Head to Head Analysis: Nanovibronix (FEED) vs. Its Competitors

Nanovibronix (NASDAQ:FEED) is one of 29 publicly-traded companies in the “Surgical, Medical, And Dental Instruments And Supplies” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its rivals? We will compare Nanovibronix to similar businesses based on the strength of its analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, valuation, risk, dividends and institutional ownership.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and target prices for Nanovibronix and its rivals, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Nanovibronix	1	0	0	0	1.00
Nanovibronix Competitors	77	78	158	6	2.29

As a group, “Surgical, Medical, And Dental Instruments And Supplies” companies have a potential upside of 38.17%. Given Nanovibronix’s rivals stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Nanovibronix has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Nanovibronix and its rivals gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Nanovibronix	$2.69 million	-$3.70 million	-0.07
Nanovibronix Competitors	$59.55 million	-$32.15 million	4.35

Nanovibronix’s rivals have higher revenue, but lower earnings than Nanovibronix. Nanovibronix is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Volatility & Risk

Nanovibronix has a beta of 2.21, indicating that its stock price is 121% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nanovibronix’s rivals have a beta of 1.76, indicating that their average stock price is 76% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Nanovibronix and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Nanovibronix	-275.12%	-24.78%	-19.24%
Nanovibronix Competitors	-672.41%	-133.75%	-59.01%

Institutional & Insider Ownership

16.4% of Nanovibronix shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 22.5% of shares of all “Surgical, Medical, And Dental Instruments And Supplies” companies are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of Nanovibronix shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 18.1% of shares of all “Surgical, Medical, And Dental Instruments And Supplies” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Nanovibronix rivals beat Nanovibronix on 8 of the 13 factors compared.

Nanovibronix Company Profile

NanoVibronix Inc. is a medical device company that is focused on creating medical products utilizing its proprietary low-intensity, surface acoustic wave technology. … NanoVibronix’ catheter-based products include the UroShield™ and NG-Shield™ devices that are both CE mark certified.