Precision Optics (POCI) Competitors

Precision Optics (NASDAQ:POCI) and KORU Medical Systems (NASDAQ:KRMD) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, profitability, media sentiment, earnings, risk and valuation.

Which has more volatility & risk, POCI or KRMD?

Precision Optics has a beta of 0.23, indicating that its share price is 77% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, KORU Medical Systems has a beta of 0.74, indicating that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, POCI or KRMD?

Precision Optics has higher earnings, but lower revenue than KORU Medical Systems. KORU Medical Systems is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Precision Optics, 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
Precision Optics	$18.68M	1.80	-$2.95M	-$0.64	-6.89
KORU Medical Systems	$33.65M	3.78	-$13.74M	-$0.12	-23.08

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in POCI or KRMD?

KORU Medical Systems received 45 more outperform votes than Precision Optics when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.29% of users gave KORU Medical Systems an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave Precision Optics an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Precision Optics	Outperform Votes No Votes	Underperform Votes 2 100.00%
KORU Medical Systems	Outperform Votes 45 64.29%	Underperform Votes 25 35.71%

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in POCI or KRMD?

13.7% of Precision Optics shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.6% of KORU Medical Systems shares are held by institutional investors. 16.3% of Precision Optics shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 25.6% of KORU Medical Systems shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts rate POCI or KRMD?

KORU Medical Systems has a consensus price target of $4.70, suggesting a potential upside of 69.68%. Given KORU Medical Systems' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe KORU Medical Systems is more favorable than Precision Optics.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Precision Optics	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
KORU Medical Systems	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is POCI or KRMD more profitable?

Precision Optics has a net margin of -21.46% compared to KORU Medical Systems' net margin of -37.42%. KORU Medical Systems' return on equity of -24.60% beat Precision Optics' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Precision Optics	-21.46%	-39.17%	-22.93%
KORU Medical Systems	-37.42%	-24.60%	-16.87%

Does the media refer more to POCI or KRMD?

In the previous week, Precision Optics and Precision Optics both had 2 articles in the media. Precision Optics' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled KORU Medical Systems'average media sentiment score.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Precision Optics	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
KORU Medical Systems	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

KORU Medical Systems beats Precision Optics on 14 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.