OMI vs. PDCO, MCK, COR, CAH, HSIC, DOCS, BBIO, OPCH, SMMT, and CRSP
Should you be buying Owens & Minor stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Owens & Minor include Patterson Companies (PDCO), McKesson (MCK), Cencora (COR), Cardinal Health (CAH), Henry Schein (HSIC), Doximity (DOCS), BridgeBio Pharma (BBIO), Option Care Health (OPCH), Summit Therapeutics (SMMT), and CRISPR Therapeutics (CRSP). These companies are all part of the "medical" sector.
Patterson Companies (NASDAQ:PDCO) and Owens & Minor (NYSE:OMI) are both medical companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, profitability, earnings and valuation.
Patterson Companies has a net margin of 2.95% compared to Patterson Companies' net margin of -0.37%. Owens & Minor's return on equity of 20.98% beat Patterson Companies' return on equity.
Patterson Companies has a beta of 1.07, meaning that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Owens & Minor has a beta of 0.33, meaning that its stock price is 67% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Owens & Minor had 13 more articles in the media than Patterson Companies. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Owens & Minor and 4 mentions for Patterson Companies. Owens & Minor's average media sentiment score of 0.70 beat Patterson Companies' score of 0.65 indicating that Patterson Companies is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Patterson Companies has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Owens & Minor. Owens & Minor is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Patterson Companies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Patterson Companies currently has a consensus price target of $31.67, indicating a potential upside of 35.73%. Owens & Minor has a consensus price target of $23.29, indicating a potential upside of 34.76%. Given Owens & Minor's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Patterson Companies is more favorable than Owens & Minor.
Patterson Companies received 111 more outperform votes than Owens & Minor when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 52.39% of users gave Patterson Companies an outperform vote while only 48.54% of users gave Owens & Minor an outperform vote.
85.4% of Patterson Companies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.0% of Owens & Minor shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.5% of Patterson Companies shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of Owens & Minor shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Patterson Companies beats Owens & Minor on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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