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Natera (NTRA) Competitors

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$161.88 +3.79 (+2.40%)
(As of 12/20/2024 05:51 PM ET)

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

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), Guardant Health (GH), Option Care Health (OPCH), Sotera Health (SHC), Veracyte (VCYT), BrightSpring Health Services (BTSG), LifeStance Health Group (LFST), Surgery Partners (SGRY), and Concentra Group Holdings Parent (CON). 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 better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, media sentiment, earnings and analyst recommendations.

In the previous week, Natera had 7 more articles in the media than Fresenius Medical Care. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Natera and 4 mentions for Fresenius Medical Care. Fresenius Medical Care's average media sentiment score of 1.06 beat Natera's score of 0.97 indicating that Fresenius Medical Care is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Fresenius Medical Care
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Natera
7 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

8.4% of Fresenius Medical Care shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.9% of Natera shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.6% of Natera shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Fresenius Medical Care presently has a consensus price target of $24.30, suggesting a potential upside of 6.53%. Natera has a consensus price target of $152.67, suggesting a potential downside of 5.69%. Given Fresenius Medical Care's higher possible upside, 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
1 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Natera
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
15 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

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$1.2118.85
Natera$1.53B13.95-$434.80M-$1.76-91.98

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%

Natera received 58 more outperform votes than Fresenius Medical Care when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.82% of users gave Natera an outperform vote while only 54.68% of users gave Fresenius Medical Care an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Fresenius Medical CareOutperform Votes
421
54.68%
Underperform Votes
349
45.32%
NateraOutperform Votes
479
68.82%
Underperform Votes
217
31.18%

Fresenius Medical Care has a beta of 0.94, indicating that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Natera has a beta of 1.63, indicating that its share price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Fresenius Medical Care and Natera tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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NTRA vs. The Competition

MetricNateraMedical laboratories IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$21.37B$2.94B$5.02B$9.08B
Dividend YieldN/A15.59%4.87%4.18%
P/E Ratio-91.9816.02135.2017.17
Price / Sales13.95284.461,120.31115.67
Price / CashN/A472.1140.5837.88
Price / Book25.415.194.754.78
Net Income-$434.80M-$32.86M$118.50M$225.60M
7 Day Performance-2.80%-2.98%-1.83%-1.26%
1 Month Performance-3.57%4.03%12.27%4.37%
1 Year Performance182.61%15.76%31.72%18.73%

Natera Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NTRA
Natera
2.0809 of 5 stars
$161.88
+2.4%
$152.67
-5.7%
+182.6%$21.37B$1.53B-91.983,293Positive News
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
FMS
Fresenius Medical Care
3.491 of 5 stars
$23.99
+1.4%
$24.30
+1.3%
+11.4%$14.08B$19.24B19.791,358News Coverage
Positive News
HIMS
Hims & Hers Health
3.3847 of 5 stars
$30.91
+3.0%
$21.43
-30.7%
+214.3%$6.56B$872M70.251,046Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
News Coverage
GH
Guardant Health
4.1067 of 5 stars
$35.14
+1.1%
$40.60
+15.5%
+25.6%$4.34B$692.26M-8.201,779
OPCH
Option Care Health
4.8665 of 5 stars
$23.45
-0.2%
$30.14
+28.5%
-29.9%$3.99B$4.78B19.747,802Positive News
SHC
Sotera Health
3.5846 of 5 stars
$13.07
-0.6%
$16.08
+23.1%
-20.0%$3.70B$1.05B52.603,000Positive News
VCYT
Veracyte
4.0276 of 5 stars
$43.44
+0.5%
$41.13
-5.3%
+49.0%$3.37B$361.05M-288.13790Positive News
BTSG
BrightSpring Health Services
2.3113 of 5 stars
$18.88
+1.7%
$18.50
-2.0%
N/A$3.29B$10.59B-71.3835,000Analyst Forecast
Positive News
LFST
LifeStance Health Group
1.7047 of 5 stars
$7.80
+8.8%
$8.70
+11.5%
-0.3%$2.98B$1.21B-29.509,325Positive News
Gap Up
SGRY
Surgery Partners
3.2475 of 5 stars
$22.01
+8.1%
$36.56
+66.1%
-33.8%$2.80B$2.74B-42.4213,500
CON
Concentra Group Holdings Parent
N/A$21.51
+4.9%
$28.50
+32.5%
N/A$2.74B$1.88B0.0011,000

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This page (NASDAQ:NTRA) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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