National Vision (EYE) Competitors

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

Does the media favor EYE or NVST?

In the previous week, National Vision had 7 more articles in the media than Envista. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for National Vision and 4 mentions for Envista. Envista's average media sentiment score of 0.46 beat National Vision's score of 0.24 indicating that Envista is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
National Vision	0 Very Positive mention(s)	6 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Envista	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has more volatility & risk, EYE or NVST?

National Vision has a beta of 1.42, meaning that its share price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Envista has a beta of 1.33, meaning that its share price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor EYE or NVST?

National Vision received 220 more outperform votes than Envista when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.46% of users gave National Vision an outperform vote while only 37.78% of users gave Envista an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
National Vision	Outperform Votes 254 65.46%	Underperform Votes 134 34.54%
Envista	Outperform Votes 34 37.78%	Underperform Votes 56 62.22%

Which has higher valuation and earnings, EYE or NVST?

National Vision has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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
National Vision	$2.13B	0.40	-$65.90M	-$0.20	-54.00
Envista	$2.50B	1.36	-$100.20M	-$7.77	-2.55

Do analysts rate EYE or NVST?

National Vision currently has a consensus price target of $13.50, indicating a potential upside of 25.00%. Envista has a consensus price target of $20.21, indicating a potential upside of 1.92%. Given National Vision's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe National Vision is more favorable than Envista.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
National Vision	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25
Envista	2 Sell rating(s)	10 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.07

Is EYE or NVST more profitable?

National Vision has a net margin of -0.81% compared to Envista's net margin of -53.42%. Envista's return on equity of 3.76% beat National Vision's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
National Vision	-0.81%	3.52%	1.39%
Envista	-53.42%	3.76%	2.24%

Summary

National Vision beats Envista on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.