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$1.59 +0.05 (+3.25%)
(As of 11/20/2024 ET)

NEPH vs. SSKN, APT, LUCD, NTRB, APYX, CTSO, NXL, CLGN, MLSS, and BLAC

Should you be buying Nephros stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Nephros include STRATA Skin Sciences (SSKN), Alpha Pro Tech (APT), Lucid Diagnostics (LUCD), Nutriband (NTRB), Apyx Medical (APYX), Cytosorbents (CTSO), Nexalin Technology (NXL), CollPlant Biotechnologies (CLGN), Milestone Scientific (MLSS), and Bellevue Life Sciences Acquisition (BLAC). These companies are all part of the "medical equipment" industry.

Nephros vs.

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

STRATA Skin Sciences received 210 more outperform votes than Nephros when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.90% of users gave STRATA Skin Sciences an outperform vote while only 43.33% of users gave Nephros an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
STRATA Skin SciencesOutperform Votes
223
63.90%
Underperform Votes
126
36.10%
NephrosOutperform Votes
13
43.33%
Underperform Votes
17
56.67%

Nephros has a consensus target price of $5.00, suggesting a potential upside of 214.47%. Given Nephros' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Nephros is more favorable than STRATA Skin Sciences.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
STRATA Skin Sciences
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Nephros
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

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

Nephros has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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
STRATA Skin Sciences$33.36M0.39-$10.83M-$2.66-1.16
Nephros$14.24M1.18-$1.58M-$0.09-17.67

Nephros has a net margin of -6.86% compared to STRATA Skin Sciences' net margin of -28.72%. Nephros' return on equity of -11.39% beat STRATA Skin Sciences' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
STRATA Skin Sciences-28.72% -69.33% -17.55%
Nephros -6.86%-11.39%-8.30%

In the previous week, STRATA Skin Sciences had 8 more articles in the media than Nephros. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for STRATA Skin Sciences and 1 mentions for Nephros. Nephros' average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat STRATA Skin Sciences' score of -0.03 indicating that Nephros is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

STRATA Skin Sciences has a beta of 1.32, suggesting that its stock price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nephros has a beta of 1.19, suggesting that its stock price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Nephros beats STRATA Skin Sciences on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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NEPH vs. The Competition

MetricNephrosSurgical & medical instruments IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$16.24M$4.41B$5.01B$8.81B
Dividend YieldN/A41.16%5.16%4.06%
P/E Ratio-17.6724.82134.3717.77
Price / Sales1.1847.021,158.6875.18
Price / CashN/A51.8733.5332.53
Price / Book2.044.974.674.68
Net Income-$1.58M$13.76M$119.07M$226.08M
7 Day Performance0.63%-1.08%-1.83%-1.04%
1 Month Performance10.42%0.58%-3.62%1.04%
1 Year Performance-27.73%50.91%31.63%26.28%

Nephros Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NEPH
Nephros
2.1854 of 5 stars
$1.59
+3.2%
$5.00
+214.5%
-24.3%$16.24M$14.24M-17.6730Gap Up
SSKN
STRATA Skin Sciences
0.583 of 5 stars
$3.09
+2.0%
N/A-40.7%$12.64M$33.36M0.00120
APT
Alpha Pro Tech
N/A$5.29
-1.1%
N/A+11.1%$58.13M$59.29M14.28120
LUCD
Lucid Diagnostics
3.2198 of 5 stars
$1.00
+4.2%
$3.69
+268.8%
-23.1%$56.72M$2.43M0.0070
NTRB
Nutriband
0.6276 of 5 stars
$4.98
+1.4%
N/A+125.3%$54.53M$2.09M0.0010
APYX
Apyx Medical
1.4466 of 5 stars
$1.40
+9.4%
N/A-39.1%$52.70M$48.54M-1.58270
CTSO
Cytosorbents
1.2772 of 5 stars
$0.92
-4.2%
$2.00
+118.4%
-34.6%$52.47M$33.79M-2.54186Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
NXL
Nexalin Technology
0.7353 of 5 stars
$3.80
-2.1%
$3.00
-21.1%
+1,051.5%$49.90M$110,000.000.003
CLGN
CollPlant Biotechnologies
1.8582 of 5 stars
$4.23
+1.0%
$11.00
+160.0%
-24.2%$48.43M$10.96M-2.7570Upcoming Earnings
MLSS
Milestone Scientific
2.1701 of 5 stars
$0.68
+9.7%
$1.25
+84.4%
-15.8%$48.30M$9.83M0.0030Analyst Forecast
BLAC
Bellevue Life Sciences Acquisition
N/A$11.60
-0.6%
N/A+11.0%$46.86MN/A0.00N/A

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This page (NASDAQ:NEPH) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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