ICU vs. POCI, COCH, PYPD, XAIR, SURG, DHAI, IRIX, NXGL, RVP, and DRIO
Should you be buying SeaStar Medical stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of SeaStar Medical include Precision Optics (POCI), Envoy Medical (COCH), PolyPid (PYPD), Beyond Air (XAIR), SurgePays (SURG), DIH Holding US (DHAI), IRIDEX (IRIX), NEXGEL (NXGL), Retractable Technologies (RVP), and DarioHealth (DRIO). These companies are all part of the "medical equipment" industry.
SeaStar Medical vs.
Precision Optics (NASDAQ:POCI) and SeaStar Medical (NASDAQ:ICU) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, valuation and profitability.
SeaStar Medical received 1 more outperform votes than Precision Optics when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 100.00% of users gave SeaStar Medical an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave Precision Optics an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Precision Optics had 1 more articles in the media than SeaStar Medical. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Precision Optics and 1 mentions for SeaStar Medical. Precision Optics' average media sentiment score of 0.30 beat SeaStar Medical's score of -0.27 indicating that Precision Optics is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Precision Optics has a beta of 0.28, indicating that its share price is 72% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SeaStar Medical has a beta of -1.02, indicating that its share price is 202% less volatile than the S&P 500.
13.7% of Precision Optics shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.7% of SeaStar Medical shares are owned by institutional investors. 16.3% of Precision Optics shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of SeaStar Medical shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
SeaStar Medical has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Precision Optics' net margin of -21.46%. SeaStar Medical's return on equity of 0.00% beat Precision Optics' return on equity.
Precision Optics has higher revenue and earnings than SeaStar Medical. Precision Optics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SeaStar Medical, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Precision Optics beats SeaStar Medical on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:ICU) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
