HCM vs. SOPH, ITH, GRI, INDV, SLS, ERGO, BMY, SLN, AMYT, and GPH
Should you be buying HUTCHMED stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of HUTCHMED include Sophos Group plc (SOPH.L) (SOPH), Ithaca Energy (ITH), Grainger (GRI), Indivior (INDV), Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust (SLS), Ergomed (ERGO), Bloomsbury Publishing (BMY), Silence Therapeutics (SLN), Amryt Pharma (AMYT), and Global Ports (GPH). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.
HUTCHMED vs.
HUTCHMED (LON:HCM) and Sophos Group plc (SOPH.L) (LON:SOPH) are both mid-cap medical companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, HUTCHMED had 1 more articles in the media than Sophos Group plc (SOPH.L). MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for HUTCHMED and 0 mentions for Sophos Group plc (SOPH.L). HUTCHMED's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Sophos Group plc (SOPH.L)'s score of 0.00 indicating that HUTCHMED is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Sophos Group plc (SOPH.L) has lower revenue, but higher earnings than HUTCHMED. HUTCHMED is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sophos Group plc (SOPH.L), indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Sophos Group plc (SOPH.L) received 221 more outperform votes than HUTCHMED when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 80.19% of users gave Sophos Group plc (SOPH.L) an outperform vote while only 78.40% of users gave HUTCHMED an outperform vote.
36.5% of HUTCHMED shares are held by institutional investors. 39.0% of HUTCHMED shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Sophos Group plc (SOPH.L) has a net margin of 0.00% compared to HUTCHMED's net margin of -6.87%. Sophos Group plc (SOPH.L)'s return on equity of 0.00% beat HUTCHMED's return on equity.
Summary
Sophos Group plc (SOPH.L) beats HUTCHMED on 7 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:HCM) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
