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NEPH vs. INFU, PROF, ELMD, LNSR, BSGM, RCEL, TLSI, LAKE, AVR, and PDEX

Should you be buying Nephros stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Nephros include InfuSystem (INFU), Profound Medical (PROF), Electromed (ELMD), LENSAR (LNSR), Biosig Technologies (BSGM), Avita Medical (RCEL), TriSalus Life Sciences (TLSI), Lakeland Industries (LAKE), Anteris Technologies Global (AVR), and Pro-Dex (PDEX). These companies are all part of the "medical equipment" industry.

Nephros vs. Its Competitors

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

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Nephros$14.16M3.01$70K$0.1233.50
InfuSystem$139.89M1.40$870K$0.2341.78

Nephros has a net margin of 7.95% compared to InfuSystem's net margin of 1.12%. Nephros' return on equity of 14.89% beat InfuSystem's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Nephros7.95% 14.89% 11.64%
InfuSystem 1.12%2.78%1.41%

Nephros has a beta of 1.11, suggesting that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, InfuSystem has a beta of 1.81, suggesting that its stock price is 81% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, InfuSystem's average media sentiment score of 0.33 beat Nephros' score of 0.00 indicating that InfuSystem is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Nephros Neutral
InfuSystem Neutral

41.1% of Nephros shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.1% of InfuSystem shares are held by institutional investors. 6.7% of Nephros shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 10.2% of InfuSystem shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Nephros currently has a consensus price target of $5.50, indicating a potential upside of 36.82%. InfuSystem has a consensus price target of $12.50, indicating a potential upside of 30.07%. Given Nephros' higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Nephros is more favorable than InfuSystem.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Nephros
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
InfuSystem
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
3 Strong Buy rating(s)
4.00

Summary

InfuSystem beats Nephros on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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NEPH vs. The Competition

MetricNephrosMED PRODUCTS IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$42.61M$10.74B$5.74B$9.56B
Dividend YieldN/A1.89%4.53%4.08%
P/E Ratio33.5020.5330.4525.16
Price / Sales3.0130.41392.5887.64
Price / Cash206.3924.4637.0358.50
Price / Book4.423.388.956.21
Net Income$70K$211.77M$3.26B$265.38M
7 Day Performance0.50%0.86%1.06%-1.13%
1 Month Performance12.61%9.94%4.31%-0.71%
1 Year Performance117.30%-10.78%28.40%18.89%

Nephros Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NEPH
Nephros
1.6596 of 5 stars
$4.02
-1.5%
$5.50
+36.8%
+120.5%$42.61M$14.16M33.5030
INFU
InfuSystem
3.4056 of 5 stars
$8.67
+0.8%
$12.50
+44.2%
N/A$179.14M$139.89M146.19410
PROF
Profound Medical
1.7719 of 5 stars
$5.62
-0.3%
$11.00
+95.9%
-51.1%$168.73M$10.68M-4.60150Earnings Report
ELMD
Electromed
1.7504 of 5 stars
$19.14
0.0%
$33.50
+75.0%
+33.2%$160.76M$61.44M25.56160News Coverage
LNSR
LENSAR
1.0488 of 5 stars
$13.04
+0.1%
$15.00
+15.0%
+209.1%$153.42M$53.49M-3.09110Positive News
BSGM
Biosig Technologies
1.9499 of 5 stars
$4.56
+11.5%
$10.00
+119.3%
+995.1%$142.87M$40K0.0050Earnings Report
RCEL
Avita Medical
1.445 of 5 stars
$5.23
+8.7%
$12.40
+137.1%
-47.1%$137.83M$64.25M-2.65130News Coverage
TLSI
TriSalus Life Sciences
3.0549 of 5 stars
$3.49
-2.2%
$10.75
+208.0%
-10.2%$132.06M$29.43M-3.12106Analyst Revision
LAKE
Lakeland Industries
4.1518 of 5 stars
$13.84
+0.6%
$26.00
+87.9%
-38.0%$131.47M$167.21M-4.592,100
AVR
Anteris Technologies Global
N/A$3.43
-2.0%
$16.50
+381.0%
N/A$123.69M$2.70M0.00138
PDEX
Pro-Dex
1.6783 of 5 stars
$37.66
-2.0%
$56.00
+48.7%
+124.3%$122.77M$53.84M13.45140Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:NEPH) was last updated on 8/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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