OSUR vs. ANIK, CERS, UTMD, ATRI, PLSE, NVRO, LUNG, SKIN, SRDX, and BVS Should you be buying OraSure Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of OraSure Technologies include Anika Therapeutics (ANIK), Cerus (CERS), Utah Medical Products (UTMD), Atrion (ATRI), Pulse Biosciences (PLSE), Nevro (NVRO), Pulmonx (LUNG), Beauty Health (SKIN), Surmodics (SRDX), and Bioventus (BVS). These companies are all part of the "surgical & medical instruments" industry.
OraSure Technologies (NASDAQ:OSUR ) and Anika Therapeutics (NASDAQ:ANIK ) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, earnings, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership and dividends.
OraSure Technologies has a beta of 0.23, suggesting that its share price is 77% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Anika Therapeutics has a beta of 0.74, suggesting that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500.
OraSure Technologies has a net margin of 7.50% compared to Anika Therapeutics' net margin of -45.39%. OraSure Technologies' return on equity of 7.68% beat Anika Therapeutics' return on equity.
OraSure Technologies received 248 more outperform votes than Anika Therapeutics when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.72% of users gave OraSure Technologies an outperform vote while only 64.38% of users gave Anika Therapeutics an outperform vote.
OraSure Technologies currently has a consensus price target of $6.63, suggesting a potential upside of 34.65%. Anika Therapeutics has a consensus price target of $29.50, suggesting a potential upside of 16.14%. Given OraSure Technologies' higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe OraSure Technologies is more favorable than Anika Therapeutics.
OraSure Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than Anika Therapeutics. Anika Therapeutics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than OraSure Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Anika Therapeutics had 3 more articles in the media than OraSure Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Anika Therapeutics and 2 mentions for OraSure Technologies. Anika Therapeutics' average media sentiment score of -0.40 beat OraSure Technologies' score of -0.42 indicating that Anika Therapeutics is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
93.5% of OraSure Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.5% of Anika Therapeutics shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.4% of OraSure Technologies shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.9% of Anika Therapeutics shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary OraSure Technologies beats Anika Therapeutics on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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