Align Technology (ALGN) Competitors

Align Technology (NASDAQ:ALGN) and Cooper Companies (NASDAQ:COO) are both large-cap medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, community ranking and institutional ownership.

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, ALGN or COO?

Align Technology has higher revenue and earnings than Cooper Companies. Align Technology is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cooper Companies, 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
Align Technology	$4.00B	3.13	$421.36M	$5.61	29.88
Cooper Companies	$3.90B	4.59	$392.30M	$1.95	45.93

Do institutionals and insiders believe in ALGN or COO?

88.4% of Align Technology shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 24.4% of Cooper Companies shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Align Technology shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Cooper Companies shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in ALGN or COO?

Align Technology received 171 more outperform votes than Cooper Companies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.81% of users gave Align Technology an outperform vote while only 66.38% of users gave Cooper Companies an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Align Technology	Outperform Votes 791 69.81%	Underperform Votes 342 30.19%
Cooper Companies	Outperform Votes 620 66.38%	Underperform Votes 314 33.62%

Which has more volatility and risk, ALGN or COO?

Align Technology has a beta of 1.67, indicating that its share price is 67% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cooper Companies has a beta of 1, indicating that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to ALGN or COO?

In the previous week, Cooper Companies had 8 more articles in the media than Align Technology. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for Cooper Companies and 21 mentions for Align Technology. Cooper Companies' average media sentiment score of 1.07 beat Align Technology's score of 0.93 indicating that Cooper Companies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Align Technology	14 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Cooper Companies	16 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts prefer ALGN or COO?

Align Technology currently has a consensus target price of $269.91, suggesting a potential upside of 61.03%. Cooper Companies has a consensus target price of $117.22, suggesting a potential upside of 30.88%. Given Align Technology's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Align Technology is more favorable than Cooper Companies.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Align Technology	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.77
Cooper Companies	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80

Is ALGN or COO more profitable?

Align Technology has a net margin of 10.54% compared to Cooper Companies' net margin of 10.07%. Align Technology's return on equity of 13.84% beat Cooper Companies' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Align Technology	10.54%	13.84%	8.51%
Cooper Companies	10.07%	9.38%	6.09%

Summary

Align Technology beats Cooper Companies on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.