LivaNova (LIVN) Competitors

LivaNova (NASDAQ:LIVN) and Stevanato Group (NYSE:STVN) are both mid-cap medical companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership and dividends.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, LIVN or STVN?

Stevanato Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than LivaNova. LivaNova is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Stevanato Group, 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
LivaNova	$1.25B	1.73	$17.55M	$1.14	35.02
Stevanato Group	$1.10B	5.83	$157.62M	$0.48	44.29

Which has more volatility & risk, LIVN or STVN?

LivaNova has a beta of 1.1, indicating that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Stevanato Group has a beta of 0.6, indicating that its share price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is LIVN or STVN more profitable?

Stevanato Group has a net margin of 10.47% compared to LivaNova's net margin of 1.91%. LivaNova's return on equity of 13.81% beat Stevanato Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
LivaNova	1.91%	13.81%	7.07%
Stevanato Group	10.47%	9.86%	5.79%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in LIVN or STVN?

LivaNova received 374 more outperform votes than Stevanato Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.66% of users gave LivaNova an outperform vote while only 62.50% of users gave Stevanato Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
LivaNova	Outperform Votes 404 69.66%	Underperform Votes 176 30.34%
Stevanato Group	Outperform Votes 30 62.50%	Underperform Votes 18 37.50%

Does the media refer more to LIVN or STVN?

In the previous week, LivaNova and LivaNova both had 8 articles in the media. LivaNova's average media sentiment score of 1.41 beat Stevanato Group's score of 1.21 indicating that LivaNova is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
LivaNova	5 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Stevanato Group	7 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of LIVN or STVN?

97.6% of LivaNova shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of LivaNova shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Stevanato Group shares are held 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.

Do analysts prefer LIVN or STVN?

LivaNova presently has a consensus price target of $61.17, indicating a potential upside of 53.22%. Given LivaNova's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe LivaNova is more favorable than Stevanato Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
LivaNova	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.88
Stevanato Group	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.71

Summary

LivaNova beats Stevanato Group on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.