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Cooper Companies (COO) Competitors

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$93.44 +1.51 (+1.64%)
(As of 12/20/2024 05:16 PM ET)

COO vs. WST, ALGN, MMSI, HAE, XRAY, ICUI, QDEL, NEOG, STAA, and CERS

Should you be buying Cooper Companies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cooper Companies include West Pharmaceutical Services (WST), Align Technology (ALGN), Merit Medical Systems (MMSI), Haemonetics (HAE), DENTSPLY SIRONA (XRAY), ICU Medical (ICUI), QuidelOrtho (QDEL), Neogen (NEOG), STAAR Surgical (STAA), and Cerus (CERS). These companies are all part of the "health care supplies" industry.

Cooper Companies vs.

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

West Pharmaceutical Services has a net margin of 17.37% compared to Cooper Companies' net margin of 10.07%. West Pharmaceutical Services' return on equity of 18.41% beat Cooper Companies' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Cooper Companies10.07% 9.38% 6.09%
West Pharmaceutical Services 17.37%18.41%13.74%

Cooper Companies received 356 more outperform votes than West Pharmaceutical Services when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.38% of users gave Cooper Companies an outperform vote while only 55.81% of users gave West Pharmaceutical Services an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Cooper CompaniesOutperform Votes
620
66.38%
Underperform Votes
314
33.62%
West Pharmaceutical ServicesOutperform Votes
264
55.81%
Underperform Votes
209
44.19%

West Pharmaceutical Services has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Cooper Companies. Cooper Companies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than West Pharmaceutical Services, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Cooper Companies$3.90B4.79$392.30M$1.9547.92
West Pharmaceutical Services$2.88B8.34$593.40M$6.7449.17

Cooper Companies has a beta of 0.97, indicating that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, West Pharmaceutical Services has a beta of 1.01, indicating that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Cooper Companies had 6 more articles in the media than West Pharmaceutical Services. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Cooper Companies and 7 mentions for West Pharmaceutical Services. West Pharmaceutical Services' average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat Cooper Companies' score of 0.67 indicating that West Pharmaceutical Services is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Cooper Companies
8 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
West Pharmaceutical Services
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

24.4% of Cooper Companies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.9% of West Pharmaceutical Services shares are held by institutional investors. 2.0% of Cooper Companies shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of West Pharmaceutical Services shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Cooper Companies presently has a consensus price target of $117.00, suggesting a potential upside of 25.21%. West Pharmaceutical Services has a consensus price target of $437.75, suggesting a potential upside of 32.09%. Given West Pharmaceutical Services' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe West Pharmaceutical Services is more favorable than Cooper Companies.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Cooper Companies
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75
West Pharmaceutical Services
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.80

Summary

West Pharmaceutical Services beats Cooper Companies on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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COO vs. The Competition

MetricCooper CompaniesOphthalmic goods IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$18.65B$11.10B$5.12B$9.07B
Dividend YieldN/A0.97%4.91%4.22%
P/E Ratio47.9241.2391.3417.19
Price / Sales4.794.441,117.70116.80
Price / Cash17.7616.6942.6437.86
Price / Book2.313.324.794.78
Net Income$392.30M$235.23M$120.07M$225.60M
7 Day Performance-1.49%-1.41%-1.90%-1.23%
1 Month Performance-6.52%-6.11%11.45%3.37%
1 Year Performance1.44%0.26%30.63%16.58%

Cooper Companies Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
COO
Cooper Companies
3.3191 of 5 stars
$93.44
+1.6%
$117.00
+25.2%
+3.7%$18.65B$3.90B47.9215,000High Trading Volume
WST
West Pharmaceutical Services
4.9588 of 5 stars
$331.34
+0.4%
$437.75
+32.1%
-5.2%$24.00B$2.95B48.9710,600Positive News
ALGN
Align Technology
4.9102 of 5 stars
$231.68
-1.6%
$271.20
+17.1%
-19.5%$17.30B$3.96B40.1721,610
MMSI
Merit Medical Systems
4.4681 of 5 stars
$102.60
-0.2%
$105.09
+2.4%
+37.0%$5.98B$1.33B50.476,950News Coverage
HAE
Haemonetics
4.5851 of 5 stars
$82.16
+1.2%
$108.78
+32.4%
-12.5%$4.13B$1.36B33.693,657Positive News
XRAY
DENTSPLY SIRONA
4.8879 of 5 stars
$19.99
+1.4%
$28.40
+42.1%
-45.0%$3.97B$3.90B-9.5315,000Analyst Forecast
ICUI
ICU Medical
4.585 of 5 stars
$161.40
-0.1%
$199.67
+23.7%
+61.3%$3.95B$2.34B-35.3714,000
QDEL
QuidelOrtho
4.1214 of 5 stars
$43.03
+4.1%
$53.43
+24.2%
-36.8%$2.89B$3.00B-1.577,100Gap Up
NEOG
Neogen
3.4609 of 5 stars
$12.05
-0.8%
$17.50
+45.2%
-39.8%$2.61B$912.20M-110.452,640Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
STAA
STAAR Surgical
4.8226 of 5 stars
$24.38
-1.9%
$42.83
+75.7%
-19.9%$1.20B$322.42M56.501,115Insider Trade
CERS
Cerus
2.8128 of 5 stars
$1.83
+7.0%
$3.63
+98.1%
-25.1%$339.86M$176.23M-15.55625

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This page (NASDAQ:COO) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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