Lucira Health (NASDAQ:LHDXQ – Get Rating) is one of 42 public companies in the "Diagnostic substances" industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its competitors? We will compare Lucira Health to similar businesses based on the strength of its profitability, earnings, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, valuation and analyst recommendations.
Volatility & Risk
Lucira Health has a beta of 3.38, indicating that its stock price is 238% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lucira Health's competitors have a beta of 1.38, indicating that their average stock price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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This table compares Lucira Health and its competitors' net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Lucira Health | -67.54% | -13.55% | -8.47% |
| Lucira Health Competitors | -1,439.59% | -124.55% | -31.42% |
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares Lucira Health and its competitors top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Net Income | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Lucira Health | $93.06 million | -$64.83 million | -0.05 |
| Lucira Health Competitors | $466.17 million | $9.58 million | -52.03 |
Lucira Health's competitors have higher revenue and earnings than Lucira Health. Lucira Health is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of current ratings and recommmendations for Lucira Health and its competitors, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Lucira Health | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A |
| Lucira Health Competitors | 362 | 626 | 1235 | 19 | 2.41 |
As a group, "Diagnostic substances" companies have a potential upside of 37.65%. Given Lucira Health's competitors higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Lucira Health has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.
Insider & Institutional Ownership
57.0% of Lucira Health shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.4% of shares of all "Diagnostic substances" companies are held by institutional investors. 30.4% of Lucira Health shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 14.1% of shares of all "Diagnostic substances" companies are held by company 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
Lucira Health beats its competitors on 7 of the 10 factors compared.
About Lucira Health
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Lucira Health Inc. is a medical technology company. It is focused on the development and commercialization of transformative and infectious disease test kits. Lucira Health Inc. is based in Emeryville, California.
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