SOLV vs. RMD, WST, BAX, PODD, SWAV, TFX, GMED, PEN, GKOS, and MMSI
Should you be buying Solventum stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Solventum include ResMed (RMD), West Pharmaceutical Services (WST), Baxter International (BAX), Insulet (PODD), Shockwave Medical (SWAV), Teleflex (TFX), Globus Medical (GMED), Penumbra (PEN), Glaukos (GKOS), and Merit Medical Systems (MMSI). These companies are all part of the "surgical & medical instruments" industry.
ResMed (NYSE:RMD) and Solventum (NYSE:SOLV) are both large-cap medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, risk, community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership and profitability.
ResMed currently has a consensus price target of $202.80, indicating a potential downside of 1.71%. Solventum has a consensus price target of $65.75, indicating a potential upside of 10.80%. Given ResMed's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Solventum is more favorable than ResMed.
ResMed has a net margin of 20.91% compared to ResMed's net margin of 0.00%. Solventum's return on equity of 24.43% beat ResMed's return on equity.
ResMed received 415 more outperform votes than Solventum when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 52.93% of users gave ResMed an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave Solventum an outperform vote.
55.0% of ResMed shares are held by institutional investors. 1.2% of ResMed shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
ResMed has higher revenue and earnings than Solventum.
In the previous week, ResMed had 9 more articles in the media than Solventum. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for ResMed and 3 mentions for Solventum. Solventum's average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat ResMed's score of 0.33 indicating that ResMed is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
ResMed beats Solventum on 12 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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