COO vs. WST, ALGN, MMSI, ICUI, HAE, XRAY, 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), ICU Medical (ICUI), Haemonetics (HAE), DENTSPLY SIRONA (XRAY), QuidelOrtho (QDEL), Neogen (NEOG), STAAR Surgical (STAA), and Cerus (CERS). These companies are all part of the "health care supplies" industry.
Cooper Companies vs.
West Pharmaceutical Services (NYSE:WST) and Cooper Companies (NASDAQ:COO) are both large-cap medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, dividends, profitability, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
West Pharmaceutical Services has a net margin of 17.03% compared to Cooper Companies' net margin of 10.07%. West Pharmaceutical Services' return on equity of 18.60% beat Cooper Companies' return on equity.
Cooper Companies received 355 more outperform votes than West Pharmaceutical Services when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.42% of users gave Cooper Companies an outperform vote while only 56.02% of users gave West Pharmaceutical Services an outperform vote.
West Pharmaceutical Services has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Cooper Companies. West Pharmaceutical Services is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cooper Companies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
West Pharmaceutical Services currently has a consensus price target of $332.50, suggesting a potential upside of 49.72%. Cooper Companies has a consensus price target of $110.25, suggesting a potential upside of 31.61%. Given West Pharmaceutical Services' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe West Pharmaceutical Services is more favorable than Cooper Companies.
In the previous week, Cooper Companies had 4 more articles in the media than West Pharmaceutical Services. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Cooper Companies and 20 mentions for West Pharmaceutical Services. West Pharmaceutical Services' average media sentiment score of 1.33 beat Cooper Companies' score of 1.28 indicating that West Pharmaceutical Services is being referred to more favorably in the media.
West Pharmaceutical Services has a beta of 1.09, meaning that its stock price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cooper Companies has a beta of 1.02, meaning that its stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500.
93.9% of West Pharmaceutical Services shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 24.4% of Cooper Companies shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of West Pharmaceutical Services shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Cooper Companies shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
West Pharmaceutical Services beats Cooper Companies on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:COO) was last updated on 3/31/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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