Alpha Tau Medical (DRTS) Competitors

Alpha Tau Medical (NASDAQ:DRTS) and Avanos Medical (NYSE:AVNS) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability, community ranking and valuation.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in DRTS or AVNS?

2.7% of Alpha Tau Medical shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.2% of Avanos Medical shares are owned by institutional investors. 39.5% of Alpha Tau Medical shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.9% of Avanos Medical shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has higher earnings & valuation, DRTS or AVNS?

Alpha Tau Medical has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Avanos Medical. Alpha Tau Medical is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Avanos Medical, 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
Alpha Tau Medical	N/A	N/A	-$29.16M	-$0.43	-7.21
Avanos Medical	$681.50M	1.08	-$61.80M	$0.34	47.29

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer DRTS or AVNS?

Avanos Medical received 67 more outperform votes than Alpha Tau Medical when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.37% of users gave Alpha Tau Medical an outperform vote while only 55.84% of users gave Avanos Medical an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Alpha Tau Medical	Outperform Votes 19 70.37%	Underperform Votes 8 29.63%
Avanos Medical	Outperform Votes 86 55.84%	Underperform Votes 68 44.16%

Does the media refer more to DRTS or AVNS?

In the previous week, Alpha Tau Medical had 2 more articles in the media than Avanos Medical. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Alpha Tau Medical and 3 mentions for Avanos Medical. Avanos Medical's average media sentiment score of 0.86 beat Alpha Tau Medical's score of -0.11 indicating that Avanos Medical is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Alpha Tau Medical	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Avanos Medical	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is DRTS or AVNS more profitable?

Avanos Medical has a net margin of 2.30% compared to Alpha Tau Medical's net margin of 0.00%. Avanos Medical's return on equity of 4.70% beat Alpha Tau Medical's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Alpha Tau Medical	N/A	-38.62%	-29.89%
Avanos Medical	2.30%	4.70%	3.46%

Do analysts rate DRTS or AVNS?

Alpha Tau Medical currently has a consensus price target of $8.00, indicating a potential upside of 158.06%. Given Alpha Tau Medical's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Alpha Tau Medical is more favorable than Avanos Medical.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Alpha Tau Medical	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Avanos Medical	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Which has more risk and volatility, DRTS or AVNS?

Alpha Tau Medical has a beta of 0.85, indicating that its stock price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Avanos Medical has a beta of 0.95, indicating that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Avanos Medical beats Alpha Tau Medical on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.