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PLSE vs. IRTC, SLNO, PRCT, NVST, TMDX, ENOV, LIVN, NVCR, LMAT, and WRBY

Should you be buying Pulse Biosciences stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Pulse Biosciences include iRhythm Technologies (IRTC), Soleno Therapeutics (SLNO), PROCEPT BioRobotics (PRCT), Envista (NVST), TransMedics Group (TMDX), Enovis (ENOV), LivaNova (LIVN), NovoCure (NVCR), LeMaitre Vascular (LMAT), and Warby Parker (WRBY). These companies are all part of the "medical equipment" industry.

Pulse Biosciences vs.

Pulse Biosciences (NASDAQ:PLSE) and iRhythm Technologies (NASDAQ:IRTC) are both medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, profitability, media sentiment and risk.

iRhythm Technologies has a consensus target price of $119.73, indicating a potential upside of 23.63%. Given iRhythm Technologies' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe iRhythm Technologies is more favorable than Pulse Biosciences.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Pulse Biosciences
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
iRhythm Technologies
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.82

Pulse Biosciences has a net margin of 0.00% compared to iRhythm Technologies' net margin of -19.14%. Pulse Biosciences' return on equity of -96.89% beat iRhythm Technologies' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Pulse BiosciencesN/A -96.89% -74.83%
iRhythm Technologies -19.14%-118.83%-11.34%

iRhythm Technologies received 162 more outperform votes than Pulse Biosciences when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.07% of users gave iRhythm Technologies an outperform vote while only 63.50% of users gave Pulse Biosciences an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Pulse BiosciencesOutperform Votes
247
63.50%
Underperform Votes
142
36.50%
iRhythm TechnologiesOutperform Votes
409
66.07%
Underperform Votes
210
33.93%

76.9% of Pulse Biosciences shares are owned by institutional investors. 71.5% of Pulse Biosciences shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of iRhythm Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Pulse Biosciences has higher earnings, but lower revenue than iRhythm Technologies.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Pulse Biosciences$700K1,391.61-$42.21MN/AN/A
iRhythm Technologies$591.84M5.14-$123.41M-$3.64-26.60

In the previous week, iRhythm Technologies had 7 more articles in the media than Pulse Biosciences. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for iRhythm Technologies and 0 mentions for Pulse Biosciences. iRhythm Technologies' average media sentiment score of 1.41 beat Pulse Biosciences' score of 0.00 indicating that iRhythm Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Pulse Biosciences Neutral
iRhythm Technologies Positive

Pulse Biosciences has a beta of 1.87, indicating that its stock price is 87% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, iRhythm Technologies has a beta of 1.45, indicating that its stock price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

iRhythm Technologies beats Pulse Biosciences on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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PLSE vs. The Competition

MetricPulse BiosciencesSurgical & medical instruments IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$974.13M$3.88B$5.08B$6.91B
Dividend YieldN/A44.80%5.34%4.25%
P/E RatioN/A26.5021.2517.05
Price / Sales1,391.6142.89343.8985.99
Price / CashN/A51.0838.1534.64
Price / Book17.885.496.013.66
Net Income-$42.21M$66.64M$3.19B$247.27M
7 Day Performance-13.45%-10.99%-8.94%-9.80%
1 Month Performance-16.64%-12.30%-6.88%-12.84%
1 Year Performance92.30%3.73%0.43%-10.68%

Pulse Biosciences Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PLSE
Pulse Biosciences
0.7127 of 5 stars
$14.48
-4.5%
N/A+92.6%$974.13M$700,000.000.00140Gap Up
IRTC
iRhythm Technologies
1.1785 of 5 stars
$104.68
-0.3%
$119.73
+14.4%
-14.3%$3.29B$591.84M-28.761,790Positive News
SLNO
Soleno Therapeutics
4.5481 of 5 stars
$71.45
-0.8%
$98.86
+38.4%
+46.5%$3.28BN/A-21.5230High Trading Volume
PRCT
PROCEPT BioRobotics
2.5233 of 5 stars
$58.26
-3.0%
$94.29
+61.8%
-1.2%$3.19B$224.50M-29.88430Positive News
Gap Down
NVST
Envista
4.613 of 5 stars
$17.31
+2.0%
$20.18
+16.6%
-27.5%$2.98B$2.51B-2.6712,700Positive News
Gap Up
TMDX
TransMedics Group
2.3727 of 5 stars
$67.28
-1.9%
$122.70
+82.4%
-24.4%$2.26B$441.54M71.58210Gap Up
ENOV
Enovis
2.7833 of 5 stars
$38.25
+1.3%
$58.50
+52.9%
-50.4%$2.18B$2.11B-17.476,800Gap Up
LIVN
LivaNova
3.8188 of 5 stars
$39.28
+0.4%
$61.17
+55.7%
-38.1%$2.13B$1.25B93.522,900Positive News
Gap Up
NVCR
NovoCure
3.3504 of 5 stars
$17.82
-5.5%
$35.80
+100.9%
+8.4%$1.96B$605.22M-12.731,320Analyst Downgrade
Gap Down
LMAT
LeMaitre Vascular
2.7451 of 5 stars
$83.90
+1.0%
$95.25
+13.5%
+19.5%$1.89B$219.86M45.85490Gap Up
WRBY
Warby Parker
3.3714 of 5 stars
$18.25
-2.3%
$23.43
+28.4%
+5.8%$1.89B$771.32M-67.573,491Positive News
Gap Down
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