Spectral Medical (EDT) Competitors

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

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in EDT or AKU?

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

Is EDT or AKU 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
Spectral Medical	N/A	-973.97%	-93.22%
Akumin	-34.67%	-483.86%	0.47%

Does the media favor EDT or AKU?

In the previous week, Spectral Medical had 1 more articles in the media than Akumin. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Spectral Medical and 0 mentions for Akumin. Spectral Medical's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Akumin'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Spectral Medical	Neutral
Akumin	Neutral

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, EDT or AKU?

Spectral Medical has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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
Spectral Medical	C$1.90M	121.38	-C$18.68M	-C$0.07	-11.71
Akumin	C$737.69M	0.00	-C$255.80M	-C$3.80	N/A

Which has more volatility & risk, EDT or AKU?

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

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in EDT or AKU?

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

Summary

Spectral Medical beats Akumin on 7 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.