Electromed (ELMD) Competitors

National Vision (NASDAQ:EYE) and Electromed (NYSE:ELMD) are both small-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, dividends, media sentiment, valuation and earnings.

Which has better valuation & earnings, EYE or ELMD?

Electromed has lower revenue, but higher earnings than National Vision. National Vision is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Electromed, 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
National Vision	$2.18B	0.40	-$65.90M	-$0.20	-54.85
Electromed	$57.06M	4.25	$5.15M	$0.72	39.79

Which has more risk & volatility, EYE or ELMD?

National Vision has a beta of 1.41, indicating that its share price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Electromed has a beta of 0.28, indicating that its share price is 72% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is EYE or ELMD more profitable?

Electromed has a net margin of 11.34% compared to National Vision's net margin of -0.81%. Electromed's return on equity of 15.32% beat National Vision's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
National Vision	-0.81%	3.52%	1.39%
Electromed	11.34%	15.32%	13.13%

Do analysts rate EYE or ELMD?

National Vision currently has a consensus target price of $14.00, indicating a potential upside of 27.62%. Given National Vision's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe National Vision is more favorable than Electromed.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
National Vision	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
Electromed	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the MarketBeat Community favor EYE or ELMD?

National Vision received 241 more outperform votes than Electromed when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 86.67% of users gave Electromed an outperform vote while only 65.63% of users gave National Vision an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
National Vision	Outperform Votes 254 65.63%	Underperform Votes 133 34.37%
Electromed	Outperform Votes 13 86.67%	Underperform Votes 2 13.33%

Does the media prefer EYE or ELMD?

In the previous week, National Vision had 9 more articles in the media than Electromed. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for National Vision and 0 mentions for Electromed. National Vision's average media sentiment score of 1.33 beat Electromed's score of 0.00 indicating that National Vision is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
National Vision	Positive
Electromed	Neutral

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of EYE or ELMD?

40.8% of Electromed shares are held by institutional investors. 2.3% of National Vision shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 14.0% of Electromed shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Electromed beats National Vision on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.