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LUCD vs. KIDS, BFLY, TMCI, BBNX, NPCE, DCTH, SMLR, TCMD, CLPT, and CVRX

Should you be buying Lucid Diagnostics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lucid Diagnostics include OrthoPediatrics (KIDS), Butterfly Network (BFLY), Treace Medical Concepts (TMCI), Beta Bionics (BBNX), NeuroPace (NPCE), Delcath Systems (DCTH), Semler Scientific (SMLR), Tactile Systems Technology (TCMD), ClearPoint Neuro (CLPT), and CVRx (CVRX). These companies are all part of the "medical equipment" industry.

Lucid Diagnostics vs.

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

OrthoPediatrics has a beta of 1.17, indicating that its share price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lucid Diagnostics has a beta of 1.26, indicating that its share price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500.

OrthoPediatrics currently has a consensus price target of $37.00, indicating a potential upside of 79.70%. Lucid Diagnostics has a consensus price target of $3.40, indicating a potential upside of 211.93%. Given Lucid Diagnostics' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Lucid Diagnostics is more favorable than OrthoPediatrics.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
OrthoPediatrics
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.80
Lucid Diagnostics
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.20

OrthoPediatrics has a net margin of -15.00% compared to Lucid Diagnostics' net margin of -1,069.87%. Lucid Diagnostics' return on equity of 0.00% beat OrthoPediatrics' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
OrthoPediatrics-15.00% -5.78% -4.80%
Lucid Diagnostics -1,069.87%N/A -123.54%

In the previous week, OrthoPediatrics had 2 more articles in the media than Lucid Diagnostics. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for OrthoPediatrics and 7 mentions for Lucid Diagnostics. OrthoPediatrics' average media sentiment score of 0.41 beat Lucid Diagnostics' score of 0.21 indicating that OrthoPediatrics is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

69.1% of OrthoPediatrics shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.0% of Lucid Diagnostics shares are owned by institutional investors. 31.8% of OrthoPediatrics shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 8.8% of Lucid Diagnostics shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

OrthoPediatrics received 276 more outperform votes than Lucid Diagnostics when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.42% of users gave Lucid Diagnostics an outperform vote while only 64.42% of users gave OrthoPediatrics an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
OrthoPediatricsOutperform Votes
315
64.42%
Underperform Votes
174
35.58%
Lucid DiagnosticsOutperform Votes
39
68.42%
Underperform Votes
18
31.58%

OrthoPediatrics has higher revenue and earnings than Lucid Diagnostics. OrthoPediatrics 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
OrthoPediatrics$204.73M2.44-$20.97M-$1.63-12.63
Lucid Diagnostics$4.35M22.76-$52.67M-$1.08-1.01

Summary

Lucid Diagnostics beats OrthoPediatrics on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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LUCD vs. The Competition

MetricLucid DiagnosticsSurgical & medical instruments IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$98.92M$4.08B$5.29B$7.35B
Dividend YieldN/A39.51%5.11%4.32%
P/E Ratio-0.9627.7721.6917.68
Price / Sales22.7649.01373.9692.89
Price / CashN/A51.0838.1534.64
Price / Book-2.325.836.363.94
Net Income-$52.67M$67.64M$3.20B$247.45M
7 Day Performance-12.80%2.89%3.96%3.17%
1 Month Performance-25.85%-5.72%-10.34%-8.53%
1 Year Performance35.89%12.86%10.38%0.32%

Lucid Diagnostics Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LUCD
Lucid Diagnostics
2.3494 of 5 stars
$1.15
+5.0%
$3.40
+196.9%
+33.7%$103.01M$4.35M-1.0070Gap Down
KIDS
OrthoPediatrics
4.3207 of 5 stars
$21.80
-4.0%
$37.20
+70.6%
-31.8%$529.46M$204.73M-17.72200News Coverage
High Trading Volume
BFLY
Butterfly Network
2.465 of 5 stars
$2.08
+1.7%
$3.00
+44.6%
+160.0%$504.07M$82.06M-4.51460News Coverage
Positive News
TMCI
Treace Medical Concepts
2.8234 of 5 stars
$7.61
-1.8%
$10.14
+33.3%
-43.5%$476.53M$209.36M-7.69250News Coverage
BBNX
Beta Bionics
N/A$10.44
+5.3%
$24.83
+137.9%
N/A$452.56M$65.12M0.00294
NPCE
NeuroPace
3.0471 of 5 stars
$12.30
+0.6%
$15.20
+23.6%
-25.7%$400.49M$79.91M-12.30170Short Interest ↑
Gap Down
DCTH
Delcath Systems
2.966 of 5 stars
$10.91
-0.9%
$22.75
+108.5%
+144.2%$364.43M$37.21M-8.0860News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Down
SMLR
Semler Scientific
2.3299 of 5 stars
$34.15
+0.9%
$71.00
+107.9%
+19.3%$327.74M$56.29M6.96120Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
TCMD
Tactile Systems Technology
3.2431 of 5 stars
$13.33
+1.1%
$18.00
+35.0%
-7.2%$315.47M$292.98M19.04980Positive News
CLPT
ClearPoint Neuro
2.0838 of 5 stars
$10.95
-0.7%
$25.00
+128.3%
+106.5%$302.57M$31.39M-15.87110Gap Up
CVRX
CVRx
1.9651 of 5 stars
$11.54
-1.5%
$17.83
+54.5%
-62.5%$300.46M$51.29M-4.29160
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This page (NASDAQ:LUCD) was last updated on 4/17/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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