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Lucid Diagnostics (LUCD) Competitors

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$0.92
-0.05 (-5.15%)
(As of 11/1/2024 ET)

LUCD vs. BDSX, ELMD, NPCE, PROF, BWAY, DRTS, LAKE, GUTS, KRMD, and PDEX

Should you be buying Lucid Diagnostics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lucid Diagnostics include Biodesix (BDSX), Electromed (ELMD), NeuroPace (NPCE), Profound Medical (PROF), BrainsWay (BWAY), Alpha Tau Medical (DRTS), Lakeland Industries (LAKE), Fractyl Health (GUTS), KORU Medical Systems (KRMD), and Pro-Dex (PDEX).

Lucid Diagnostics vs.

Lucid Diagnostics (NASDAQ:LUCD) and Biodesix (NASDAQ:BDSX) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, earnings and analyst recommendations.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Lucid Diagnostics$2.43M20.45-$52.67M-$1.23-0.75
Biodesix$49.09M3.84-$52.15M-$0.46-2.83

In the previous week, Biodesix had 4 more articles in the media than Lucid Diagnostics. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Biodesix and 2 mentions for Lucid Diagnostics. Biodesix's average media sentiment score of -0.17 beat Lucid Diagnostics' score of -0.25 indicating that Biodesix is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Lucid Diagnostics
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Biodesix
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

74.0% of Lucid Diagnostics shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 21.0% of Biodesix shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.8% of Lucid Diagnostics shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 69.2% of Biodesix shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Lucid Diagnostics presently has a consensus target price of $3.94, indicating a potential upside of 327.76%. Biodesix has a consensus target price of $3.06, indicating a potential upside of 135.38%. Given Lucid Diagnostics' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Lucid Diagnostics is more favorable than Biodesix.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Lucid Diagnostics
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.20
Biodesix
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Lucid Diagnostics received 3 more outperform votes than Biodesix when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 74.36% of users gave Biodesix an outperform vote while only 65.31% of users gave Lucid Diagnostics an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Lucid DiagnosticsOutperform Votes
32
65.31%
Underperform Votes
17
34.69%
BiodesixOutperform Votes
29
74.36%
Underperform Votes
10
25.64%

Biodesix has a net margin of -73.08% compared to Lucid Diagnostics' net margin of -1,227.74%. Lucid Diagnostics' return on equity of 0.00% beat Biodesix's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Lucid Diagnostics-1,227.74% N/A -112.67%
Biodesix -73.08%-505.95%-44.09%

Lucid Diagnostics has a beta of 1.47, suggesting that its stock price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Biodesix has a beta of 1.22, suggesting that its stock price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Biodesix beats Lucid Diagnostics on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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LUCD vs. The Competition

MetricLucid DiagnosticsSurgical & medical instruments IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$49.70M$4.45B$5.33B$8.52B
Dividend YieldN/A41.87%5.07%4.13%
P/E Ratio-0.7544.53128.5816.13
Price / Sales20.4561.401,490.3793.20
Price / CashN/A49.3439.6234.18
Price / Book-1.964.264.765.07
Net Income-$52.67M$11.52M$118.92M$225.46M
7 Day Performance2.46%1.06%0.78%0.54%
1 Month Performance8.95%0.92%5.62%3.75%
1 Year Performance-28.09%39.37%36.67%29.48%

Lucid Diagnostics Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LUCD
Lucid Diagnostics
2.2298 of 5 stars
$0.92
-5.2%
$3.94
+327.8%
-29.2%$49.70M$2.43M-0.7570Gap Down
BDSX
Biodesix
3.1246 of 5 stars
$1.30
-23.5%
$3.06
+135.4%
-6.5%$188.73M$49.09M-2.83220News Coverage
High Trading Volume
ELMD
Electromed
N/A$22.90
-1.5%
N/A+118.9%$192.36M$54.72M39.48174
NPCE
NeuroPace
3.3184 of 5 stars
$6.29
-2.5%
$14.00
+122.6%
-8.8%$183.67M$65.42M-5.77170Gap Up
PROF
Profound Medical
2.1805 of 5 stars
$7.35
+1.1%
$13.75
+87.1%
-13.3%$181.25M$7.20M-6.02150Upcoming Earnings
News Coverage
Positive News
BWAY
BrainsWay
3.0354 of 5 stars
$10.23
+2.3%
$13.17
+28.7%
+180.3%$170.64M$31.78M204.64120Gap Up
DRTS
Alpha Tau Medical
2.151 of 5 stars
$2.30
-1.7%
$8.00
+247.8%
-32.7%$160.24MN/A-5.7580Gap Up
LAKE
Lakeland Industries
4.8669 of 5 stars
$19.27
+3.7%
$26.50
+37.5%
+34.7%$142.60M$124.69M80.291,750Analyst Downgrade
News Coverage
High Trading Volume
GUTS
Fractyl Health
1.6187 of 5 stars
$2.84
+0.7%
$22.00
+674.6%
N/A$136.11M$119,000.000.00102Gap Up
KRMD
KORU Medical Systems
1.3942 of 5 stars
$2.70
-7.5%
$3.33
+23.5%
+20.5%$123.80M$28.52M-10.8080Short Interest ↑
PDEX
Pro-Dex
1.6513 of 5 stars
$36.94
+19.1%
$30.00
-18.8%
+108.7%$122.75M$53.84M59.58140News Coverage
Gap Up
High Trading Volume

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This page (NASDAQ:LUCD) was last updated on 11/2/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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