Seer (SEER) Competitors

Quanterix (NASDAQ:QTRX) and Seer (NASDAQ:SEER) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, profitability, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk and institutional ownership.

Is QTRX or SEER more profitable?

Quanterix has a net margin of -30.71% compared to Seer's net margin of -565.83%. Quanterix's return on equity of -11.52% beat Seer's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Quanterix	-30.71%	-11.52%	-9.47%
Seer	-565.83%	-21.96%	-19.85%

Does the media favor QTRX or SEER?

In the previous week, Quanterix had 6 more articles in the media than Seer. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Quanterix and 3 mentions for Seer. Seer's average media sentiment score of 0.51 beat Quanterix's score of 0.22 indicating that Seer is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Quanterix	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Seer	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts prefer QTRX or SEER?

Quanterix presently has a consensus target price of $23.25, indicating a potential upside of 97.87%. Seer has a consensus target price of $3.00, indicating a potential upside of 23.46%. Given Quanterix's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Quanterix is more favorable than Seer.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Quanterix	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75
Seer	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Which has more volatility and risk, QTRX or SEER?

Quanterix has a beta of 1.36, indicating that its stock price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Seer has a beta of 1.45, indicating that its stock price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in QTRX or SEER?

Quanterix received 266 more outperform votes than Seer when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.56% of users gave Quanterix an outperform vote while only 13.64% of users gave Seer an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Quanterix	Outperform Votes 269 61.56%	Underperform Votes 168 38.44%
Seer	Outperform Votes 3 13.64%	Underperform Votes 19 86.36%

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, QTRX or SEER?

Quanterix has higher revenue and earnings than Seer. Quanterix is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Seer, 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
Quanterix	$127.95M	3.52	-$32.33M	-$1.05	-11.19
Seer	$16.66M	8.60	-$86.28M	-$1.30	-1.87

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in QTRX or SEER?

86.5% of Quanterix shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.2% of Seer shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.9% of Quanterix shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 15.0% of Seer shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Quanterix beats Seer on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.