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PLSE vs. TMDX, SLNO, NVST, LIVN, WRBY, INSP, LQDA, PRCT, LMAT, and AORT

Should you be buying Pulse Biosciences stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Pulse Biosciences include TransMedics Group (TMDX), Soleno Therapeutics (SLNO), Envista (NVST), LivaNova (LIVN), Warby Parker (WRBY), Inspire Medical Systems (INSP), Liquidia Technologies (LQDA), PROCEPT BioRobotics (PRCT), LeMaitre Vascular (LMAT), and Artivion (AORT). These companies are all part of the "medical equipment" industry.

Pulse Biosciences vs. Its Competitors

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

TransMedics Group has higher revenue and earnings than Pulse Biosciences. Pulse Biosciences is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TransMedics Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Pulse Biosciences$700K1,440.75-$53.58M-$1.05-14.28
TransMedics Group$441.54M8.26$35.46M$1.9355.41

TransMedics Group has a net margin of 13.49% compared to Pulse Biosciences' net margin of 0.00%. TransMedics Group's return on equity of 28.02% beat Pulse Biosciences' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Pulse BiosciencesN/A -63.19% -54.98%
TransMedics Group 13.49%28.02%8.64%

In the previous week, TransMedics Group had 13 more articles in the media than Pulse Biosciences. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for TransMedics Group and 1 mentions for Pulse Biosciences. Pulse Biosciences' average media sentiment score of 1.31 beat TransMedics Group's score of 1.03 indicating that Pulse Biosciences is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Pulse Biosciences
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
TransMedics Group
10 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

77.0% of Pulse Biosciences shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.7% of TransMedics Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 71.5% of Pulse Biosciences shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.0% of TransMedics Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Pulse Biosciences has a beta of 1.68, suggesting that its stock price is 68% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TransMedics Group has a beta of 2.18, suggesting that its stock price is 118% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Pulse Biosciences presently has a consensus target price of $22.00, suggesting a potential upside of 46.76%. TransMedics Group has a consensus target price of $123.00, suggesting a potential upside of 15.02%. Given Pulse Biosciences' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Pulse Biosciences is more favorable than TransMedics Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Pulse Biosciences
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
TransMedics Group
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.78

Summary

TransMedics Group beats Pulse Biosciences on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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PLSE vs. The Competition

MetricPulse BiosciencesMED INSTRUMENTS IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1.05B$7.09B$5.77B$9.77B
Dividend YieldN/A1.19%6.66%4.49%
P/E Ratio-14.2825.2882.3726.60
Price / Sales1,440.7571.05536.82175.38
Price / CashN/A22.4425.7028.92
Price / Book9.676.9510.646.56
Net Income-$53.58M$176.68M$3.28B$266.04M
7 Day Performance-5.43%-0.23%-0.08%-0.58%
1 Month Performance1.63%3.72%10.36%6.24%
1 Year Performance-12.34%8.22%49.00%22.21%

Pulse Biosciences Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PLSE
Pulse Biosciences
4.0127 of 5 stars
$14.99
-0.8%
$22.00
+46.8%
-18.9%$1.05B$700K-14.28140News Coverage
Positive News
TMDX
TransMedics Group
3.1719 of 5 stars
$114.97
-4.1%
$123.00
+7.0%
-33.6%$4.09B$531.29M59.57210Positive News
SLNO
Soleno Therapeutics
4.5503 of 5 stars
$66.51
-3.0%
$115.09
+73.0%
+37.3%$3.64BN/A-16.0730Positive News
NVST
Envista
3.7846 of 5 stars
$21.15
-2.6%
$20.92
-1.1%
+13.3%$3.61B$2.55B66.1012,300News Coverage
Positive News
LIVN
LivaNova
1.7206 of 5 stars
$56.35
+0.8%
$59.71
+6.0%
+13.0%$3.05B$1.25B-14.492,900News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
WRBY
Warby Parker
1.7626 of 5 stars
$26.18
-3.1%
$24.06
-8.1%
+71.6%$2.84B$771.32M-373.883,780Positive News
INSP
Inspire Medical Systems
4.9928 of 5 stars
$93.20
-2.9%
$165.62
+77.7%
-47.4%$2.84B$802.80M53.881,246Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
LQDA
Liquidia Technologies
2.6436 of 5 stars
$26.25
-2.2%
$32.11
+22.3%
+200.5%$2.31B$14M-15.4450Trending News
Insider Trade
Options Volume
PRCT
PROCEPT BioRobotics
3.6613 of 5 stars
$39.31
-4.7%
$74.88
+90.5%
-49.9%$2.29B$224.50M-25.36430News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Upgrade
LMAT
LeMaitre Vascular
3.0674 of 5 stars
$97.60
-2.7%
$97.60
+5.2%$2.27B$219.86M47.38490Positive News
AORT
Artivion
3.3052 of 5 stars
$43.53
-2.9%
$40.63
-6.7%
+60.9%$2.12B$388.54M-103.641,600

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