Pro-Dex (PDEX) Competitors

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

Which has more risk & volatility, SMLR or PDEX?

Semler Scientific has a beta of 1.17, indicating that its share price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pro-Dex has a beta of 0.53, indicating that its share price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate SMLR or PDEX?

Semler Scientific currently has a consensus price target of $71.00, indicating a potential upside of 48.72%. Pro-Dex has a consensus price target of $52.00, indicating a potential upside of 62.50%. Given Pro-Dex's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Pro-Dex is more favorable than Semler Scientific.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Semler Scientific	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Pro-Dex	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, SMLR or PDEX?

Semler Scientific has higher revenue and earnings than Pro-Dex. Semler Scientific 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
Semler Scientific	$56.29M	7.86	$20.58M	$4.91	9.72
Pro-Dex	$53.84M	1.94	$2.13M	$2.01	15.92

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in SMLR or PDEX?

49.4% of Semler Scientific shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 15.3% of Pro-Dex shares are held by institutional investors. 30.2% of Semler Scientific shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 47.5% of Pro-Dex shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer SMLR or PDEX?

Pro-Dex received 153 more outperform votes than Semler Scientific when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.67% of users gave Semler Scientific an outperform vote while only 62.00% of users gave Pro-Dex an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Semler Scientific	Outperform Votes 2 66.67%	Underperform Votes 1 33.33%
Pro-Dex	Outperform Votes 155 62.00%	Underperform Votes 95 38.00%

Does the media prefer SMLR or PDEX?

In the previous week, Semler Scientific had 8 more articles in the media than Pro-Dex. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Semler Scientific and 0 mentions for Pro-Dex. Pro-Dex's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Semler Scientific's score of 0.65 indicating that Pro-Dex is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Semler Scientific	Positive
Pro-Dex	Positive

Is SMLR or PDEX more profitable?

Semler Scientific has a net margin of 72.65% compared to Pro-Dex's net margin of 11.06%. Semler Scientific's return on equity of 50.77% beat Pro-Dex's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Semler Scientific	72.65%	50.77%	47.04%
Pro-Dex	11.06%	21.68%	12.40%

Summary

Semler Scientific beats Pro-Dex on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.