IRIDEX (IRIX) Competitors

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

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in TELA or IRIX?

94.3% of TELA Bio shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 20.1% of IRIDEX shares are held by institutional investors. 6.0% of TELA Bio shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.3% of IRIDEX shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer TELA or IRIX?

In the previous week, IRIDEX had 1 more articles in the media than TELA Bio. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for IRIDEX and 1 mentions for TELA Bio. TELA Bio's average media sentiment score of 1.92 beat IRIDEX's score of 0.00 indicating that TELA Bio is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
TELA Bio	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
IRIDEX	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do analysts rate TELA or IRIX?

TELA Bio currently has a consensus target price of $9.25, indicating a potential upside of 240.07%. IRIDEX has a consensus target price of $2.00, indicating a potential upside of 32.89%. Given TELA Bio's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe TELA Bio is more favorable than IRIDEX.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
TELA Bio	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
IRIDEX	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Is TELA or IRIX more profitable?

IRIDEX has a net margin of -22.79% compared to TELA Bio's net margin of -60.49%. IRIDEX's return on equity of -192.95% beat TELA Bio's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
TELA Bio	-60.49%	-556.18%	-63.13%
IRIDEX	-22.79%	-192.95%	-33.97%

Which has more risk & volatility, TELA or IRIX?

TELA Bio has a beta of 1, suggesting that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, IRIDEX has a beta of 0.84, suggesting that its share price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better earnings & valuation, TELA or IRIX?

IRIDEX has lower revenue, but higher earnings than TELA Bio. IRIDEX is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TELA Bio, 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
TELA Bio	$68.65M	1.56	-$46.66M	-$1.69	-1.61
IRIDEX	$51.87M	0.48	-$9.57M	-$0.67	-2.25

Does the MarketBeat Community favor TELA or IRIX?

IRIDEX received 213 more outperform votes than TELA Bio when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 74.68% of users gave TELA Bio an outperform vote while only 63.70% of users gave IRIDEX an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
TELA Bio	Outperform Votes 59 74.68%	Underperform Votes 20 25.32%
IRIDEX	Outperform Votes 272 63.70%	Underperform Votes 155 36.30%

Summary

TELA Bio beats IRIDEX on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.