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GE HealthCare Technologies (GEHC) Competitors

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$81.76 -1.16 (-1.40%)
(As of 11/15/2024 ET)

GEHC vs. PHG, HOLX, BFLY, NNOX, CHEK, SYK, PFE, BSX, SNY, and VRTX

Should you be buying GE HealthCare Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of GE HealthCare Technologies include Koninklijke Philips (PHG), Hologic (HOLX), Butterfly Network (BFLY), Nano-X Imaging (NNOX), Check-Cap (CHEK), Stryker (SYK), Pfizer (PFE), Boston Scientific (BSX), Sanofi (SNY), and Vertex Pharmaceuticals (VRTX).

GE HealthCare Technologies vs.

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 businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations and earnings.

GE HealthCare Technologies has a net margin of 8.56% compared to Koninklijke Philips' net margin of -1.83%. GE HealthCare Technologies' return on equity of 25.19% beat Koninklijke Philips' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Koninklijke Philips-1.83% 10.11% 4.12%
GE HealthCare Technologies 8.56%25.19%5.93%

Koninklijke Philips pays an annual dividend of $0.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. GE HealthCare Technologies pays an annual dividend of $0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Koninklijke Philips pays out -219.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. GE HealthCare Technologies pays out 3.3% 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. Koninklijke Philips is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Koninklijke Philips received 354 more outperform votes than GE HealthCare Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 56.76% of users gave GE HealthCare Technologies an outperform vote while only 56.56% of users gave Koninklijke Philips an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Koninklijke PhilipsOutperform Votes
375
56.56%
Underperform Votes
288
43.44%
GE HealthCare TechnologiesOutperform Votes
21
56.76%
Underperform Votes
16
43.24%

Koninklijke Philips has a beta of 0.77, meaning that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, GE HealthCare Technologies has a beta of 1.24, meaning that its stock price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500.

GE HealthCare Technologies has a consensus price target of $94.36, indicating a potential upside of 15.41%. Given GE HealthCare Technologies' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe GE HealthCare Technologies is more favorable than Koninklijke Philips.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Koninklijke Philips
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.20
GE HealthCare Technologies
1 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.60

GE HealthCare Technologies has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Koninklijke Philips. Koninklijke Philips is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than GE HealthCare Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Koninklijke Philips$19.66B1.24-$503.27M-$0.42-61.52
GE HealthCare Technologies$19.55B1.91$1.57B$3.6422.46

In the previous week, GE HealthCare Technologies had 10 more articles in the media than Koninklijke Philips. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for GE HealthCare Technologies and 4 mentions for Koninklijke Philips. GE HealthCare Technologies' average media sentiment score of 1.26 beat Koninklijke Philips' score of 0.48 indicating that GE HealthCare Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Koninklijke Philips
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
GE HealthCare Technologies
10 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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 insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

GE HealthCare Technologies beats Koninklijke Philips on 17 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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GEHC vs. The Competition

MetricGE HealthCare TechnologiesX IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$37.35B$20.10B$5.15B$8.74B
Dividend Yield0.15%1.85%5.18%4.08%
P/E Ratio22.4611.5267.9813.75
Price / Sales1.913.821,275.8487.53
Price / Cash15.4712.9039.7135.24
Price / Book4.483.156.485.93
Net Income$1.57B$430.13M$119.82M$225.73M
7 Day Performance-4.86%-4.57%-5.13%-1.34%
1 Month Performance-9.98%2.03%-2.71%1.15%
1 Year Performance12.00%36.33%31.10%24.02%

GE HealthCare Technologies Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GEHC
GE HealthCare Technologies
4.4809 of 5 stars
$81.76
-1.4%
$94.36
+15.4%
+13.7%$37.35B$19.55B22.4651,000Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
Positive News
PHG
Koninklijke Philips
2.2249 of 5 stars
$25.84
+0.4%
N/A+23.5%$24.29B$18.04B-61.5269,656Analyst Downgrade
HOLX
Hologic
4.8813 of 5 stars
$78.60
+1.4%
N/A+8.2%$18.26B$4.03B23.606,990Analyst Upgrade
Short Interest ↓
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
BFLY
Butterfly Network
2.9116 of 5 stars
$2.35
-8.2%
N/A+111.7%$500.70M$76.22M-5.11460
NNOX
Nano-X Imaging
2.2157 of 5 stars
$5.85
-3.0%
N/A-8.2%$338.01M$10.13M-5.91190Upcoming Earnings
News Coverage
CHEK
Check-Cap
1.0449 of 5 stars
$0.77
-3.7%
N/A-78.6%$4.53MN/A-0.2680Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↓
SYK
Stryker
4.9557 of 5 stars
$390.08
+1.8%
N/A+33.8%$148.71B$20.50B41.8152,000Analyst Upgrade
News Coverage
Positive News
High Trading Volume
PFE
Pfizer
5 of 5 stars
$24.80
-4.7%
N/A-16.7%$140.54B$59.38B33.5188,000Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Upgrade
Options Volume
News Coverage
High Trading Volume
BSX
Boston Scientific
4.4741 of 5 stars
$86.99
-0.7%
N/A+59.1%$128.21B$14.24B71.8948,000Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
SNY
Sanofi
2.8481 of 5 stars
$47.97
+0.3%
N/A+3.5%$121.74B$48.86B24.4786,088Analyst Revision
VRTX
Vertex Pharmaceuticals
3.5513 of 5 stars
$465.70
-3.8%
N/A+35.8%$119.93B$9.87B-234.025,400Analyst Upgrade
News Coverage
Positive News
High Trading Volume

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This page (NASDAQ:GEHC) was last updated on 11/17/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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