Aclarion (ACON) vs. Its Rivals Critical Analysis

Aclarion (NASDAQ:ACON) is one of 93 public companies in the “Medical Services” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its rivals? We will compare Aclarion to related businesses based on the strength of its analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, dividends, risk and earnings.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Aclarion	-10,908.50%	-67.53%	-63.01%
Aclarion Competitors	-904.74%	-63.69%	-14.28%

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for Aclarion and its rivals, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Aclarion	1	1	0	0	1.50
Aclarion Competitors	632	2495	5129	184	2.58

Aclarion currently has a consensus target price of $11,758.50, indicating a potential upside of 192,346.81%. As a group, “Medical Services” companies have a potential upside of 15.63%. Given Aclarion’s higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Aclarion is more favorable than its rivals.

Volatility & Risk

Aclarion has a beta of 1.42, meaning that its stock price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Aclarion’s rivals have a beta of 1.53, meaning that their average stock price is 53% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

7.5% of Aclarion shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.1% of shares of all “Medical Services” companies are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of Aclarion shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 13.3% of shares of all “Medical Services” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Valuation & Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Aclarion	$50,000.00	-$6.99 million	0.00
Aclarion Competitors	$9.89 billion	$239.88 million	11.83

Aclarion’s rivals have higher revenue and earnings than Aclarion. Aclarion 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.

Summary

Aclarion rivals beat Aclarion on 12 of the 13 factors compared.

Aclarion Company Profile

Aclarion, Inc., a healthcare technology company, leverages for Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy (MRS) in the United States. It develops NOCISCAN Post-Processor suite of software applications comprising NOCICALC that receives the raw un-processed NOCISCAN MRS exam data and post-processes that raw data into final spectra and performs various degenerative pain biomarker; and NOCIGRAM, a clinical decision support software. The company was formerly known as Nocimed, Inc. and changed its name to Aclarion, Inc. in December 2021. Aclarion, Inc. was incorporated in 2008 and is based in Broomfield, Colorado.