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Nephros (NEPH) Competitors

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$1.46
+0.01 (+0.69%)
(As of 11/1/2024 ET)

NEPH vs. SSKN, CTSO, LUCD, COCH, ICAD, ALUR, CLGN, APYX, CODX, and SURG

Should you be buying Nephros stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Nephros include STRATA Skin Sciences (SSKN), Cytosorbents (CTSO), Lucid Diagnostics (LUCD), Envoy Medical (COCH), iCAD (ICAD), Allurion Technologies (ALUR), CollPlant Biotechnologies (CLGN), Apyx Medical (APYX), Co-Diagnostics (CODX), and SurgePays (SURG). These companies are all part of the "medical equipment" industry.

Nephros vs.

Nephros (NASDAQ:NEPH) and STRATA Skin Sciences (NASDAQ:SSKN) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, earnings, profitability and community ranking.

Nephros has higher earnings, but lower revenue than STRATA Skin Sciences. Nephros is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than STRATA Skin Sciences, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Nephros$14.24M1.08-$1.58M-$0.13-11.22
STRATA Skin Sciences$33.36M0.37-$10.83M-$2.43-1.21

Nephros has a beta of 1.18, meaning that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, STRATA Skin Sciences has a beta of 1.35, meaning that its stock price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Nephros has a net margin of -9.40% compared to STRATA Skin Sciences' net margin of -25.40%. Nephros' return on equity of -15.64% beat STRATA Skin Sciences' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Nephros-9.40% -15.64% -11.43%
STRATA Skin Sciences -25.40%-50.45%-14.29%

Nephros currently has a consensus target price of $5.00, suggesting a potential upside of 242.72%. Given Nephros' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Nephros is more favorable than STRATA Skin Sciences.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Nephros
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
STRATA Skin Sciences
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
N/A

STRATA Skin Sciences received 211 more outperform votes than Nephros when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.90% of users gave STRATA Skin Sciences an outperform vote while only 41.38% of users gave Nephros an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
NephrosOutperform Votes
12
41.38%
Underperform Votes
17
58.62%
STRATA Skin SciencesOutperform Votes
223
63.90%
Underperform Votes
126
36.10%

In the previous week, Nephros and Nephros both had 1 articles in the media. Nephros' average media sentiment score of 0.33 beat STRATA Skin Sciences' score of -0.50 indicating that Nephros is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Nephros
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
STRATA Skin Sciences
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Negative

41.1% of Nephros shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 32.4% of STRATA Skin Sciences shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.1% of Nephros shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 39.0% of STRATA Skin Sciences shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Nephros beats STRATA Skin Sciences on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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NEPH vs. The Competition

MetricNephrosSurgical & medical instruments IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$15.38M$4.41B$5.50B$8.53B
Dividend YieldN/A42.37%5.13%4.14%
P/E Ratio-11.2239.21116.1015.23
Price / Sales1.0864.601,496.2597.74
Price / CashN/A49.0939.7434.10
Price / Book1.824.264.775.07
Net Income-$1.58M$11.52M$119.06M$225.46M
7 Day Performance5.72%1.06%0.80%0.37%
1 Month Performance-7.08%0.92%5.65%3.57%
1 Year Performance-9.94%39.37%36.75%29.43%

Nephros Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NEPH
Nephros
2.6342 of 5 stars
$1.46
+0.7%
$5.00
+242.7%
-15.2%$15.38M$14.24M-11.2230Upcoming Earnings
SSKN
STRATA Skin Sciences
0.5542 of 5 stars
$3.08
-1.6%
N/A-39.4%$12.85M$32.73M-1.27120News Coverage
CTSO
Cytosorbents
1.9252 of 5 stars
$1.01
flat
$2.00
+98.0%
-32.0%$54.85M$32.93M-1.91186Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
LUCD
Lucid Diagnostics
2.2298 of 5 stars
$0.97
-3.0%
$3.94
+306.3%
-29.2%$52.32M$3.80M-0.7970Gap Down
COCH
Envoy Medical
3.5817 of 5 stars
$2.65
+7.3%
$7.92
+198.7%
+104.0%$51.94M$302,000.000.0034News Coverage
Gap Up
ICAD
iCAD
0.464 of 5 stars
$1.86
+0.5%
N/A+37.9%$49.36M$18.80M-16.9167Short Interest ↑
ALUR
Allurion Technologies
1.9231 of 5 stars
$0.71
-2.7%
$2.88
+303.3%
-83.9%$45.88M$47.59M-0.81501Gap Up
CLGN
CollPlant Biotechnologies
2.1757 of 5 stars
$3.74
-0.5%
$11.00
+194.1%
-43.5%$42.83M$689,000.00-2.4370High Trading Volume
APYX
Apyx Medical
4.5297 of 5 stars
$1.17
-4.9%
$5.00
+327.4%
-49.1%$40.53M$49.03M-1.43270Upcoming Earnings
CODX
Co-Diagnostics
3.2389 of 5 stars
$1.21
-0.8%
$1.50
+24.0%
+13.1%$38.61M$9.14M-0.96100Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↑
SURG
SurgePays
3.6333 of 5 stars
$1.67
+9.2%
$9.00
+438.9%
-64.2%$32.97M$112.99M18.5622News Coverage

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