SNN vs. ENOV, STE, ALGN, ZBH, EXAS, SOLV, UHS, CTLT, NTRA, and FMS
Should you be buying Smith & Nephew stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Smith & Nephew include Enovis (ENOV), STERIS (STE), Align Technology (ALGN), Zimmer Biomet (ZBH), Exact Sciences (EXAS), Solventum (SOLV), Universal Health Services (UHS), Catalent (CTLT), Natera (NTRA), and Fresenius Medical Care (FMS). These companies are all part of the "medical" sector.
Smith & Nephew (NYSE:SNN) and Enovis (NYSE:ENOV) are both medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, risk, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability and earnings.
Smith & Nephew has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Enovis' net margin of -4.51%. Enovis' return on equity of 3.98% beat Smith & Nephew's return on equity.
Smith & Nephew has a beta of 0.73, suggesting that its share price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Enovis has a beta of 1.99, suggesting that its share price is 99% more volatile than the S&P 500.
25.6% of Smith & Nephew shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.5% of Enovis shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Smith & Nephew shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.4% of Enovis shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Enovis has a consensus price target of $75.43, suggesting a potential upside of 43.92%. Given Enovis' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Enovis is more favorable than Smith & Nephew.
Smith & Nephew has higher revenue and earnings than Enovis.
Smith & Nephew received 420 more outperform votes than Enovis when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.00% of users gave Enovis an outperform vote while only 54.35% of users gave Smith & Nephew an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Enovis had 1 more articles in the media than Smith & Nephew. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Enovis and 4 mentions for Smith & Nephew. Smith & Nephew's average media sentiment score of 1.01 beat Enovis' score of 0.46 indicating that Smith & Nephew is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Enovis beats Smith & Nephew on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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