Nevro (NVRO) Competitors

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

Is EYE or NVRO more profitable?

National Vision has a net margin of -0.81% compared to Nevro's net margin of -16.54%. National Vision's return on equity of 3.52% beat Nevro's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
National Vision	-0.81%	3.52%	1.39%
Nevro	-16.54%	-23.52%	-10.83%

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, EYE or NVRO?

National Vision has higher revenue and earnings than Nevro. National Vision is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Nevro, 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	$1.82B	0.50	-$65.90M	-$0.36	-32.39
Nevro	$408.52M	0.55	-$92.21M	-$3.05	-1.92

Which has more volatility and risk, EYE or NVRO?

National Vision has a beta of 1.22, indicating that its stock price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nevro has a beta of 0.81, indicating that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in EYE or NVRO?

Nevro received 250 more outperform votes than National Vision when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.80% of users gave National Vision an outperform vote while only 62.38% of users gave Nevro an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
National Vision	Outperform Votes 254 64.80%	Underperform Votes 138 35.20%
Nevro	Outperform Votes 504 62.38%	Underperform Votes 304 37.62%

Do analysts recommend EYE or NVRO?

National Vision presently has a consensus target price of $14.00, suggesting a potential upside of 20.07%. Nevro has a consensus target price of $5.36, suggesting a potential downside of 8.29%. Given National Vision's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe National Vision is more favorable than Nevro.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
National Vision	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.17
Nevro	2 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.92

Does the media refer more to EYE or NVRO?

In the previous week, National Vision had 5 more articles in the media than Nevro. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for National Vision and 2 mentions for Nevro. National Vision's average media sentiment score of 1.37 beat Nevro's score of 0.23 indicating that National Vision is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
National Vision	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Nevro	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

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

95.5% of Nevro shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.3% of National Vision shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.2% of Nevro shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

National Vision beats Nevro on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.