LAKE vs. EMBC, BVS, AXGN, CBLL, AVNS, IRMD, SIBN, TMCI, KIDS, and DCTH
Should you be buying Lakeland Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lakeland Industries include Embecta (EMBC), Bioventus (BVS), AxoGen (AXGN), CeriBell (CBLL), Avanos Medical (AVNS), Iradimed (IRMD), SI-BONE (SIBN), Treace Medical Concepts (TMCI), OrthoPediatrics (KIDS), and Delcath Systems (DCTH). These companies are all part of the "medical equipment" industry.
Lakeland Industries vs.
Embecta (NASDAQ:EMBC) and Lakeland Industries (NASDAQ:LAKE) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking, dividends, media sentiment, risk, valuation, profitability and analyst recommendations.
Embecta has a net margin of 5.25% compared to Lakeland Industries' net margin of -0.42%. Lakeland Industries' return on equity of 1.66% beat Embecta's return on equity.
In the previous week, Embecta had 1 more articles in the media than Lakeland Industries. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Embecta and 3 mentions for Lakeland Industries. Lakeland Industries' average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat Embecta's score of 0.69 indicating that Lakeland Industries is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Embecta pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Lakeland Industries pays an annual dividend of $0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Embecta pays out 60.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Lakeland Industries pays out -133.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
Embecta presently has a consensus price target of $23.00, suggesting a potential upside of 63.12%. Lakeland Industries has a consensus price target of $27.50, suggesting a potential upside of 11.25%. Given Embecta's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Embecta is more favorable than Lakeland Industries.
Lakeland Industries received 201 more outperform votes than Embecta when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.77% of users gave Lakeland Industries an outperform vote while only 6.25% of users gave Embecta an outperform vote.
Embecta has a beta of 1.2, indicating that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lakeland Industries has a beta of 0.62, indicating that its share price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500.
93.8% of Embecta shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.7% of Lakeland Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Embecta shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.2% of Lakeland Industries shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Embecta has higher revenue and earnings than Lakeland Industries. Lakeland Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Embecta, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Embecta beats Lakeland Industries on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:LAKE) was last updated on 2/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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