GE HealthCare Technologies (GEHC) Competitors

GE HealthCare Technologies (NASDAQ:GEHC) and Zimmer Biomet (NYSE:ZBH) are both large-cap medical companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, valuation, risk, earnings, community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer GEHC or ZBH?

Zimmer Biomet received 878 more outperform votes than GE HealthCare Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.06% of users gave Zimmer Biomet an outperform vote while only 61.90% of users gave GE HealthCare Technologies an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
GE HealthCare Technologies	Outperform Votes 26 61.90%	Underperform Votes 16 38.10%
Zimmer Biomet	Outperform Votes 904 67.06%	Underperform Votes 444 32.94%

Do analysts recommend GEHC or ZBH?

GE HealthCare Technologies currently has a consensus target price of $97.73, indicating a potential upside of 51.77%. Zimmer Biomet has a consensus target price of $124.15, indicating a potential upside of 21.91%. Given GE HealthCare Technologies' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe GE HealthCare Technologies is more favorable than Zimmer Biomet.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
GE HealthCare Technologies	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75
Zimmer Biomet	2 Sell rating(s)	11 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.32

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in GEHC or ZBH?

82.1% of GE HealthCare Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.9% of Zimmer Biomet shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of GE HealthCare Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Zimmer Biomet shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has higher earnings & valuation, GEHC or ZBH?

GE HealthCare Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than Zimmer Biomet. GE HealthCare Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Zimmer Biomet, 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
GE HealthCare Technologies	$19.67B	1.50	$1.99B	$4.33	14.87
Zimmer Biomet	$7.68B	2.64	$903.70M	$4.45	22.89

Is GEHC or ZBH more profitable?

Zimmer Biomet has a net margin of 11.77% compared to GE HealthCare Technologies' net margin of 10.13%. GE HealthCare Technologies' return on equity of 25.74% beat Zimmer Biomet's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
GE HealthCare Technologies	10.13%	25.74%	6.29%
Zimmer Biomet	11.77%	12.99%	7.58%

Does the media prefer GEHC or ZBH?

In the previous week, GE HealthCare Technologies had 4 more articles in the media than Zimmer Biomet. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for GE HealthCare Technologies and 22 mentions for Zimmer Biomet. Zimmer Biomet's average media sentiment score of 1.41 beat GE HealthCare Technologies' score of 1.32 indicating that Zimmer Biomet is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
GE HealthCare Technologies	18 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Zimmer Biomet	17 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is GEHC or ZBH a better dividend stock?

GE HealthCare Technologies pays an annual dividend of $0.14 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Zimmer Biomet pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. GE HealthCare Technologies pays out 3.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Zimmer Biomet pays out 21.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Which has more risk & volatility, GEHC or ZBH?

GE HealthCare Technologies has a beta of 1.14, indicating that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Zimmer Biomet has a beta of 0.84, indicating that its stock price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Zimmer Biomet beats GE HealthCare Technologies on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.