GN Store Nord (OTCMKTS:GNNDY) and Allurion Technologies (NYSE:ALUR) Financial Survey

GN Store Nord (OTCMKTS:GNNDY) and Allurion Technologies (NYSE:ALUR) are both medical companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, earnings and valuation.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for GN Store Nord and Allurion Technologies, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
GN Store Nord	1	2	2	0	2.20
Allurion Technologies	1	1	2	0	2.25

Allurion Technologies has a consensus price target of $7.33, suggesting a potential upside of 944.78%. Given Allurion Technologies’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Allurion Technologies is more favorable than GN Store Nord.

Profitability

This table compares GN Store Nord and Allurion Technologies’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
GN Store Nord	3.97%	6.31%	2.29%
Allurion Technologies	-199.96%	N/A	-77.13%

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares GN Store Nord and Allurion Technologies”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
GN Store Nord	$2.54 billion	N/A	$98.86 million	$2.06	20.89
Allurion Technologies	$32.11 million	0.27	-$7.20 million	($10.56)	-0.07

GN Store Nord has higher revenue and earnings than Allurion Technologies. Allurion Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than GN Store Nord, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

21.4% of Allurion Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 8.1% of Allurion Technologies shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Volatility & Risk

GN Store Nord has a beta of 1.94, indicating that its stock price is 94% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Allurion Technologies has a beta of -0.42, indicating that its stock price is 142% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

GN Store Nord beats Allurion Technologies on 8 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About GN Store Nord

GN Store Nord A/S provides hearing, audio, video, and gaming solutions in Denmark, rest of Europe, North America, and internationally. The company operates through GN Hearing and GN Audio segments. The GN Hearing segment produces and sells hearing instruments and products. The GN Audio segment supplies headsets, video cameras, and speakerphones for professional use and consumer products. It offers its products under the ReSound, Jabra, Beltone, Interton, Danavox, BlueParrott, FalCom, and SteelSeries brands. GN Store Nord A/S was founded in 1869 and is based in Ballerup, Denmark.

About Allurion Technologies

Allurion Technologies Inc. focuses on ending obesity with a weight loss platform to treat people who are overweight. Its platform, the Allurion Program, features swallowable and procedure-less intragastric balloon for weight loss (the Allurion Balloon), as well as offers access to AI-powered remote patient monitoring tools, a proprietary behavior change program, secure messaging, and video telehealth that are delivered by the Allurion Virtual Care Suite. Allurion Technologies Inc. is headquartered in Natick, Massachusetts.