LifeMD (LFMD) Competitors

LifeMD (NASDAQ:LFMD) and Sharps Compliance (NASDAQ:SMED) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, community ranking and institutional ownership.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of LFMD or SMED?

35.5% of LifeMD shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 56.1% of Sharps Compliance shares are held by institutional investors. 16.0% of LifeMD shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.8% of Sharps Compliance shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, LFMD or SMED?

Sharps Compliance has lower revenue, but higher earnings than LifeMD. LifeMD is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sharps Compliance, 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
LifeMD	$152.55M	1.65	-$20.60M	-$0.64	-9.06
Sharps Compliance	$76.42M	2.22	$12.87M	$0.31	28.23

Do analysts rate LFMD or SMED?

LifeMD presently has a consensus target price of $12.00, suggesting a potential upside of 106.90%. Given LifeMD's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe LifeMD is more favorable than Sharps Compliance.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
LifeMD	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Sharps Compliance	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the media prefer LFMD or SMED?

In the previous week, LifeMD had 2 more articles in the media than Sharps Compliance. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for LifeMD and 0 mentions for Sharps Compliance. LifeMD's average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat Sharps Compliance's score of 0.00 indicating that LifeMD is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
LifeMD	Positive
Sharps Compliance	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community favor LFMD or SMED?

Sharps Compliance received 207 more outperform votes than LifeMD when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 75.56% of users gave LifeMD an outperform vote while only 49.49% of users gave Sharps Compliance an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
LifeMD	Outperform Votes 34 75.56%	Underperform Votes 11 24.44%
Sharps Compliance	Outperform Votes 241 49.49%	Underperform Votes 246 50.51%

Is LFMD or SMED more profitable?

Sharps Compliance has a net margin of 7.88% compared to LifeMD's net margin of -12.06%. Sharps Compliance's return on equity of 5.48% beat LifeMD's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
LifeMD	-12.06%	N/A	-36.34%
Sharps Compliance	7.88%	5.48%	3.71%

Which has more volatility and risk, LFMD or SMED?

LifeMD has a beta of 1.23, indicating that its share price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sharps Compliance has a beta of 1.28, indicating that its share price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Sharps Compliance beats LifeMD on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.