Rockwell Medical (RMTI) Competitors

FONAR (NASDAQ:FONR) and Rockwell Medical (NASDAQ:RMTI) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking and media sentiment.

Is FONR or RMTI more profitable?

FONAR has a net margin of 9.41% compared to Rockwell Medical's net margin of -1.25%. Rockwell Medical's return on equity of 8.55% beat FONAR's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
FONAR	9.41%	6.10%	4.58%
Rockwell Medical	-1.25%	8.55%	3.80%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer FONR or RMTI?

Rockwell Medical received 128 more outperform votes than FONAR when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 74.69% of users gave FONAR an outperform vote while only 57.68% of users gave Rockwell Medical an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
FONAR	Outperform Votes 180 74.69%	Underperform Votes 61 25.31%
Rockwell Medical	Outperform Votes 308 57.68%	Underperform Votes 226 42.32%

Which has more volatility & risk, FONR or RMTI?

FONAR has a beta of 1.19, suggesting that its share price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Rockwell Medical has a beta of 1.5, suggesting that its share price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate FONR or RMTI?

Rockwell Medical has a consensus price target of $7.00, indicating a potential upside of 197.24%. Given Rockwell Medical's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Rockwell Medical is more favorable than FONAR.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
FONAR	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Rockwell Medical	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.33

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, FONR or RMTI?

FONAR has higher revenue and earnings than Rockwell Medical. Rockwell Medical is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than FONAR, 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
FONAR	$102.88M	0.92	$10.57M	$1.40	10.74
Rockwell Medical	$83.61M	0.91	-$8.44M	-$0.05	-47.10

Does the media prefer FONR or RMTI?

In the previous week, Rockwell Medical had 16 more articles in the media than FONAR. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Rockwell Medical and 5 mentions for FONAR. Rockwell Medical's average media sentiment score of 0.74 beat FONAR's score of 0.63 indicating that Rockwell Medical is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
FONAR	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Rockwell Medical	5 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of FONR or RMTI?

50.6% of FONAR shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 23.3% of Rockwell Medical shares are held by institutional investors. 2.2% of FONAR shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of Rockwell Medical shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

FONAR beats Rockwell Medical on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.