BSX vs. SYK, BDX, DXCM, RMD, REGN, VRTX, MDT, CI, GSK, and ELV
Should you be buying Boston Scientific stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Boston Scientific include Stryker (SYK), Becton, Dickinson and Company (BDX), DexCom (DXCM), ResMed (RMD), Regeneron Pharmaceuticals (REGN), Vertex Pharmaceuticals (VRTX), Medtronic (MDT), The Cigna Group (CI), GSK (GSK), and Elevance Health (ELV). These companies are all part of the "medical" sector.
Stryker (NYSE:SYK) and Boston Scientific (NYSE:BSX) are both large-cap medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, profitability, dividends, risk, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
Stryker currently has a consensus price target of $365.94, indicating a potential upside of 9.34%. Boston Scientific has a consensus price target of $75.32, indicating a potential upside of 0.90%. Given Boston Scientific's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Stryker is more favorable than Boston Scientific.
77.1% of Stryker shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.1% of Boston Scientific shares are held by institutional investors. 5.9% of Stryker shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Boston Scientific shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Stryker has a beta of 0.91, indicating that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Boston Scientific has a beta of 0.77, indicating that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Stryker has a net margin of 16.03% compared to Stryker's net margin of 12.06%. Boston Scientific's return on equity of 23.05% beat Stryker's return on equity.
In the previous week, Boston Scientific had 14 more articles in the media than Stryker. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Boston Scientific and 8 mentions for Stryker. Boston Scientific's average media sentiment score of 0.70 beat Stryker's score of 0.59 indicating that Stryker is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Stryker has higher revenue and earnings than Boston Scientific. Stryker is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Boston Scientific, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Boston Scientific received 108 more outperform votes than Stryker when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.33% of users gave Boston Scientific an outperform vote while only 64.51% of users gave Stryker an outperform vote.
Summary
Stryker beats Boston Scientific on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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