OMI vs. PDCO, NHC, ATEC, NMRA, LGND, WRBY, INMD, AVDL, RCUS, and SLNO
Should you be buying Owens & Minor stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Owens & Minor include Patterson Companies (PDCO), National HealthCare (NHC), Alphatec (ATEC), Neumora Therapeutics (NMRA), Ligand Pharmaceuticals (LGND), Warby Parker (WRBY), InMode (INMD), Avadel Pharmaceuticals (AVDL), Arcus Biosciences (RCUS), and Soleno Therapeutics (SLNO). 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 superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, valuation, risk, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings and institutional ownership.
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. Owens & Minor's average media sentiment score of 0.22 beat Patterson Companies' score of 0.10 indicating that Owens & Minor is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Patterson Companies has a net margin of 2.95% compared to Owens & Minor's net margin of -0.37%. Patterson Companies' return on equity of 20.98% beat Owens & Minor's return on equity.
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.
Owens & Minor presently has a consensus target price of $23.29, suggesting a potential upside of 25.06%. Patterson Companies has a consensus target price of $32.56, suggesting a potential upside of 26.38%. Given Patterson Companies' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Patterson Companies is more favorable than Owens & Minor.
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 stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Owens & Minor has a beta of 0.52, indicating that its stock price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Patterson Companies has a beta of 1.07, indicating that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Patterson Companies beats Owens & Minor on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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