PDCO vs. OMI, APGE, MYGN, AGL, ASTH, CNMD, RXST, VERA, RXRX, and VCEL
Should you be buying Patterson Companies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Patterson Companies include Owens & Minor (OMI), Apogee Therapeutics (APGE), Myriad Genetics (MYGN), agilon health (AGL), Astrana Health (ASTH), CONMED (CNMD), RxSight (RXST), Vera Therapeutics (VERA), Recursion Pharmaceuticals (RXRX), and Vericel (VCEL). These companies are all part of the "medical" sector.
Owens & Minor (NYSE:OMI) and Patterson Companies (NASDAQ:PDCO) are both medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation, profitability, risk, earnings, dividends and media sentiment.
Owens & Minor has a beta of 0.52, meaning that its share price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Patterson Companies has a beta of 1.07, meaning that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.
98.0% of Owens & Minor shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.4% of Patterson Companies shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.6% of Owens & Minor shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Patterson Companies shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Patterson Companies received 110 more outperform votes than Owens & Minor when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 52.48% of users gave Patterson Companies an outperform vote while only 48.64% of users gave Owens & Minor an outperform vote.
Patterson Companies has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.
In the previous week, Owens & Minor had 1 more articles in the media than Patterson Companies. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Owens & Minor and 7 mentions for Patterson Companies. Patterson Companies' average media sentiment score of 0.22 beat Owens & Minor's score of 0.10 indicating that Owens & Minor is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Owens & Minor presently has a consensus price target of $23.29, indicating a potential upside of 25.06%. Patterson Companies has a consensus price target of $32.56, indicating a potential upside of 26.38%. Given Owens & Minor's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Patterson Companies is more favorable than Owens & Minor.
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.
Summary
Patterson Companies beats Owens & Minor on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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