Illumina (ILMN) Competitors

Revvity (NYSE:PKI) and Illumina (NASDAQ:ILMN) are both large-cap medical companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, earnings, dividends, community ranking, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations and valuation.

Does the media prefer PKI or ILMN?

In the previous week, Illumina had 17 more articles in the media than Revvity. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Illumina and 0 mentions for Revvity. Illumina's average media sentiment score of 1.06 beat Revvity's score of 0.73 indicating that Illumina is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Revvity	Positive
Illumina	Positive

Do institutionals and insiders believe in PKI or ILMN?

85.2% of Revvity shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.4% of Illumina shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Revvity shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Illumina 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.

Is PKI or ILMN more profitable?

Revvity has a net margin of 28.94% compared to Illumina's net margin of -36.10%. Revvity's return on equity of 11.17% beat Illumina's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Revvity	28.94%	11.17%	5.83%
Illumina	-36.10%	7.29%	3.40%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in PKI or ILMN?

Illumina received 607 more outperform votes than Revvity when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.74% of users gave Illumina an outperform vote while only 58.69% of users gave Revvity an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Revvity	Outperform Votes 500 58.69%	Underperform Votes 352 41.31%
Illumina	Outperform Votes 1107 65.74%	Underperform Votes 577 34.26%

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, PKI or ILMN?

Revvity has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Illumina. Illumina is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Revvity, 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
Revvity	$3.31B	0.00	$569.18M	$7.68	N/A
Illumina	$4.50B	4.64	-$1.16B	-$9.96	-13.22

Do analysts recommend PKI or ILMN?

Illumina has a consensus target price of $164.00, suggesting a potential upside of 24.54%. Given Illumina's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Illumina is more favorable than Revvity.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Revvity	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Illumina	1 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	13 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Which has more risk and volatility, PKI or ILMN?

Revvity has a beta of 1.1, meaning that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Illumina has a beta of 1.13, meaning that its share price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Illumina beats Revvity on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.