Perspective Therapeutics (CATX) & The Competition Financial Review

Perspective Therapeutics (NASDAQ:CATX) is one of 28 publicly-traded companies in the “Surgical, Medical, And Dental Instruments And Supplies” industry, but how does it contrast to its peers? We will compare Perspective Therapeutics to similar businesses based on the strength of its earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends and valuation.

Risk and Volatility

Perspective Therapeutics has a beta of 1.75, suggesting that its share price is 75% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Perspective Therapeutics’ peers have a beta of 1.76, suggesting that their average share price is 76% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

54.7% of Perspective Therapeutics shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 22.5% of shares of all “Surgical, Medical, And Dental Instruments And Supplies” companies are held by institutional investors. 3.7% of Perspective Therapeutics shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 18.1% of shares of all “Surgical, Medical, And Dental Instruments And Supplies” companies 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.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Perspective Therapeutics and its peers top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Perspective Therapeutics	N/A	N/A	-5.22
Perspective Therapeutics Competitors	$57.98 million	-$32.15 million	4.18

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

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings for Perspective Therapeutics and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Perspective Therapeutics	0	0	6	0	3.00
Perspective Therapeutics Competitors	77	76	156	6	2.29

Perspective Therapeutics presently has a consensus target price of $11.17, indicating a potential upside of 137.59%. As a group, “Surgical, Medical, And Dental Instruments And Supplies” companies have a potential upside of 45.75%. Given Perspective Therapeutics’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Perspective Therapeutics is more favorable than its peers.

Profitability

This table compares Perspective Therapeutics and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Perspective Therapeutics	N/A	N/A	N/A
Perspective Therapeutics Competitors	-672.41%	-133.75%	-59.01%

Summary

Perspective Therapeutics beats its peers on 7 of the 12 factors compared.

Perspective Therapeutics Company Profile

Isoray, Inc., through its subsidiary, IsoRay Medical, Inc., develops, manufactures, and sells isotope-based medical products and devices for the treatment of cancer and other malignant diseases in the United States and internationally. The company offers CS-1 Cesium-131 brachytherapy seeds for the treatment of prostate, brain, lung, head and neck, gynecological, pelvic/abdominal, and colorectal cancers. It sells its products to facilities or physician practices that utilize various surgical facilities. Isoray, Inc. was founded in 1998 and is based in Richland, Washington.