Spectral Medical (EDT) Competitors

Akumin (TSE:AKU) and Spectral Medical (TSE:EDT) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership and dividends.

Do institutionals & insiders believe in AKU or EDT?

30.3% of Akumin shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.0% of Spectral Medical shares are held by institutional investors. 33.0% of Akumin shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 18.2% of Spectral Medical shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor AKU or EDT?

Spectral Medical received 106 more outperform votes than Akumin when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.17% of users gave Spectral Medical an outperform vote while only 64.10% of users gave Akumin an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Akumin	Outperform Votes 25 64.10%	Underperform Votes 14 35.90%
Spectral Medical	Outperform Votes 131 65.17%	Underperform Votes 70 34.83%

Which has more risk and volatility, AKU or EDT?

Akumin has a beta of 0.15, indicating that its stock price is 85% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Spectral Medical has a beta of 0.96, indicating that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, AKU or EDT?

Spectral Medical has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Akumin. Spectral Medical is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Akumin, 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
Akumin	C$737.69M	0.00	-C$255.80M	-C$3.80	N/A
Spectral Medical	C$1.90M	111.02	-C$18.68M	-C$0.07	-10.71

Is AKU or EDT more profitable?

Spectral Medical has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Akumin's net margin of -34.67%. Akumin's return on equity of -483.86% beat Spectral Medical's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Akumin	-34.67%	-483.86%	0.47%
Spectral Medical	N/A	-973.97%	-93.22%

Does the media prefer AKU or EDT?

In the previous week, Spectral Medical had 2 more articles in the media than Akumin. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Spectral Medical and 0 mentions for Akumin. Spectral Medical's average media sentiment score of 0.34 beat Akumin's score of 0.00 indicating that Spectral Medical is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Akumin	Neutral
Spectral Medical	Neutral

Summary

Spectral Medical beats Akumin on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.