Nevro (NVRO) Competitors

Nevro (NYSE:NVRO) and OrthoPediatrics (NASDAQ:KIDS) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability and earnings.

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, NVRO or KIDS?

OrthoPediatrics has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Nevro. OrthoPediatrics 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
Nevro	$425.17M	0.40	-$92.21M	-$1.89	-2.42
OrthoPediatrics	$148.73M	4.42	-$20.97M	-$1.23	-22.08

Do analysts rate NVRO or KIDS?

Nevro presently has a consensus price target of $6.30, suggesting a potential upside of 37.83%. OrthoPediatrics has a consensus price target of $39.00, suggesting a potential upside of 43.59%. Given OrthoPediatrics' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe OrthoPediatrics is more favorable than Nevro.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Nevro	3 Sell rating(s)	10 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.77
OrthoPediatrics	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in NVRO or KIDS?

95.5% of Nevro shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.1% of OrthoPediatrics shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.2% of Nevro shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 31.8% of OrthoPediatrics shares are owned by company 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.

Does the media favor NVRO or KIDS?

In the previous week, OrthoPediatrics had 2 more articles in the media than Nevro. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for OrthoPediatrics and 10 mentions for Nevro. OrthoPediatrics' average media sentiment score of 0.40 beat Nevro's score of -0.06 indicating that OrthoPediatrics is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Nevro	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
OrthoPediatrics	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has more volatility & risk, NVRO or KIDS?

Nevro has a beta of 0.86, indicating that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, OrthoPediatrics has a beta of 1.14, indicating that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is NVRO or KIDS more profitable?

OrthoPediatrics has a net margin of -15.00% compared to Nevro's net margin of -16.54%. OrthoPediatrics' return on equity of -5.78% beat Nevro's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Nevro	-16.54%	-23.52%	-10.83%
OrthoPediatrics	-15.00%	-5.78%	-4.80%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor NVRO or KIDS?

Nevro received 192 more outperform votes than OrthoPediatrics when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.26% of users gave OrthoPediatrics an outperform vote while only 63.11% of users gave Nevro an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Nevro	Outperform Votes 503 63.11%	Underperform Votes 294 36.89%
OrthoPediatrics	Outperform Votes 311 64.26%	Underperform Votes 173 35.74%

Summary

OrthoPediatrics beats Nevro on 14 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.