PHG vs. HOLX, GEHC, ZBH, WST, ICLR, CAH, STE, BNTX, WAT, and ARGX
Should you be buying Koninklijke Philips stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Koninklijke Philips include Hologic (HOLX), GE HealthCare Technologies (GEHC), Zimmer Biomet (ZBH), West Pharmaceutical Services (WST), ICON Public (ICLR), Cardinal Health (CAH), STERIS (STE), BioNTech (BNTX), Waters (WAT), and argenx (ARGX). These companies are all part of the "medical" sector.
Hologic (NASDAQ:HOLX) and Koninklijke Philips (NYSE:PHG) are both large-cap medical companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation and community ranking.
Hologic has a beta of 1.01, suggesting that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Koninklijke Philips has a beta of 0.75, suggesting that its stock price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Hologic received 483 more outperform votes than Koninklijke Philips when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.76% of users gave Hologic an outperform vote while only 56.69% of users gave Koninklijke Philips an outperform vote.
Hologic has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Koninklijke Philips. Koninklijke Philips is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hologic, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
94.7% of Hologic shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.7% of Koninklijke Philips shares are held by institutional investors. 1.8% of Hologic shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Hologic has a net margin of 11.78% compared to Hologic's net margin of -4.41%. Koninklijke Philips' return on equity of 18.91% beat Hologic's return on equity.
Hologic currently has a consensus price target of $85.60, suggesting a potential upside of 14.10%. Given Koninklijke Philips' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Hologic is more favorable than Koninklijke Philips.
In the previous week, Koninklijke Philips had 2 more articles in the media than Hologic. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Koninklijke Philips and 8 mentions for Hologic. Koninklijke Philips' average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat Hologic's score of 0.33 indicating that Hologic is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Hologic beats Koninklijke Philips on 16 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
Get Koninklijke Philips News Delivered to You Automatically
Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for PHG and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding PHG and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
Koninklijke Philips Competitors List
Related Companies and Tools
