NIOX Group (NIOX) Competitors

NIOX Group (LON:NIOX) and Smith & Nephew (LON:SN) are both large-cap medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, earnings and profitability.

Is NIOX or SN more profitable?

NIOX Group has a net margin of 28.21% compared to Smith & Nephew's net margin of 5.41%. NIOX Group's return on equity of 13.29% beat Smith & Nephew's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
NIOX Group	28.21%	13.29%	3.95%
Smith & Nephew	5.41%	5.85%	4.51%

Do analysts prefer NIOX or SN?

Smith & Nephew has a consensus target price of GBX 4,607.50, indicating a potential upside of 330.21%. Given Smith & Nephew's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Smith & Nephew is more favorable than NIOX Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
NIOX Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Smith & Nephew	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Do insiders and institutionals believe in NIOX or SN?

35.2% of NIOX Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.2% of Smith & Nephew shares are held by institutional investors. 46.7% of NIOX Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Smith & Nephew shares are held by 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.

Which has more volatility and risk, NIOX or SN?

NIOX Group has a beta of 0.92, meaning that its share price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Smith & Nephew has a beta of 0.62, meaning that its share price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, NIOX or SN?

NIOX Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Smith & Nephew. Smith & Nephew is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than NIOX Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
NIOX Group	£3.53B	8.81	£995.88M	£0.02	3,127.06
Smith & Nephew	£7.08B	1.66	£382.79M	£27.77	38.56

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in NIOX or SN?

Smith & Nephew received 559 more outperform votes than NIOX Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave NIOX Group an outperform vote while only 62.02% of users gave Smith & Nephew an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
NIOX Group	Outperform Votes 1 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes
Smith & Nephew	Outperform Votes 560 62.02%	Underperform Votes 343 37.98%

Does the media favor NIOX or SN?

In the previous week, Smith & Nephew had 2 more articles in the media than NIOX Group. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Smith & Nephew and 3 mentions for NIOX Group. Smith & Nephew's average media sentiment score of 1.44 beat NIOX Group's score of 0.10 indicating that Smith & Nephew is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
NIOX Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Smith & Nephew	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is NIOX or SN a better dividend stock?

NIOX Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Smith & Nephew pays an annual dividend of GBX 29 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. NIOX Group pays out 4,126.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Smith & Nephew pays out 104.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Smith & Nephew is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

Smith & Nephew beats NIOX Group on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.