.00% beat Precision Optics' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Precision Optics	-20.01%	-34.90%	-21.55%
Cutera	-84.86%	N/A	-45.07%

Do analysts recommend POCI or CUTR?

Cutera has a consensus target price of $3.00, suggesting a potential upside of 825.93%. Given Cutera's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Cutera is more favorable than Precision Optics.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Precision Optics	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Cutera	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Summary

Cutera beats Precision Optics on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.