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NEPH vs. APT, CTSO, WOK, APYX, DHAI, TMDIF, ICAD, INO, LUCD, and NTRB

Should you be buying Nephros stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Nephros include Alpha Pro Tech (APT), Cytosorbents (CTSO), WORK Medical Technology Group LTD Ordinary Shares (WOK), Apyx Medical (APYX), DIH Holding US (DHAI), Titan Medical (TMDIF), iCAD (ICAD), Inovio Pharmaceuticals (INO), Lucid Diagnostics (LUCD), and Nutriband (NTRB). These companies are all part of the "medical equipment" industry.

Nephros vs.

Nephros (NASDAQ:NEPH) and Alpha Pro Tech (NYSE:APT) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, risk and analyst recommendations.

Alpha Pro Tech has higher revenue and earnings than Nephros. Nephros is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Alpha Pro Tech, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Nephros$14.24M1.17-$1.58M-$0.09-17.49
Alpha Pro Tech$61.23M0.99$4.19M$0.3714.92

41.1% of Nephros shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 22.7% of Alpha Pro Tech shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.1% of Nephros shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 14.0% of Alpha Pro Tech shares are owned 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.

Nephros presently has a consensus target price of $5.00, suggesting a potential upside of 217.66%. Given Nephros' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Nephros is more favorable than Alpha Pro Tech.

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
Alpha Pro Tech
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

Alpha Pro Tech has a net margin of 6.99% compared to Nephros' net margin of -6.86%. Alpha Pro Tech's return on equity of 6.70% beat Nephros' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Nephros-6.86% -11.39% -8.30%
Alpha Pro Tech 6.99%6.70%5.76%

In the previous week, Nephros' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Alpha Pro Tech'saverage media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
Nephros Neutral
Alpha Pro Tech Neutral

Alpha Pro Tech received 6 more outperform votes than Nephros when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 100.00% of users gave Alpha Pro Tech an outperform vote while only 43.33% of users gave Nephros an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
NephrosOutperform Votes
13
43.33%
Underperform Votes
17
56.67%
Alpha Pro TechOutperform Votes
19
100.00%
Underperform Votes
No Votes

Nephros has a beta of 1.19, suggesting that its share price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alpha Pro Tech has a beta of -0.71, suggesting that its share price is 171% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Alpha Pro Tech beats Nephros on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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NEPH vs. The Competition

MetricNephrosSurgical & medical instruments IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$16.59M$4.83B$5.39B$9.13B
Dividend YieldN/A52.58%5.37%4.00%
P/E Ratio-17.4926.8888.8317.53
Price / Sales1.1758.531,284.8380.47
Price / CashN/A50.8936.6032.90
Price / Book1.977.904.964.69
Net Income-$1.58M$13.87M$117.89M$224.57M
7 Day Performance4.93%4.15%2.74%3.33%
1 Month Performance2.21%11.37%3.63%5.33%
1 Year Performance-54.44%33.39%27.26%22.97%

Nephros Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NEPH
Nephros
2.6633 of 5 stars
$1.57
-1.6%
$5.00
+217.7%
-53.7%$16.59M$14.24M-17.4930High Trading Volume
APT
Alpha Pro Tech
N/A$5.71
-1.0%
N/A+9.8%$62.80M$59.29M15.43120
CTSO
Cytosorbents
2.3734 of 5 stars
$1.11
+18.3%
$4.67
+320.5%
+7.3%$60.68M$33.79M-3.08220Analyst Forecast
WOK
WORK Medical Technology Group LTD Ordinary Shares
N/A$4.16
-3.7%
N/AN/A$60.32M$9.86M0.00226Positive News
APYX
Apyx Medical
1.121 of 5 stars
$1.51
-5.0%
N/A-30.2%$56.84M$48.54M-1.82270Gap Up
DHAI
DIH Holding US
N/A$1.35
-6.8%
N/AN/A$54.80M$64.47M0.00N/A
TMDIF
Titan Medical
N/A$0.47
-5.3%
N/A+639.8%$53.98M$17.63M-0.3850Gap Down
ICAD
iCAD
1.1986 of 5 stars
$1.90
flat
N/A+27.6%$50.43M$18.94M-14.62140News Coverage
Gap Down
INO
Inovio Pharmaceuticals
4.2207 of 5 stars
$1.92
-3.0%
$12.40
+545.8%
-97.9%$50.11M$203,413.00-0.92320
LUCD
Lucid Diagnostics
2.3845 of 5 stars
$0.81
-2.9%
$3.63
+345.4%
-41.9%$48.29M$4.19M-0.7170News Coverage
NTRB
Nutriband
0.2561 of 5 stars
$4.25
+2.9%
N/A+55.4%$47.20M$2.02M-5.9910Gap Down

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This page (NASDAQ:NEPH) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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