Precipio (PRPO) Competitors

Precipio (NASDAQ:PRPO) and ClearSign Technologies (NASDAQ:CLIR) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation and risk.

Which has more volatility and risk, PRPO or CLIR?

Precipio has a beta of 1.37, suggesting that its stock price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ClearSign Technologies has a beta of 1.18, suggesting that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in PRPO or CLIR?

10.4% of Precipio shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 24.0% of ClearSign Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 13.3% of Precipio shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 16.9% of ClearSign Technologies shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media favor PRPO or CLIR?

In the previous week, Precipio and Precipio both had 6 articles in the media. ClearSign Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.90 beat Precipio's score of 0.44 indicating that ClearSign Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Precipio	1 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
ClearSign Technologies	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer PRPO or CLIR?

Precipio received 120 more outperform votes than ClearSign Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.32% of users gave Precipio an outperform vote while only 41.08% of users gave ClearSign Technologies an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Precipio	Outperform Votes 272 73.32%	Underperform Votes 99 26.68%
ClearSign Technologies	Outperform Votes 152 41.08%	Underperform Votes 218 58.92%

Which has better earnings & valuation, PRPO or CLIR?

ClearSign Technologies has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Precipio. ClearSign Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Precipio, 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
Precipio	$17.41M	0.45	-$5.85M	-$2.94	-1.80
ClearSign Technologies	$4.28M	6.13	-$5.19M	-$0.11	-4.75

Do analysts recommend PRPO or CLIR?

ClearSign Technologies has a consensus price target of $6.00, suggesting a potential upside of 1,049.43%. Given ClearSign Technologies' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe ClearSign Technologies is more favorable than Precipio.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Precipio	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
ClearSign Technologies	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is PRPO or CLIR more profitable?

Precipio has a net margin of -17.23% compared to ClearSign Technologies' net margin of -118.93%. Precipio's return on equity of -34.01% beat ClearSign Technologies' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Precipio	-17.23%	-34.01%	-25.27%
ClearSign Technologies	-118.93%	-50.44%	-41.41%

Summary

ClearSign Technologies beats Precipio on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.