Seer (SEER) Competitors

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

Is SEER or ALNT more profitable?

Allient has a net margin of 2.64% compared to Seer's net margin of -565.83%. Allient's return on equity of 10.80% beat Seer's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Seer	-565.83%	-21.96%	-19.85%
Allient	2.64%	10.80%	4.75%

Which has more volatility and risk, SEER or ALNT?

Seer has a beta of 1.61, suggesting that its share price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Allient has a beta of 1.59, suggesting that its share price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of SEER or ALNT?

75.2% of Seer shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.6% of Allient shares are held by institutional investors. 15.0% of Seer shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 15.6% of Allient shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media prefer SEER or ALNT?

In the previous week, Seer had 1 more articles in the media than Allient. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Seer and 4 mentions for Allient. Allient's average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat Seer's score of 0.25 indicating that Allient is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Seer	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Allient	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts rate SEER or ALNT?

Seer currently has a consensus target price of $3.00, indicating a potential upside of 75.44%. Allient has a consensus target price of $31.00, indicating a potential upside of 52.26%. Given Seer's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Seer is more favorable than Allient.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Seer	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Allient	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.25

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, SEER or ALNT?

Allient has higher revenue and earnings than Seer. Seer is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Allient, 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
Seer	$13.95M	7.33	-$86.28M	-$1.39	-1.23
Allient	$529.97M	0.65	$24.10M	$0.80	25.45

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in SEER or ALNT?

Allient received 3 more outperform votes than Seer when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.00% of users gave Allient an outperform vote while only 13.64% of users gave Seer an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Seer	Outperform Votes 3 13.64%	Underperform Votes 19 86.36%
Allient	Outperform Votes 6 75.00%	Underperform Votes 2 25.00%

Summary

Allient beats Seer on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.