National Vision (EYE) Competitors

Envista (NYSE:NVST) and National Vision (NASDAQ:EYE) are both medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment, valuation and community ranking.

Do analysts rate NVST or EYE?

Envista presently has a consensus price target of $20.21, indicating a potential downside of 3.33%. National Vision has a consensus price target of $13.40, indicating a potential upside of 14.53%. Given National Vision's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe National Vision is more favorable than Envista.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Envista	2 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.07
National Vision	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.20

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer NVST or EYE?

National Vision received 220 more outperform votes than Envista when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.30% of users gave National Vision an outperform vote while only 35.79% of users gave Envista an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Envista	Outperform Votes 34 35.79%	Underperform Votes 61 64.21%
National Vision	Outperform Votes 254 65.30%	Underperform Votes 135 34.70%

Which has more volatility & risk, NVST or EYE?

Envista has a beta of 1.34, indicating that its stock price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, National Vision has a beta of 1.44, indicating that its stock price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is NVST or EYE more profitable?

National Vision has a net margin of -0.81% compared to Envista's net margin of -44.56%. Envista's return on equity of 3.86% beat National Vision's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Envista	-44.56%	3.86%	2.21%
National Vision	-0.81%	3.52%	1.39%

Does the media refer more to NVST or EYE?

In the previous week, Envista and Envista both had 4 articles in the media. Envista's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat National Vision's score of 1.06 indicating that Envista is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Envista	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
National Vision	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, NVST or EYE?

National Vision has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Envista. National Vision is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Envista, 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
Envista	$2.51B	1.43	-$1.12B	-$6.49	-3.22
National Vision	$2.13B	0.43	-$65.90M	-$0.20	-58.50

Summary

National Vision beats Envista on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.