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Hologic (HOLX) Competitors

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$78.97 +0.25 (+0.32%)
(As of 11/22/2024 ET)

HOLX vs. PHG, QGEN, BDX, EW, RMD, IDXX, DXCM, STE, PODD, and BAX

Should you be buying Hologic stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hologic include Koninklijke Philips (PHG), Qiagen (QGEN), Becton, Dickinson and Company (BDX), Edwards Lifesciences (EW), ResMed (RMD), IDEXX Laboratories (IDXX), DexCom (DXCM), STERIS (STE), Insulet (PODD), and Baxter International (BAX). These companies are all part of the "medical" sector.

Hologic vs.

Koninklijke Philips (NYSE:PHG) and Hologic (NASDAQ:HOLX) are both large-cap medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, valuation and risk.

Hologic received 498 more outperform votes than Koninklijke Philips when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.67% of users gave Hologic 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%
HologicOutperform Votes
873
69.67%
Underperform Votes
380
30.33%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Koninklijke Philips$19.66B1.26-$503.27M-$0.42-62.84
Hologic$4.03B4.55$789.50M$3.3323.71

Koninklijke Philips has a beta of 0.77, meaning that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hologic has a beta of 0.98, meaning that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Hologic has a consensus target price of $89.91, indicating a potential upside of 13.85%. Given Hologic's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Hologic 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
Hologic
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67

Hologic has a net margin of 19.59% compared to Koninklijke Philips' net margin of -1.83%. Hologic's return on equity of 19.79% beat Koninklijke Philips' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Koninklijke Philips-1.83% 10.11% 4.12%
Hologic 19.59%19.79%11.00%

13.7% of Koninklijke Philips shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.7% of Hologic shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.8% of Hologic shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Hologic had 5 more articles in the media than Koninklijke Philips. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Hologic and 6 mentions for Koninklijke Philips. Hologic's average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat Koninklijke Philips' score of 0.62 indicating that Hologic is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Koninklijke Philips
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Hologic
8 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Hologic beats Koninklijke Philips on 17 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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HOLX vs. The Competition

MetricHologicX IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$18.34B$13.65B$5.38B$8.84B
Dividend YieldN/A1.84%5.14%4.09%
P/E Ratio23.7123.18105.9717.81
Price / Sales4.5511.071,246.69162.50
Price / Cash14.2812.9640.3436.29
Price / Book3.572.627.086.50
Net Income$789.50M$273.70M$119.65M$226.10M
7 Day Performance0.47%9.42%2.15%3.98%
1 Month Performance-3.20%3.46%-3.13%3.78%
1 Year Performance9.41%31.55%33.79%29.29%

Hologic Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HOLX
Hologic
4.8988 of 5 stars
$78.97
+0.3%
$89.91
+13.9%
+9.4%$18.34B$4.03B23.716,990Positive News
PHG
Koninklijke Philips
2.691 of 5 stars
$26.38
+0.3%
N/A+24.7%$24.80B$19.66B0.0069,656
QGEN
Qiagen
4.2795 of 5 stars
$42.33
+0.6%
$50.88
+20.2%
+2.1%$9.66B$1.97B108.385,967
BDX
Becton, Dickinson and Company
4.9897 of 5 stars
$225.21
+1.3%
$283.00
+25.7%
-5.4%$65.10B$20.18B37.9473,000Positive News
EW
Edwards Lifesciences
4.1597 of 5 stars
$70.56
+1.5%
$75.67
+7.2%
+5.1%$41.61B$6.00B10.0319,800Analyst Revision
RMD
ResMed
4.8188 of 5 stars
$243.60
+0.8%
$225.70
-7.3%
+59.7%$35.76B$4.69B31.999,980Positive News
IDXX
IDEXX Laboratories
4.8664 of 5 stars
$419.37
+0.2%
$552.38
+31.7%
-12.8%$34.34B$3.66B40.3711,000News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Down
DXCM
DexCom
4.9853 of 5 stars
$74.48
-1.0%
$104.59
+40.4%
-34.3%$29.09B$3.62B45.059,600Insider Trade
News Coverage
Positive News
STE
STERIS
4.9927 of 5 stars
$215.77
+1.7%
$253.00
+17.3%
+5.8%$21.30B$5.14B48.4618,179Ex-Dividend
Positive News
High Trading Volume
PODD
Insulet
4.4129 of 5 stars
$262.99
-1.3%
$253.27
-3.7%
+41.1%$18.45B$1.70B45.033,000News Coverage
Positive News
BAX
Baxter International
4.4971 of 5 stars
$33.12
+1.5%
$40.91
+23.5%
-7.4%$16.91B$14.81B165.4660,000

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This page (NASDAQ:HOLX) was last updated on 11/23/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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