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$17.82 -0.90 (-4.81%)
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PLSE vs. PRCT, NVST, IRTC, NVCR, LIVN, ENOV, WRBY, TNDM, LMAT, and CNMD

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

Pulse Biosciences vs.

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

Pulse Biosciences has a net margin of 0.00% compared to PROCEPT BioRobotics' net margin of -50.07%. PROCEPT BioRobotics' return on equity of -38.57% beat Pulse Biosciences' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
PROCEPT BioRobotics-50.07% -38.57% -26.06%
Pulse Biosciences N/A -96.89%-74.83%

89.5% of PROCEPT BioRobotics shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.0% of Pulse Biosciences shares are held by institutional investors. 17.4% of PROCEPT BioRobotics shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 71.5% of Pulse Biosciences shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

PROCEPT BioRobotics presently has a consensus price target of $97.86, suggesting a potential upside of 42.79%. Given PROCEPT BioRobotics' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe PROCEPT BioRobotics is more favorable than Pulse Biosciences.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
PROCEPT BioRobotics
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.86
Pulse Biosciences
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

Pulse Biosciences received 209 more outperform votes than PROCEPT BioRobotics when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.86% of users gave PROCEPT BioRobotics an outperform vote while only 63.66% of users gave Pulse Biosciences an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
PROCEPT BioRoboticsOutperform Votes
38
67.86%
Underperform Votes
18
32.14%
Pulse BiosciencesOutperform Votes
247
63.66%
Underperform Votes
141
36.34%

Pulse Biosciences has lower revenue, but higher earnings than PROCEPT BioRobotics.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
PROCEPT BioRobotics$136.19M26.26-$105.90M-$1.95-35.15
Pulse Biosciences$700K1,588.89-$42.21MN/AN/A

In the previous week, PROCEPT BioRobotics had 6 more articles in the media than Pulse Biosciences. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for PROCEPT BioRobotics and 3 mentions for Pulse Biosciences. Pulse Biosciences' average media sentiment score of 0.90 beat PROCEPT BioRobotics' score of 0.72 indicating that Pulse Biosciences is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
PROCEPT BioRobotics
5 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Pulse Biosciences
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

PROCEPT BioRobotics has a beta of 1.05, suggesting that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pulse Biosciences has a beta of 1.84, suggesting that its stock price is 84% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

PROCEPT BioRobotics 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$1.11B$4.81B$5.42B$9.21B
Dividend YieldN/A52.56%5.36%3.97%
P/E RatioN/A25.1386.7517.45
Price / Sales1,588.8956.161,296.9978.84
Price / CashN/A51.3944.6537.70
Price / Book22.328.034.984.68
Net Income-$42.21M$13.87M$117.81M$224.54M
7 Day Performance2.49%1.23%1.78%1.13%
1 Month Performance3.90%10.89%3.16%3.88%
1 Year Performance82.99%31.92%25.83%21.57%

Pulse Biosciences Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PLSE
Pulse Biosciences
1.7286 of 5 stars
$17.82
-4.8%
N/A+99.8%$1.10B$700,000.000.00140
PRCT
PROCEPT BioRobotics
2.8634 of 5 stars
$76.02
-3.6%
$97.86
+28.7%
+46.6%$3.97B$136.19M-38.98430High Trading Volume
NVST
Envista
3.4501 of 5 stars
$19.83
+3.3%
$20.21
+1.9%
-12.7%$3.41B$2.57B-2.5512,800Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
IRTC
iRhythm Technologies
1.0074 of 5 stars
$108.33
+1.3%
$108.45
+0.1%
-3.5%$3.39B$492.68M-22.292,000
NVCR
NovoCure
3.2765 of 5 stars
$26.17
+0.6%
$32.67
+24.8%
+84.3%$2.83B$509.34M-18.691,453
LIVN
LivaNova
3.4823 of 5 stars
$48.30
+0.7%
$69.17
+43.2%
-4.2%$2.62B$1.15B115.002,900Analyst Downgrade
News Coverage
ENOV
Enovis
3.0997 of 5 stars
$46.68
+2.7%
$67.00
+43.5%
-21.9%$2.61B$1.71B-21.326,550
WRBY
Warby Parker
2.2677 of 5 stars
$24.57
-6.3%
$20.92
-14.9%
+88.5%$2.50B$669.77M-90.983,491Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
TNDM
Tandem Diabetes Care
4.5301 of 5 stars
$35.15
-6.3%
$53.81
+53.1%
+44.2%$2.31B$747.72M-18.212,400News Coverage
Positive News
LMAT
LeMaitre Vascular
3.0094 of 5 stars
$99.06
+0.8%
$94.57
-4.5%
+66.5%$2.23B$193.48M54.13490Analyst Revision
Positive News
CNMD
CONMED
4.7773 of 5 stars
$67.75
+1.3%
$79.80
+17.8%
-28.9%$2.09B$1.24B16.094,000Positive News

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