EW vs. ABT, ISRG, SYK, BSX, MDT, BDX, DXCM, IDXX, RMD, and STE
Should you be buying Edwards Lifesciences stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Edwards Lifesciences include Abbott Laboratories (ABT), Intuitive Surgical (ISRG), Stryker (SYK), Boston Scientific (BSX), Medtronic (MDT), Becton, Dickinson and Company (BDX), DexCom (DXCM), IDEXX Laboratories (IDXX), ResMed (RMD), and STERIS (STE). These companies are all part of the "health care equipment" industry.
Abbott Laboratories (NYSE:ABT) and Edwards Lifesciences (NYSE:EW) are both large-cap medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership and earnings.
75.2% of Abbott Laboratories shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.5% of Edwards Lifesciences shares are held by institutional investors. 1.1% of Abbott Laboratories shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Edwards Lifesciences shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Abbott Laboratories had 2 more articles in the media than Edwards Lifesciences. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Abbott Laboratories and 20 mentions for Edwards Lifesciences. Abbott Laboratories' average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat Edwards Lifesciences' score of 0.54 indicating that Edwards Lifesciences is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Abbott Laboratories currently has a consensus target price of $120.64, indicating a potential upside of 18.05%. Edwards Lifesciences has a consensus target price of $95.06, indicating a potential upside of 9.40%. Given Edwards Lifesciences' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Abbott Laboratories is more favorable than Edwards Lifesciences.
Abbott Laboratories has a beta of 0.76, suggesting that its stock price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Edwards Lifesciences has a beta of 1.1, suggesting that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Edwards Lifesciences has a net margin of 23.01% compared to Edwards Lifesciences' net margin of 13.96%. Abbott Laboratories' return on equity of 22.86% beat Edwards Lifesciences' return on equity.
Abbott Laboratories has higher revenue and earnings than Edwards Lifesciences. Abbott Laboratories is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Edwards Lifesciences, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Edwards Lifesciences received 392 more outperform votes than Abbott Laboratories when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.85% of users gave Edwards Lifesciences an outperform vote while only 69.64% of users gave Abbott Laboratories an outperform vote.
Summary
Edwards Lifesciences beats Abbott Laboratories on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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