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Obalon Therapeutics (OBLN) Competitors

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OBLN vs. SGHT, PDEX, BWAY, NVRO, QIPT, SRTS, TLSI, TELA, GUTS, and MGRM

Should you be buying Obalon Therapeutics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Obalon Therapeutics include Sight Sciences (SGHT), Pro-Dex (PDEX), BrainsWay (BWAY), Nevro (NVRO), Quipt Home Medical (QIPT), Sensus Healthcare (SRTS), TriSalus Life Sciences (TLSI), TELA Bio (TELA), Fractyl Health (GUTS), and Monogram Orthopaedics (MGRM). These companies are all part of the "medical" sector.

Obalon Therapeutics vs.

Obalon Therapeutics (NASDAQ:OBLN) and Sight Sciences (NASDAQ:SGHT) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment, earnings, risk, dividends, valuation and analyst recommendations.

Obalon Therapeutics received 229 more outperform votes than Sight Sciences when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 48.24% of users gave Obalon Therapeutics an outperform vote while only 29.82% of users gave Sight Sciences an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Obalon TherapeuticsOutperform Votes
246
48.24%
Underperform Votes
264
51.76%
Sight SciencesOutperform Votes
17
29.82%
Underperform Votes
40
70.18%

Obalon Therapeutics has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Sight Sciences.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Obalon Therapeutics$1.59M27.61-$12.33MN/AN/A
Sight Sciences$79.54M2.28-$55.55M-$1.02-3.50

Sight Sciences has a consensus price target of $5.12, indicating a potential upside of 43.42%. Given Sight Sciences' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Sight Sciences is more favorable than Obalon Therapeutics.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Obalon Therapeutics
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Sight Sciences
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.17

Sight Sciences has a net margin of -63.30% compared to Obalon Therapeutics' net margin of -776.76%. Sight Sciences' return on equity of -47.28% beat Obalon Therapeutics' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Obalon Therapeutics-776.76% -161.38% -83.58%
Sight Sciences -63.30%-47.28%-32.72%

In the previous week, Sight Sciences had 2 more articles in the media than Obalon Therapeutics. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Sight Sciences and 0 mentions for Obalon Therapeutics. Sight Sciences' average media sentiment score of 0.40 beat Obalon Therapeutics' score of 0.00 indicating that Sight Sciences is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Obalon Therapeutics Neutral
Sight Sciences Neutral

18.6% of Obalon Therapeutics shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.5% of Sight Sciences shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.1% of Obalon Therapeutics shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 28.9% of Sight Sciences shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Obalon Therapeutics has a beta of -1.23, indicating that its share price is 223% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sight Sciences has a beta of 2.58, indicating that its share price is 158% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Sight Sciences beats Obalon Therapeutics on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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OBLN vs. The Competition

MetricObalon TherapeuticsSurgical & Medical Instruments IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$43.90M$4.34B$5.14B$9.08B
Dividend YieldN/A44.57%5.09%4.23%
P/E Ratio-3.2425.3790.1317.18
Price / Sales27.6145.881,116.34117.09
Price / CashN/A43.4043.1037.85
Price / Book7.307.094.784.78
Net Income-$12.33M$13.64M$120.31M$225.60M

Obalon Therapeutics Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
OBLN
Obalon Therapeutics
N/A$4.38
-2.0%
N/A+1,331.4%$43.90M$1.59M-3.242Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
SGHT
Sight Sciences
3.3907 of 5 stars
$3.68
+2.8%
$5.12
+39.1%
+13.3%$186.80M$81.06M-3.51210News Coverage
PDEX
Pro-Dex
1.6372 of 5 stars
$48.80
-1.3%
$52.00
+6.6%
+188.2%$159.09M$53.84M32.10140
BWAY
BrainsWay
4.0331 of 5 stars
$9.53
+1.2%
$13.17
+38.2%
+33.3%$158.94M$38.63M95.20120
NVRO
Nevro
2.1387 of 5 stars
$4.23
+3.9%
$8.05
+90.3%
-82.2%$158.50M$425.17M-2.231,215Analyst Forecast
QIPT
Quipt Home Medical
2.5482 of 5 stars
$3.09
+2.7%
$6.25
+102.3%
-51.7%$133.15M$221.74M-27.361,200Earnings Report
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Up
SRTS
Sensus Healthcare
3.7704 of 5 stars
$7.98
-2.2%
$12.50
+56.6%
+177.3%$130.79M$24.41M14.3240
TLSI
TriSalus Life Sciences
4.02 of 5 stars
$3.90
-0.3%
$12.08
+209.8%
-49.7%$118.92M$26.89M-1.57106Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Up
TELA
TELA Bio
2.9878 of 5 stars
$2.84
+2.5%
$9.25
+225.7%
-53.6%$111.87M$58.45M-1.64120
GUTS
Fractyl Health
0.8783 of 5 stars
$2.11
+3.4%
$22.00
+942.7%
N/A$101.49M$120,000.00-0.17102
MGRM
Monogram Orthopaedics
3.2283 of 5 stars
$2.78
+4.5%
$4.00
+43.9%
-23.1%$95.39M$364,999.00-5.6628

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This page (NASDAQ:OBLN) was last updated on 12/22/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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