LAKE vs. IRMD, AXGN, SMLR, SIBN, KIDS, TMCI, CLPT, TCMD, NNOX, and DCTH
Should you be buying Lakeland Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lakeland Industries include Iradimed (IRMD), AxoGen (AXGN), Semler Scientific (SMLR), SI-BONE (SIBN), OrthoPediatrics (KIDS), Treace Medical Concepts (TMCI), ClearPoint Neuro (CLPT), Tactile Systems Technology (TCMD), Nano-X Imaging (NNOX), and Delcath Systems (DCTH). These companies are all part of the "medical equipment" industry.
Lakeland Industries vs.
Lakeland Industries (NASDAQ:LAKE) and Iradimed (NASDAQ:IRMD) are both small-cap industrial products companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, valuation, earnings, community ranking, risk and analyst recommendations.
71.7% of Lakeland Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.3% of Iradimed shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.2% of Lakeland Industries shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 37.1% of Iradimed shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Lakeland Industries had 14 more articles in the media than Iradimed. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Lakeland Industries and 1 mentions for Iradimed. Lakeland Industries' average media sentiment score of 0.33 beat Iradimed's score of 0.00 indicating that Lakeland Industries is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Iradimed received 50 more outperform votes than Lakeland Industries when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.78% of users gave Iradimed an outperform vote while only 61.77% of users gave Lakeland Industries an outperform vote.
Lakeland Industries presently has a consensus target price of $27.50, suggesting a potential upside of 19.57%. Iradimed has a consensus target price of $60.00, suggesting a potential upside of 10.97%. Given Lakeland Industries' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Lakeland Industries is more favorable than Iradimed.
Lakeland Industries pays an annual dividend of $0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Iradimed pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Lakeland Industries pays out -133.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Iradimed pays out 41.1% 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.
Lakeland Industries has a beta of 0.63, indicating that its stock price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Iradimed has a beta of 0.82, indicating that its stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Iradimed has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Lakeland Industries. Lakeland Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Iradimed, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Iradimed has a net margin of 26.12% compared to Lakeland Industries' net margin of -0.42%. Iradimed's return on equity of 23.99% beat Lakeland Industries' return on equity.
Summary
Iradimed beats Lakeland Industries on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:LAKE) was last updated on 12/23/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
