Varex Imaging (VREX) Competitors

Varex Imaging (NASDAQ:VREX) and Viavi Solutions (NASDAQ:VIAV) are both medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, profitability, community ranking, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership and earnings.

Is VREX or VIAV more profitable?

Viavi Solutions has a net margin of -3.78% compared to Varex Imaging's net margin of -5.88%. Varex Imaging's return on equity of 3.85% beat Viavi Solutions' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Varex Imaging	-5.88%	3.85%	1.80%
Viavi Solutions	-3.78%	2.22%	0.88%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in VREX or VIAV?

95.5% of Viavi Solutions shares are held by institutional investors. 5.2% of Varex Imaging shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Viavi Solutions shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility & risk, VREX or VIAV?

Varex Imaging has a beta of 0.6, meaning that its share price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Viavi Solutions has a beta of 0.92, meaning that its share price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate VREX or VIAV?

Varex Imaging presently has a consensus target price of $21.00, indicating a potential upside of 48.31%. Viavi Solutions has a consensus target price of $10.44, indicating a potential upside of 2.38%. Given Varex Imaging's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Varex Imaging is more favorable than Viavi Solutions.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Varex Imaging	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Viavi Solutions	1 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Which has higher valuation and earnings, VREX or VIAV?

Viavi Solutions has higher revenue and earnings than Varex Imaging. Viavi Solutions is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Varex Imaging, 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
Varex Imaging	$811M	0.72	-$47.70M	-$1.17	-12.10
Viavi Solutions	$990.70M	2.28	-$25.80M	-$0.17	-60.00

Does the media refer more to VREX or VIAV?

In the previous week, Viavi Solutions had 12 more articles in the media than Varex Imaging. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Viavi Solutions and 6 mentions for Varex Imaging. Varex Imaging's average media sentiment score of 1.30 beat Viavi Solutions' score of 0.75 indicating that Varex Imaging is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Varex Imaging	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Viavi Solutions	9 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community favor VREX or VIAV?

Viavi Solutions received 434 more outperform votes than Varex Imaging when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.44% of users gave Viavi Solutions an outperform vote while only 63.66% of users gave Varex Imaging an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Varex Imaging	Outperform Votes 233 63.66%	Underperform Votes 133 36.34%
Viavi Solutions	Outperform Votes 667 67.44%	Underperform Votes 322 32.56%

Summary

Viavi Solutions beats Varex Imaging on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.