FONAR (FONR) Competitors

CVRx (NASDAQ:CVRX) and FONAR (NASDAQ:FONR) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, community ranking and risk.

Does the media favor CVRX or FONR?

In the previous week, CVRx and CVRx both had 1 articles in the media. CVRx's average media sentiment score of 1.79 beat FONAR's score of 0.97 indicating that CVRx is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
CVRx	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
FONAR	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk & volatility, CVRX or FONR?

CVRx has a beta of 1.34, indicating that its stock price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FONAR has a beta of 1.27, indicating that its stock price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of CVRX or FONR?

75.3% of CVRx shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.6% of FONAR shares are held by institutional investors. 18.9% of CVRx shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of FONAR shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CVRX or FONR?

FONAR received 147 more outperform votes than CVRx when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.69% of users gave FONAR an outperform vote while only 73.33% of users gave CVRx an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
CVRx	Outperform Votes 33 73.33%	Underperform Votes 12 26.67%
FONAR	Outperform Votes 180 74.69%	Underperform Votes 61 25.31%

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, CVRX or FONR?

FONAR has higher revenue and earnings than CVRx. CVRx is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than FONAR, 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
CVRx	$51.29M	6.27	-$59.97M	-$2.69	-4.59
FONAR	$101.57M	0.85	$10.57M	$1.15	12.13

Is CVRX or FONR more profitable?

FONAR has a net margin of 7.68% compared to CVRx's net margin of -116.91%. FONAR's return on equity of 4.94% beat CVRx's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CVRx	-116.91%	-93.06%	-51.78%
FONAR	7.68%	4.94%	3.70%

Do analysts recommend CVRX or FONR?

CVRx presently has a consensus price target of $17.83, suggesting a potential upside of 44.28%. Given CVRx's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe CVRx is more favorable than FONAR.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CVRx	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.86
FONAR	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Summary

FONAR beats CVRx on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.