RVP vs. EDAP, ICCM, NSPR, SRTS, NTRB, MLSS, VANI, GUTS, ICAD, and CTSO
Should you be buying Retractable Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Retractable Technologies include Edap Tms (EDAP), IceCure Medical (ICCM), InspireMD (NSPR), Sensus Healthcare (SRTS), Nutriband (NTRB), Milestone Scientific (MLSS), Vivani Medical (VANI), Fractyl Health (GUTS), iCAD (ICAD), and Cytosorbents (CTSO). These companies are all part of the "medical equipment" industry.
Retractable Technologies vs.
Edap Tms (NASDAQ:EDAP) and Retractable Technologies (NYSE:RVP) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, valuation, community ranking, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends and media sentiment.
Edap Tms currently has a consensus price target of $19.00, indicating a potential upside of 822.33%. Given Edap Tms' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Edap Tms is more favorable than Retractable Technologies.
In the previous week, Edap Tms had 2 more articles in the media than Retractable Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Edap Tms and 1 mentions for Retractable Technologies. Edap Tms' average media sentiment score of 0.62 beat Retractable Technologies' score of 0.00 indicating that Edap Tms is being referred to more favorably in the media.
62.7% of Edap Tms shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 7.6% of Retractable Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Edap Tms shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 55.0% of Retractable Technologies shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Edap Tms has a beta of 0.37, indicating that its share price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Retractable Technologies has a beta of 2.08, indicating that its share price is 108% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Edap Tms received 347 more outperform votes than Retractable Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.20% of users gave Edap Tms an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave Retractable Technologies an outperform vote.
Retractable Technologies has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Edap Tms. Edap Tms is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Retractable Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Edap Tms has a net margin of -34.92% compared to Retractable Technologies' net margin of -41.11%. Retractable Technologies' return on equity of -17.15% beat Edap Tms' return on equity.
Summary
Edap Tms beats Retractable Technologies on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:RVP) was last updated on 3/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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