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Liquidia (LQDA) Competitors

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$14.03 +0.48 (+3.54%)
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LQDA vs. NARI, INSP, BLCO, IRTC, SLNO, PRCT, TMDX, NVST, LIVN, and LMAT

Should you be buying Liquidia stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Liquidia include Inari Medical (NARI), Inspire Medical Systems (INSP), Bausch + Lomb (BLCO), iRhythm Technologies (IRTC), Soleno Therapeutics (SLNO), PROCEPT BioRobotics (PRCT), TransMedics Group (TMDX), Envista (NVST), LivaNova (LIVN), and LeMaitre Vascular (LMAT). These companies are all part of the "medical equipment" industry.

Liquidia vs.

Liquidia (NASDAQ:LQDA) and Inari Medical (NASDAQ:NARI) are both medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations and risk.

Inari Medical has higher revenue and earnings than Liquidia. Inari Medical is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Liquidia, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Liquidia$14.00M85.51-$78.50M-$1.67-8.40
Inari Medical$493.63M9.48-$1.64M-$1.35-59.24

Inari Medical has a net margin of -13.68% compared to Liquidia's net margin of -765.38%. Inari Medical's return on equity of -10.09% beat Liquidia's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Liquidia-765.38% -163.21% -67.14%
Inari Medical -13.68%-10.09%-6.60%

64.5% of Liquidia shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.0% of Inari Medical shares are held by institutional investors. 30.1% of Liquidia shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.6% of Inari Medical shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Liquidia received 141 more outperform votes than Inari Medical when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.77% of users gave Liquidia an outperform vote while only 57.89% of users gave Inari Medical an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
LiquidiaOutperform Votes
207
68.77%
Underperform Votes
94
31.23%
Inari MedicalOutperform Votes
66
57.89%
Underperform Votes
48
42.11%

Liquidia has a beta of 0.23, meaning that its share price is 77% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Inari Medical has a beta of 1.02, meaning that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Liquidia had 15 more articles in the media than Inari Medical. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Liquidia and 0 mentions for Inari Medical. Inari Medical's average media sentiment score of 1.44 beat Liquidia's score of 1.22 indicating that Inari Medical is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Liquidia Positive
Inari Medical Positive

Liquidia currently has a consensus price target of $26.63, indicating a potential upside of 89.77%. Inari Medical has a consensus price target of $68.00, indicating a potential downside of 14.97%. Given Liquidia's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Liquidia is more favorable than Inari Medical.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Liquidia
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.11
Inari Medical
0 Sell rating(s)
12 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.14

Summary

Liquidia beats Inari Medical on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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LQDA vs. The Competition

MetricLiquidiaPharmaceutical IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1.20B$6.59B$5.41B$7.70B
Dividend YieldN/A3.21%5.44%4.33%
P/E Ratio-8.617.0522.1818.31
Price / Sales85.51273.45397.31107.04
Price / CashN/A65.6738.2034.62
Price / Book19.226.506.834.25
Net Income-$78.50M$142.50M$3.20B$247.51M
7 Day Performance2.26%8.32%5.77%6.86%
1 Month Performance-10.06%-5.61%-4.32%-2.95%
1 Year Performance13.42%0.11%17.88%5.17%

Liquidia Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LQDA
Liquidia
2.6728 of 5 stars
$14.03
+3.5%
$26.63
+89.8%
+11.8%$1.20B$14.00M-8.6150News Coverage
NARI
Inari Medical
0.659 of 5 stars
$79.97
flat
$68.00
-15.0%
N/A$4.68B$493.63M-59.24800Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
INSP
Inspire Medical Systems
4.6866 of 5 stars
$149.61
+1.4%
$226.70
+51.5%
-32.5%$4.45B$802.80M86.481,246Gap Up
BLCO
Bausch + Lomb
3.939 of 5 stars
$12.25
+7.5%
$18.82
+53.6%
-6.7%$4.33B$4.79B-13.4612,500Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
IRTC
iRhythm Technologies
1.043 of 5 stars
$103.20
+1.1%
$119.73
+16.0%
-10.0%$3.24B$591.84M-28.351,790Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
SLNO
Soleno Therapeutics
4.8179 of 5 stars
$70.00
+4.1%
$99.63
+42.3%
+88.7%$3.21BN/A-21.0830Analyst Forecast
Positive News
PRCT
PROCEPT BioRobotics
2.6068 of 5 stars
$53.76
+3.2%
$91.43
+70.1%
+0.2%$2.95B$224.50M-27.57430Earnings Report
News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Up
TMDX
TransMedics Group
2.6845 of 5 stars
$86.84
+7.8%
$122.70
+41.3%
+6.0%$2.92B$441.54M92.38210Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
NVST
Envista
4.0836 of 5 stars
$15.63
+1.1%
$20.18
+29.1%
-21.2%$2.69B$2.51B-2.4112,700Upcoming Earnings
Gap Up
LIVN
LivaNova
3.6613 of 5 stars
$35.46
+4.4%
$61.17
+72.5%
-33.4%$1.93B$1.25B84.432,900Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
LMAT
LeMaitre Vascular
2.2924 of 5 stars
$83.78
+1.2%
$95.25
+13.7%
+43.3%$1.89B$219.86M45.78490Upcoming Earnings
Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:LQDA) was last updated on 4/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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