Cutera Inc's Competitiveness
A competitive positioning analysis and financial ratio benchmarking of Cutera Inc (CUTR) against its publicly traded competitors: sales growth, net income, profitability, valuation and market share, plus each peer's market capitalization, revenue, income and employees. Free below: the top 5 peers. Subscriber access adds the full competitor list and CSV downloads.
Key Findings: Cutera Inc vs Its Competitors
- TTM: Trailing 12-month revenue of 154M vs 111,645M combined for tracked competitors (0.1% combined share).
- Trending: Latest-quarter revenue run-rate is decelerating (-17.5% annualized vs trailing 12 months), vs decelerating (-8.9%) for its tracked peer group.
- Growth: Cutera Inc generated -31.5% revenue growth year over year in Q3 2024, vs 6.6% for its tracked competitors combined.
- Profitability: Its -122.7% net margin compares with 10.0% for the peer group.
- Peer revenue share: Cutera Inc accounted for 0.1% of combined revenue among its tracked peer group, down from 0.2% a year earlier.
- Peer differentiation: Revenue per employee of $0.36M compares with $0.56M for the peer group (0.6x).
Every figure above is sourced and cited in detail further down this page (Market Structure, Profitability & Cost Structure, Productivity vs Peers).
CUTR Sales vs. its Competitors, Q3 2024
Cutera Inc reported revenue contraction of 31.52 % year on year in Q3 2024, below its competitors' combined revenue growth of 6.58 %.
With a net margin of -122.65 %, Cutera Inc reported lower profitability than its competitors (10.04 %).
Cutera Inc generated 0.12 % of the combined sales of its peer group, down from 0.19 % a year earlier.
Cutera Inc vs. its Competitors, Q3 2024
Revenue growth, year on year
Net margin
Revenue run-rate vs trailing 12 months
TTM net margin
TTM = trailing twelve months. Run-rate annualizes the latest quarter (×4) and compares it to TTM. In millions of $. High-Confidence Competitors are named as a competitor directly in an SEC filing; Similar-Size Competitors are the closest peers by market-cap rank within the same industry; Similar Growth & Profitability Competitors are the closest peers by combined revenue growth, operating margin and ROIC, all independent of the competitor list.
TTM revenue, latest-quarter run-rate and net income/margin benchmarked across Cutera Inc and its 4 competitor groupings. Available under Commercial License.
| Entity | TTM Revenue | Rev Run-rate vs TTM |
|---|---|---|
| Cutera Inc | $12,345M | +12.3% · Accelerating |
| Competitors combined | $12,345M | +12.3% · Accelerating |
| High-Confidence Competitors (5) | $12,345M | +12.3% · Accelerating |
| Similar Growth & Profitability (5) | $12,345M | +12.3% · Accelerating |
TTM revenue, run-rate and net margin benchmarking across Cutera Inc's competitor groups requires a Commercial License.
For context: the Medical Equipment & Supplies industry grew revenue 15.0% year over year, combined, vs -31.5% for Cutera Inc. Cutera Inc's share of combined industry revenue moved from 0.05% to 0.03%, a loss of 0.02 percentage points.
Cutera Inc's Competitor Quality Breadth
Share of each group, trailing 12 months: profitable (net margin > 0), expanding (revenue growth > 0), growing faster than the industry's own median, and financially distressed (Piotroski F-Score of 2 or below).
| Entity | Profitable | Expanding | Above Industry Growth | Distressed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cutera Inc | No | No | No | Yes |
| Competitors combined (34) | ||||
| High-Confidence Competitors (9) | ||||
| Similar Growth & Profitability (8) | 0.00 % (0 of 8) | 62.50 % (5 of 8) | 50.00 % (4 of 8) | 28.60 % (2 of 7) |
Source: CSIMarket API, trailing 12 months. Altman Z-Score is not shown here: it is not populated in the underlying data for any company. Percentages are of companies in each group that report the relevant metric, not of the full group size.
CUTR Stock Performance relative to its Competitors
CUTR Stock Performance relative to High-Confidence Competitors
CUTR Stock Performance relative to Similar Growth & Profitability Competitors
5 Best-Performing Tracked Competitors, Trailing 12 Months
| # | Competitor | TTM Share Price Return | vs U.S.A. 500 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pulse Biosciences Inc | 282.9% | Outperformed |
| 2 | Anika Therapeutics Inc | 282.9% | Outperformed |
| 3 | Avita Medical Inc | 282.9% | Outperformed |
| 4 | Pro dex Inc | 282.9% | Outperformed |
| 5 | Establishment Labs Holdings Inc | 282.9% | Outperformed |
TTM share price return and U.S.A. 500 outperformance for Cutera Inc's best-performing tracked competitors requires a Commercial License.
Source: CSIMarket API, trailing 12 months.
Cutera Inc's Comment on Competition and Industry Peers
Publicly Traded Peers of Cutera Inc
Revenue and income for trailing 12 months, in millions of $, except employees| Company | Market Cap | Revenues |
|---|---|---|
| Cutera Inc | 1.95 | 154.20 |
| Abbvie Inc | 471,581.88 | 64,386.00 |
| Boston Scientific Corporation | 65,053.43 | 20,997.00 |
| Becton Dickinson And Company | 50,582.30 | 20,840.00 |
| Hologic Inc | 17,087.75 | 3,644.80 |
| Pulse Biosciences Inc | 3,620.55 | 1.19 |
| SUBTOTAL | 614,145.98 | 112,338.84 |
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Sources: Cutera Inc's official press releases and regulatory filings; CSIMarket.com's market research; and the financial filings and press releases of the other companies cited.
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Cutera Inc's Competitors Named by the Company
Competitive relationships identified from SEC filings and corroborating sources, each with a basis and confidence.| Competitor | Basis | Confidence |
|---|---|---|
| Hologic | Named by the company | 85% |
| Abbvie | Named by the company | 85% |
| Allergan | Named by the company | 85% |
| InMode | Named by the company | 85% |
| Apax Partners | Named by the company | 85% |
| Clayton, Dubilier & Rice | Named by the company | 85% |
| Sciton | Named by the company | 85% |
| Valeant Pharmaceuticals | Named by the company | 85% |
| Alma Lasers | Named by the company | 85% |
| Candela | Named by the company | 85% |
| Lutronic | Named by the company | 85% |
| Soliton | Named by the company | 85% |
| Cynosure | Named by the company | 85% |
| Aesthetic Management Partners | Named by the company | 85% |
| Bausch Health | Named by the company | 85% |
| Sientra | Named by the company | 85% |
| Vieve | Named by the company | 85% |
| AMP | Named by the company | 85% |
| Cartessa Aesthetics | Named by the company | 85% |
| Reveal Lasers | Named by the company | 85% |
| Syneron Candela | Named by the company | 85% |
| Lumenis | Named by the company | 85% |
| BTL Industries | Named by the company | 85% |
| Sisram | Named by the company | 85% |
| Zeltiq | Named by the company | 85% |
| Accure Acne | Named by the company | 85% |
Filing basis, confidence, active dates and source counts for Cutera Inc's named competitors require a Commercial License.
Methodology: relationships are extracted from SEC filings (named-competitor disclosures) and corroborating sources. Named by the company = explicitly disclosed as a competitor; Inferred = derived from corroborating signals. Confidence reflects evidence strength.
Cutera Inc's Business Segment Mix vs Peers
Revenue by operating segment or division, as named and reported by each company. Segment names are the filer's own and are not standardized across companies. Do not assume a same-named or similarly-named segment is defined identically between two companies. Shares are of each company's own total revenue and are not required to sum to 100% (intersegment revenue, unallocated items).| Company | Largest Segment |
|---|---|
| Boston Scientific Corporation | Cardiovascular 67.31 % |
| Becton Dickinson And Company | Medical Essentials 34.94 % |
| Hologic Inc | Diagnostics 51.18 % |
| Anika Therapeutics Inc | Single Reportable Segment 100.00 % |
| Apyx Medical Corp | Surgical Aesthetics 90.01 % |
Source: operating segment revenue as reported in each company's SEC filings (10-K/10-Q), via the CSIMarket API, leaf-level reportable segments only (parent roll-up segments are excluded where sub-segments are separately disclosed).
Cutera Inc's Productivity vs Peers Comparison
Revenue and income per employee, trailing 12 months, in $; market cap in millions of $| Company | Market Cap | Revenue / Employee | Income / Employee |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cutera Inc | 2 | 358,600 | -334,209 |
| Abbvie Inc | 471,582 | 1,129,579 | 110,807 |
| Boston Scientific Corporation | 65,053 | 355,881 | 62,186 |
| Becton Dickinson And Company | 50,582 | 289,444 | 13,069 |
| Hologic Inc | 17,088 | 515,530 | 76,917 |
| Pulse Biosciences Inc | 3,621 | 10,216 | -690,138 |
| PEERS TOTAL | 614,144 | 559,374 | 54,718 |
Cutera Inc's Geographic Revenue Exposure vs Peers
Revenue by country/region as reported in each company's most recent filing. Disclosure granularity varies by filer (some report by country, others by broad region) and is shown as disclosed.| Company | Largest Market |
|---|---|
| Cutera Inc | Rest of World 21.40 % |
| Boston Scientific Corporation | United States 63.11 % |
| Becton Dickinson And Company | United States 61.88 % |
| Hologic Inc | Non-US 30.23 % |
| Establishment Labs Holdings Inc | Non-US 63.44 % |
| Inmode Ltd | US 53.62 % |
Source: revenue geography as reported in each company's SEC filings (10-K/10-Q), via the CSIMarket API. Percentages are of that company's own total consolidated revenue for its most recent reported period.
Cutera Inc's Profitability & Cost Structure
Trailing 12-month margins from SEC-filed financials. Operating margin is compared to the Medical Equipment & Supplies industry median; gross margin, EBITDA margin and capital intensity are compared to the live industry average (288 companies).| Metric | Company | Industry | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gross Margin | 5.97 % | 53.35 % (avg) | -47.4 pp |
| Operating Margin | -87.53 % | industry median | -77.2 pp |
| EBITDA Margin | -86.92 % | -6.82 % (avg) | -80.1 pp |
| Capital Intensity (Capex / Revenue) | - | 5.43 % (avg) | - |
Source: CSIMarket API, trailing 12 months. SG&A and R&D as a share of revenue have limited coverage as this data is backfilled and appear only where reported. Higher capital intensity is not inherently negative; it reflects the industry's asset requirements.
Cutera Inc's Valuation vs Competitive Position
Valuation multiples vs the Medical Equipment & Supplies industry average (288 companies, excluding loss-making/negative-equity outliers), alongside returns on capital for context on whether a premium or discount lines up with measurably stronger or weaker returns.| Metric | Company | Industry Average | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| P/E | - | 34.6x | - |
| EV / EBITDA | - | 19.7x | - |
| P/B | -0.1x | 4.7x | -4.8x |
| Return on Equity | 69.01 % | industry aggregate | 59.58 % |
| Return on Invested Capital | -903.35 % | -2.32 % (avg) | -901.03 % |
Source: CSIMarket API, trailing 12 months. A valuation premium or discount is not, by itself, a judgment of over- or under-valuation. Compare it against the return and growth context shown elsewhere on this page.
Cutera Inc's Multi-Year Financial Trajectory
Fiscal-year revenue growth, operating margin, return on invested capital and P/E, as reported in SEC filings.| Metric | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue Growth | 38.57 % | 21.18 % | 7.41 % | 11.67 % | -18.73 % | 56.60 % | 9.14 % | -16.21 % |
| Operating Margin | 4.30 % | 7.31 % | -8.23 % | -6.64 % | -15.46 % | 0.79 % | -15.13 % | -73.87 % |
| Return on Invested Capital | 5.02 % | 8.82 % | -10.27 % | -12.41 % | -19.75 % | 0.72 % | -11.37 % | -68.44 % |
| P/E | 45.8x | 23.1x | - | - | - | 543.3x | - | - |
Source: CSIMarket API, fiscal-year figures. P/E is this company's own historical ratio at each fiscal year end and can swing sharply around an earnings trough: that is real, not a data error.
Cutera Inc's Strategic Group Map
Every company in Cutera Inc's industry and named-competitor list, plotted by trailing 12-month revenue growth and operating margin. Cutera Inc is shown in red; its closest peers by combined growth, margin and ROIC (the Similar Growth & Profitability group above) are labeled.
Source: CSIMarket API, trailing 12 months. Extreme outlier values (from near-zero-revenue companies) are excluded from the plotted cloud but never from the highlighted company or its labeled peers.
Cutera Inc's Industry Attractiveness & Competitive Strength
A CSIMarket composite, not a standard field: each axis is an equal-weighted average of three factors already shown elsewhere on this page (industry growth, industry profitability and rivalry for attractiveness; relative market share, profitability and growth vs industry for strength). Disclosed as a designed methodology, not a precision measurement.
Cutera Inc falls in the Low attractiveness / Low strength cell: Harvest / Divest.
Source: CSIMarket API, trailing 12 months. Each axis score is a simple 1(low)/2(medium)/3(high) average across its three inputs -- a transparent, disclosed simplification, not a validated academic scoring model.
Cutera Inc's SWOT
Every point below is a fixed rule applied to a metric already shown elsewhere on this page (Market Structure, Profitability, Valuation, Run-Rate, Stock Performance, Quality Breadth) not an independent strategic assessment. A blank quadrant means no rule was met, not that none apply.Strengths
- Return on equity 59.6 points above the industry aggregate.
Weaknesses
- Operating margin 77.2 points below the industry median.
- Latest-quarter revenue run-rate is decelerating (-17.5% annualized vs trailing 12 months).
- Piotroski F-Score of 2 or below, the standard financial-distress signal.
Opportunities
- A meaningful share of tracked competitors (37.50 %) show financial-distress signals, a possible opening to gain share.
Threats
- Tracked peer group's revenue run-rate is broadly decelerating (-8.9% annualized).
Methodology: mechanical, rule-based SWOT. Each bullet reuses a figure already sourced and cited elsewhere on this page; nothing here is generated narrative or independent analyst judgment.
Cutera Inc's Financial Strength vs Peers Comparison
Quick ratio, working capital, debt to equity and asset turnover, trailing 12 months| Company | Quick Ratio | Working Capital | Debt / Equity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cutera Inc | 1.41 | 3.17 | - |
| Abbvie Inc | 0.16 | 0.75 | - |
| Boston Scientific Corporation | 0.25 | 1.54 | 0.47 |
| Becton Dickinson And Company | 0.10 | 1.00 | 0.73 |
| Hologic Inc | 1.88 | 3.64 | 0.51 |
| Pulse Biosciences Inc | 9.01 | 9.31 | - |
Quick ratio = cash / current liabilities; working capital ratio = current assets / current liabilities; asset turnover = revenue / total assets. Peers in the Blank Checks industry are excluded.
Cutera Inc's Revenue and Income Growth vs Peers
Quarterly revenue and net income growth, year over year and quarter over quarter| Company | Period | Revenue Y/Y | Income Y/Y |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cutera Inc | Q3 2024 | -31.5 % | - |
| Abbvie Inc | Q2 2026 | +10.2 % | +284.3 % |
| Boston Scientific Corporation | Q2 2026 | +7.5 % | +13.8 % |
| Becton Dickinson And Company | Q2 2026 | +5.4 % | -34.3 % |
| Hologic Inc | Q4 2025 | +44.8 % | -10.9 % |
| Pulse Biosciences Inc | Q2 2026 | - | - |
| PEERS TOTAL | +9.4 % | +108.7 % |
Growth is shown only where both periods are positive. Peers in the Blank Checks industry are excluded.
Cutera Inc's Peers' Costs of Sales and Capital Expenditures
Context for revenue growth: peer costs and capex, year over year and quarter over quarter| Company | Period | Costs Y/Y | Capex Y/Y |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cutera Inc | Q3 2024 | -25.0 % | -96.9 % |
| Abbvie Inc | Q2 2026 | -1.3 % | +19.7 % |
| Boston Scientific Corporation | Q2 2026 | -2.6 % | +24.2 % |
| Becton Dickinson And Company | Q2 2026 | +7.1 % | -12.8 % |
| Hologic Inc | Q4 2025 | -18.1 % | -54.3 % |
| Pulse Biosciences Inc | Q2 2026 | - | -26.8 % |
Cutera Inc's Returns and Turnover vs Peers
ROA, ROI and ROE (trailing 12 months), receivables and inventory turnover| Company | ROA | ROI | ROE |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cutera Inc | - | - | - |
| Abbvie Inc | 4.68% | 9.11% | - |
| Boston Scientific Corporation | 8.34% | 9.91% | 14.77% |
| Becton Dickinson And Company | 1.77% | 2.22% | 3.79% |
| Hologic Inc | 6.12% | 7.26% | 11.01% |
| Pulse Biosciences Inc | - | - | - |
ROA = net income / total assets; ROI = net income / investments; ROE = net income / equity; turnover ratios use trailing 12 month revenue (receivables) and cost of sales (inventory).
Cutera Inc's Valuation vs Peers
P/E, price to sales, PEG, price to cash flow and price to book| Company | P/E | Price / Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Cutera Inc | - | 0.01 |
| Abbvie Inc | 75.22 | 7.32 |
| Boston Scientific Corporation | 17.88 | 3.10 |
| Becton Dickinson And Company | 55.54 | 2.43 |
| Hologic Inc | 31.65 | 4.69 |
| Pulse Biosciences Inc | - | 3,055.31 |
| PEERS AVERAGE | 56.71 | 5.47 |
P/E = price / diluted EPS (trailing 12 months); PEG = P/E divided by EPS growth; the average row divides the peers' combined market cap by their combined income, sales, cash flow and equity.