SN vs. MXCT, NIOX, EKF, CREO, NCYT, IUG, BELL, IHC, AVO, and RUA
Should you be buying Smith & Nephew stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Smith & Nephew include MaxCyte (MXCT), NIOX Group (NIOX), EKF Diagnostics (EKF), Creo Medical Group (CREO), Novacyt (NCYT), Intelligent Ultrasound Group (IUG), Belluscura (BELL), Inspiration Healthcare Group (IHC), Advanced Oncotherapy (AVO), and RUA Life Sciences (RUA). These companies are all part of the "medical devices" industry.
Smith & Nephew (LON:SN) and MaxCyte (LON:MXCT) are both medical companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation and risk.
Smith & Nephew has higher revenue and earnings than MaxCyte. MaxCyte is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Smith & Nephew, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Smith & Nephew had 3 more articles in the media than MaxCyte. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Smith & Nephew and 0 mentions for MaxCyte. Smith & Nephew's average media sentiment score of 0.45 beat MaxCyte's score of 0.00 indicating that Smith & Nephew is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Smith & Nephew received 405 more outperform votes than MaxCyte when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.92% of users gave MaxCyte an outperform vote while only 62.00% of users gave Smith & Nephew an outperform vote.
Smith & Nephew has a beta of 0.51, indicating that its share price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MaxCyte has a beta of 1.07, indicating that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Smith & Nephew currently has a consensus price target of GBX 1,346.20, indicating a potential upside of 36.34%. Given Smith & Nephew's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Smith & Nephew is more favorable than MaxCyte.
58.0% of Smith & Nephew shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.0% of MaxCyte shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Smith & Nephew shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of MaxCyte shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Smith & Nephew has a net margin of 4.74% compared to MaxCyte's net margin of -83.00%. Smith & Nephew's return on equity of 5.02% beat MaxCyte's return on equity.
Summary
Smith & Nephew beats MaxCyte on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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