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Natera (NTRA) Competitors

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$158.36 -10.14 (-6.02%)
As of 01/17/2025 04:00 PM Eastern

NTRA vs. FMS, HIMS, RDNT, OPCH, GH, SHC, VCYT, BTSG, LFST, and SGRY

Should you be buying Natera stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Natera include Fresenius Medical Care (FMS), Hims & Hers Health (HIMS), RadNet (RDNT), Option Care Health (OPCH), Guardant Health (GH), Sotera Health (SHC), Veracyte (VCYT), BrightSpring Health Services (BTSG), LifeStance Health Group (LFST), and Surgery Partners (SGRY). These companies are all part of the "healthcare" industry.

Natera vs.

Fresenius Medical Care (NYSE:FMS) and Natera (NASDAQ:NTRA) are both large-cap medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, profitability, community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings and risk.

Fresenius Medical Care has a beta of 0.92, suggesting that its share price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Natera has a beta of 1.65, suggesting that its share price is 65% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Fresenius Medical Care currently has a consensus target price of $25.30, suggesting a potential upside of 9.57%. Natera has a consensus target price of $160.63, suggesting a potential upside of 1.43%. Given Fresenius Medical Care's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Fresenius Medical Care is more favorable than Natera.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Fresenius Medical Care
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33
Natera
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
16 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

8.4% of Fresenius Medical Care shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.9% of Natera shares are held by institutional investors. 7.6% of Natera shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Natera had 15 more articles in the media than Fresenius Medical Care. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Natera and 0 mentions for Fresenius Medical Care. Natera's average media sentiment score of 0.56 beat Fresenius Medical Care's score of 0.00 indicating that Natera is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Fresenius Medical Care Neutral
Natera Positive

Fresenius Medical Care has a net margin of 3.43% compared to Natera's net margin of -14.01%. Fresenius Medical Care's return on equity of 6.04% beat Natera's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Fresenius Medical Care3.43% 6.04% 2.69%
Natera -14.01%-26.23%-14.27%

Fresenius Medical Care has higher revenue and earnings than Natera. Natera is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Fresenius Medical Care, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Fresenius Medical Care$19.24B0.70$540.07M$1.2119.08
Natera$1.08B19.31-$434.80M-$1.76-89.98

Natera received 60 more outperform votes than Fresenius Medical Care when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.96% of users gave Natera an outperform vote while only 54.66% of users gave Fresenius Medical Care an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Fresenius Medical CareOutperform Votes
422
54.66%
Underperform Votes
350
45.34%
NateraOutperform Votes
482
68.96%
Underperform Votes
217
31.04%

Summary

Natera beats Fresenius Medical Care on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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NTRA vs. The Competition

MetricNateraMedical laboratories IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$20.91B$2.96B$5.21B$9.14B
Dividend YieldN/A16.02%5.13%4.02%
P/E Ratio-89.9815.3489.3417.36
Price / Sales19.31200.781,240.0477.11
Price / CashN/A426.0143.7535.97
Price / Book24.864.925.314.79
Net Income-$434.80M-$33.85M$122.54M$225.00M
7 Day Performance-6.46%2.81%0.59%2.62%
1 Month Performance-2.17%0.53%2.55%3.81%
1 Year Performance137.67%15.34%25.29%20.10%

Natera Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NTRA
Natera
2.403 of 5 stars
$158.36
-6.0%
$160.63
+1.4%
+137.7%$20.91B$1.08B-89.983,293Analyst Forecast
High Trading Volume
FMS
Fresenius Medical Care
3.4425 of 5 stars
$22.22
-1.2%
$25.30
+13.9%
+18.0%$13.04B$19.24B18.361,358
HIMS
Hims & Hers Health
3.5508 of 5 stars
$25.52
+0.4%
$25.13
-1.5%
+234.2%$5.58B$1.24B58.001,046Short Interest ↑
RDNT
RadNet
4.2693 of 5 stars
$66.05
-4.0%
$84.75
+28.3%
+58.4%$4.89B$1.77B-943.448,970
OPCH
Option Care Health
4.7478 of 5 stars
$27.69
+15.4%
$29.71
+7.3%
-9.0%$4.71B$4.78B23.275,600Positive News
GH
Guardant Health
3.8987 of 5 stars
$37.37
+1.8%
$40.60
+8.6%
+57.9%$4.62B$692.26M-8.811,779Short Interest ↓
SHC
Sotera Health
3.2821 of 5 stars
$13.00
-0.8%
$16.08
+23.7%
-13.4%$3.68B$1.12B52.003,000
VCYT
Veracyte
3.9709 of 5 stars
$42.45
+2.2%
$41.13
-3.1%
+59.0%$3.29B$425.33M-283.00790Analyst Upgrade
BTSG
BrightSpring Health Services
1.4523 of 5 stars
$17.20
+0.2%
$18.65
+8.5%
N/A$2.99B$10.59B-66.1535,000News Coverage
LFST
LifeStance Health Group
1.2251 of 5 stars
$7.63
-1.3%
$8.70
+14.0%
+17.2%$2.92B$1.21B-29.359,325Short Interest ↓
Positive News
SGRY
Surgery Partners
2.2775 of 5 stars
$20.74
+0.4%
$36.56
+76.3%
-37.1%$2.64B$2.99B-43.2112,200

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This page (NASDAQ:NTRA) was last updated on 1/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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