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Smith & Nephew (SN) Competitors

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GBX 986.80 +10.80 (+1.11%)
(As of 11/22/2024 ET)

SN vs. HLN, SGE, WHR, ANP, CLX, TPX, PNPL, LEG, ULVR, and MXCT

Should you be buying Smith & Nephew stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Smith & Nephew include Haleon (HLN), The Sage Group (SGE), Warehouse REIT (WHR), Anpario (ANP), Calnex Solutions (CLX), TPXimpact (TPX), Pineapple Power (PNPL), Legendary Investments (LEG), Unilever (ULVR), and MaxCyte (MXCT).

Smith & Nephew vs.

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

In the previous week, Haleon had 3 more articles in the media than Smith & Nephew. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Haleon and 0 mentions for Smith & Nephew. Smith & Nephew's average media sentiment score of 0.22 beat Haleon's score of -0.10 indicating that Smith & Nephew is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Smith & Nephew Neutral
Haleon Neutral

62.2% of Smith & Nephew shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.9% of Haleon shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Smith & Nephew shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 10.7% of Haleon shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Smith & Nephew has a beta of 0.62, indicating that its share price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Haleon has a beta of 0.19, indicating that its share price is 81% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Smith & Nephew£5.64B1.51£305M£0.273,614.81
Haleon£11.26B3.05£1.09B£0.123,169.17

Smith & Nephew received 548 more outperform votes than Haleon when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.97% of users gave Smith & Nephew an outperform vote while only 29.73% of users gave Haleon an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Smith & NephewOutperform Votes
559
61.97%
Underperform Votes
343
38.03%
HaleonOutperform Votes
11
29.73%
Underperform Votes
26
70.27%

Smith & Nephew pays an annual dividend of GBX 29 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Haleon pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Smith & Nephew pays out 10,740.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Haleon pays out 5,000.0% 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 currently has a consensus price target of GBX 3,956.20, suggesting a potential upside of 305.35%. Haleon has a consensus price target of GBX 415, suggesting a potential upside of 9.12%. Given Smith & Nephew's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Smith & Nephew is more favorable than Haleon.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Smith & Nephew
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.80
Haleon
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Haleon has a net margin of 9.66% compared to Smith & Nephew's net margin of 5.41%. Haleon's return on equity of 6.82% beat Smith & Nephew's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Smith & Nephew5.41% 5.84% 4.51%
Haleon 9.66%6.82%4.45%

Summary

Smith & Nephew beats Haleon on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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SN vs. The Competition

MetricSmith & NephewMedical Devices IndustryMedical SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£8.51B£2.02B£5.38B£1.56B
Dividend Yield2.59%2.49%5.14%11.88%
P/E Ratio3,614.81211.14105.971,594.20
Price / Sales1.51204.311,246.69241,933.95
Price / Cash18.6816.0540.3432.32
Price / Book1.643.397.082.87
Net Income£305M£70.94M£119.65M£170.42M
7 Day Performance1.56%-1.85%2.15%-0.01%
1 Month Performance-13.32%-2.16%-3.13%-0.39%
1 Year Performance-4.50%27.55%33.79%105.98%

Smith & Nephew Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SN
Smith & Nephew
3.6777 of 5 stars
GBX 986.80
+1.1%
GBX 3,956.20
+300.9%
-4.5%£8.60B£5.64B3,654.8118,452High Trading Volume
HLN
Haleon
0.8121 of 5 stars
GBX 372.40
+1.0%
GBX 415
+11.4%
+15.8%£33.66B£11.26B3,071.1825,408Insider Trade
News Coverage
SGE
The Sage Group
2.0503 of 5 stars
GBX 1,264.43
-0.4%
GBX 1,173
-7.2%
+13.8%£12.60B£2.25B4,863.1911,326Dividend Increase
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
News Coverage
High Trading Volume
WHR
Warehouse REIT
2.5525 of 5 stars
GBX 84.70
+1.2%
GBX 108
+27.5%
+3.4%£359.86M£51.03M1,058.7561,000Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
Positive News
High Trading Volume
ANP
Anpario
N/AGBX 337.50
-0.7%
GBX 370
+9.6%
+29.8%£57.07M£32.72M1,878.22109Positive News
CLX
Calnex Solutions
2.8056 of 5 stars
GBX 60.88
-0.2%
GBX 115
+88.9%
-9.6%£53.31M£16.27M1,756.339,000Dividend Cut
Gap Up
TPX
TPXimpact
N/AN/AN/A-3.7%£31.96M£84.27M-142.7112,000Gap Down
PNPL
Pineapple Power
N/AN/AN/A+0.0%£2.28MN/A-274.002High Trading Volume
LEG
Legendary Investments
N/AGBX 0.09
-5.6%
N/A+0.0%£0.00N/A0.0019,900Gap Down
ULVR
Unilever
0.4185 of 5 stars
GBX 4,542
+0.1%
GBX 4,665
+2.7%
+22.8%£112.64B£60.29B2,063.18148,000
MXCT
MaxCyte
N/AGBX 266
+1.5%
N/A-20.3%£279.54M£45.44M-1,023.0880News Coverage

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This page (LON:SN) was last updated on 11/23/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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