Pro-Dex (PDEX) Competitors

Pro-Dex (NASDAQ:PDEX) and OrthoPediatrics (NASDAQ:KIDS) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, earnings, risk, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking and analyst recommendations.

Is PDEX or KIDS more profitable?

Pro-Dex has a net margin of 9.17% compared to OrthoPediatrics' net margin of -15.00%. Pro-Dex's return on equity of 16.74% beat OrthoPediatrics' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Pro-Dex	9.17%	16.74%	9.98%
OrthoPediatrics	-15.00%	-5.78%	-4.80%

Do analysts rate PDEX or KIDS?

Pro-Dex presently has a consensus target price of $52.00, indicating a potential upside of 17.25%. OrthoPediatrics has a consensus target price of $39.00, indicating a potential upside of 43.59%. Given OrthoPediatrics' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe OrthoPediatrics is more favorable than Pro-Dex.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Pro-Dex	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
OrthoPediatrics	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in PDEX or KIDS?

15.3% of Pro-Dex shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.1% of OrthoPediatrics shares are owned by institutional investors. 47.5% of Pro-Dex shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 31.8% of OrthoPediatrics shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has higher valuation & earnings, PDEX or KIDS?

Pro-Dex has higher earnings, but lower revenue than OrthoPediatrics. OrthoPediatrics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Pro-Dex, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Pro-Dex	$53.84M	2.69	$2.13M	$1.54	28.80
OrthoPediatrics	$148.73M	4.42	-$20.97M	-$1.23	-22.08

Does the media favor PDEX or KIDS?

In the previous week, Pro-Dex had 8 more articles in the media than OrthoPediatrics. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Pro-Dex and 4 mentions for OrthoPediatrics. OrthoPediatrics' average media sentiment score of 0.52 beat Pro-Dex's score of 0.40 indicating that OrthoPediatrics is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Pro-Dex	7 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
OrthoPediatrics	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer PDEX or KIDS?

OrthoPediatrics received 157 more outperform votes than Pro-Dex when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.26% of users gave OrthoPediatrics an outperform vote while only 61.85% of users gave Pro-Dex an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Pro-Dex	Outperform Votes 154 61.85%	Underperform Votes 95 38.15%
OrthoPediatrics	Outperform Votes 311 64.26%	Underperform Votes 173 35.74%

Which has more volatility and risk, PDEX or KIDS?

Pro-Dex has a beta of 0.56, meaning that its share price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, OrthoPediatrics has a beta of 1.14, meaning that its share price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

OrthoPediatrics beats Pro-Dex on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.