electroCore (ECOR) Competitors

LENSAR (NASDAQ:LNSR) and electroCore (NASDAQ:ECOR) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, risk, media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and profitability.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in LNSR or ECOR?

electroCore received 161 more outperform votes than LENSAR when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.55% of users gave electroCore an outperform vote while only 37.50% of users gave LENSAR an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
LENSAR	Outperform Votes 6 37.50%	Underperform Votes 10 62.50%
electroCore	Outperform Votes 167 62.55%	Underperform Votes 100 37.45%

Do analysts rate LNSR or ECOR?

LENSAR currently has a consensus target price of $15.00, suggesting a potential upside of 7.84%. electroCore has a consensus target price of $25.50, suggesting a potential upside of 323.59%. Given electroCore's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe electroCore is more favorable than LENSAR.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
LENSAR	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
electroCore	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, LNSR or ECOR?

LENSAR has higher revenue and earnings than electroCore. LENSAR is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than electroCore, 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
LENSAR	$53.49M	3.07	-$14.38M	-$2.72	-5.11
electroCore	$25.18M	1.72	-$18.83M	-$1.62	-3.72

Is LNSR or ECOR more profitable?

LENSAR has a net margin of -34.03% compared to electroCore's net margin of -54.40%. LENSAR's return on equity of -49.02% beat electroCore's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
LENSAR	-34.03%	-49.02%	-21.12%
electroCore	-54.40%	-154.45%	-69.16%

Which has more volatility & risk, LNSR or ECOR?

LENSAR has a beta of 0.56, meaning that its share price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, electroCore has a beta of 0.83, meaning that its share price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in LNSR or ECOR?

40.2% of LENSAR shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 26.7% of electroCore shares are owned by institutional investors. 38.5% of LENSAR shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 19.7% of electroCore shares are owned 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.

Does the media prefer LNSR or ECOR?

In the previous week, electroCore had 3 more articles in the media than LENSAR. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for electroCore and 1 mentions for LENSAR. LENSAR's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat electroCore's score of 0.48 indicating that LENSAR is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
LENSAR	Positive
electroCore	Neutral

Summary

LENSAR and electroCore tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.