LAKE vs. BVS, CBLL, EMBC, BFLY, IRMD, AVNS, BBNX, SIBN, KIDS, and OM
Should you be buying Lakeland Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lakeland Industries include Bioventus (BVS), CeriBell (CBLL), Embecta (EMBC), Butterfly Network (BFLY), Iradimed (IRMD), Avanos Medical (AVNS), Beta Bionics (BBNX), SI-BONE (SIBN), OrthoPediatrics (KIDS), and Outset Medical (OM). These companies are all part of the "medical equipment" industry.
Lakeland Industries vs.
Bioventus (NYSE:BVS) and Lakeland Industries (NASDAQ:LAKE) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, risk, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking and profitability.
In the previous week, Lakeland Industries had 2 more articles in the media than Bioventus. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Lakeland Industries and 7 mentions for Bioventus. Bioventus' average media sentiment score of 1.29 beat Lakeland Industries' score of 0.62 indicating that Bioventus is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Bioventus has a beta of 0.86, suggesting that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lakeland Industries has a beta of 0.96, suggesting that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Lakeland Industries received 174 more outperform votes than Bioventus when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.27% of users gave Bioventus an outperform vote while only 62.12% of users gave Lakeland Industries an outperform vote.
62.9% of Bioventus shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.7% of Lakeland Industries shares are held by institutional investors. 32.9% of Bioventus shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.2% of Lakeland Industries shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Lakeland Industries has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Bioventus. Lakeland Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bioventus, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Lakeland Industries has a net margin of -0.42% compared to Bioventus' net margin of -7.11%. Bioventus' return on equity of 15.61% beat Lakeland Industries' return on equity.
Bioventus presently has a consensus price target of $15.00, suggesting a potential upside of 64.35%. Lakeland Industries has a consensus price target of $28.25, suggesting a potential upside of 37.47%. Given Bioventus' higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Bioventus is more favorable than Lakeland Industries.
Summary
Lakeland Industries beats Bioventus on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:LAKE) was last updated on 3/31/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
