GEHC vs. PHG, ZBH, SNN, SOLV, PEN, STVN, GKOS, BLCO, IRTC, and SLNO
Should you be buying GE HealthCare Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of GE HealthCare Technologies include Koninklijke Philips (PHG), Zimmer Biomet (ZBH), Smith & Nephew SNATS (SNN), Solventum (SOLV), Penumbra (PEN), Stevanato Group (STVN), Glaukos (GKOS), Bausch + Lomb (BLCO), iRhythm Technologies (IRTC), and Soleno Therapeutics (SLNO). These companies are all part of the "medical equipment" industry.
GE HealthCare Technologies vs. Its Competitors
Koninklijke Philips (NYSE:PHG) and GE HealthCare Technologies (NASDAQ:GEHC) are both large-cap medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, valuation and dividends.
GE HealthCare Technologies has a consensus target price of $88.55, suggesting a potential upside of 17.36%. Given GE HealthCare Technologies' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe GE HealthCare Technologies is more favorable than Koninklijke Philips.
GE HealthCare Technologies has a net margin of 11.02% compared to Koninklijke Philips' net margin of 2.11%. GE HealthCare Technologies' return on equity of 24.95% beat Koninklijke Philips' return on equity.
GE HealthCare Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than Koninklijke Philips. GE HealthCare Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Koninklijke Philips, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Koninklijke Philips has a beta of 0.76, suggesting that its stock price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, GE HealthCare Technologies has a beta of 1.14, suggesting that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Koninklijke Philips pays an annual dividend of $0.82 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. GE HealthCare Technologies pays an annual dividend of $0.14 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Koninklijke Philips pays out 190.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. GE HealthCare Technologies pays out 2.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. GE HealthCare Technologies has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years.
13.7% of Koninklijke Philips shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.1% of GE HealthCare Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of GE HealthCare Technologies shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, GE HealthCare Technologies had 8 more articles in the media than Koninklijke Philips. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for GE HealthCare Technologies and 5 mentions for Koninklijke Philips. GE HealthCare Technologies' average media sentiment score of 1.29 beat Koninklijke Philips' score of 0.59 indicating that GE HealthCare Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
GE HealthCare Technologies beats Koninklijke Philips on 16 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:GEHC) was last updated on 7/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
