Comparing GN Store Nord (OTCMKTS:GNNDY) & Allurion Technologies (NYSE:ALUR)

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

Volatility and Risk

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

Analyst Recommendations

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

	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 918.52%. Given Allurion Technologies’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Allurion Technologies is more favorable than GN Store Nord.

Institutional & Insider 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 hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

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%

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares GN Store Nord and Allurion Technologies”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
GN Store Nord	$2.54 billion	0.85	$98.86 million	$2.06	20.80
Allurion Technologies	$32.11 million	0.28	-$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.

Summary

GN Store Nord beats Allurion Technologies on 9 of the 13 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.