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$14.56
-2.87 (-16.47%)
(As of 11/1/2024 ET)

PLSE vs. IRMD, SPNE, UTMD, ARAY, CTSO, AXNX, NVST, LIVN, NARI, and TMDX

Should you be buying Pulse Biosciences stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Pulse Biosciences include Iradimed (IRMD), SeaSpine (SPNE), Utah Medical Products (UTMD), Accuray (ARAY), Cytosorbents (CTSO), Axonics (AXNX), Envista (NVST), LivaNova (LIVN), Inari Medical (NARI), and TransMedics Group (TMDX). These companies are all part of the "medical" sector.

Pulse Biosciences vs.

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

76.9% of Pulse Biosciences shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.3% of Iradimed shares are owned by institutional investors. 71.5% of Pulse Biosciences shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 37.1% of Iradimed 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.

Iradimed received 5 more outperform votes than Pulse Biosciences when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.78% of users gave Iradimed an outperform vote while only 64.49% of users gave Pulse Biosciences an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Pulse BiosciencesOutperform Votes
247
64.49%
Underperform Votes
136
35.51%
IradimedOutperform Votes
252
64.78%
Underperform Votes
137
35.22%

Pulse Biosciences has a beta of 1.74, indicating that its share price is 74% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Iradimed has a beta of 0.79, indicating that its share price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Iradimed has higher revenue and earnings than Pulse Biosciences.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Pulse Biosciences$700K1,274.83-$42.21MN/AN/A
Iradimed$69.48M8.81$17.19M$1.4633.08

In the previous week, Pulse Biosciences and Pulse Biosciences both had 12 articles in the media. Iradimed's average media sentiment score of 0.54 beat Pulse Biosciences' score of 0.48 indicating that Iradimed is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Pulse Biosciences
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
8 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Iradimed
1 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Iradimed has a net margin of 26.83% compared to Pulse Biosciences' net margin of 0.00%. Iradimed's return on equity of 24.71% beat Pulse Biosciences' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Pulse BiosciencesN/A -126.10% -91.24%
Iradimed 26.83%24.71%20.86%

Iradimed has a consensus price target of $60.00, indicating a potential upside of 24.22%. Given Iradimed's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Iradimed 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)
N/A
Iradimed
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Summary

Iradimed beats Pulse Biosciences on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

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PLSE vs. The Competition

MetricPulse BiosciencesSurgical & medical instruments IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$892.38M$4.45B$5.33B$8.52B
Dividend YieldN/A41.87%5.07%4.13%
P/E RatioN/A42.95125.0415.83
Price / Sales1,274.8361.401,492.5992.35
Price / CashN/A49.3439.5134.18
Price / Book17.984.264.765.07
Net Income-$42.21M$11.52M$118.77M$225.38M
7 Day Performance-17.37%1.16%-0.38%0.06%
1 Month Performance-12.02%1.98%6.06%3.93%
1 Year Performance232.42%33.87%38.12%32.51%

Pulse Biosciences Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PLSE
Pulse Biosciences
1.4135 of 5 stars
$14.56
-16.5%
N/A+232.4%$892.38M$700,000.000.00140Earnings Report
News Coverage
IRMD
Iradimed
4.8625 of 5 stars
$49.27
-6.9%
$60.00
+21.8%
+17.6%$670.74M$65.56M33.75110Dividend Announcement
News Coverage
High Trading Volume
SPNE
SeaSpine
N/A$9.54
flat
N/A+0.0%$354.92M$191.45M-5.39523Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
UTMD
Utah Medical Products
3.9597 of 5 stars
$63.38
-1.0%
N/A-19.1%$222.60M$50.22M14.84180Analyst Upgrade
News Coverage
ARAY
Accuray
4.2196 of 5 stars
$1.73
-8.0%
$9.00
+420.2%
-31.9%$188.51M$446.55M-10.81987Upcoming Earnings
CTSO
Cytosorbents
1.9252 of 5 stars
$1.01
flat
$2.00
+98.0%
-32.0%$54.97M$36.35M-1.91186Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
AXNX
Axonics
3.795 of 5 stars
$70.30
+0.0%
$71.00
+1.0%
+35.9%$3.59B$366.38M-1,757.06610Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↓
Positive News
NVST
Envista
4.3091 of 5 stars
$20.97
+9.0%
$20.63
-1.6%
-8.9%$3.31B$2.57B-2.7012,800Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
High Trading Volume
LIVN
LivaNova
4.4844 of 5 stars
$51.62
+0.5%
$69.17
+34.0%
+2.2%$2.79B$1.15B122.902,900Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
NARI
Inari Medical
3.1996 of 5 stars
$48.40
+2.8%
$58.89
+21.7%
-20.6%$2.76B$493.63M-35.851,300Analyst Forecast
Insider Selling
Analyst Revision
TMDX
TransMedics Group
4.2544 of 5 stars
$81.97
+0.1%
$144.80
+76.6%
+116.6%$2.75B$241.62M87.20210Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
News Coverage

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