Option Care Health (OPCH) Competitors

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

Do institutionals & insiders believe in OPCH or FMS?

98.1% of Option Care Health shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 8.4% of Fresenius Medical Care shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Option Care Health shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is OPCH or FMS more profitable?

Option Care Health has a net margin of 4.37% compared to Fresenius Medical Care's net margin of 3.43%. Option Care Health's return on equity of 15.30% beat Fresenius Medical Care's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Option Care Health	4.37%	15.30%	6.57%
Fresenius Medical Care	3.43%	6.04%	2.69%

Do analysts rate OPCH or FMS?

Option Care Health presently has a consensus price target of $29.86, suggesting a potential upside of 2.39%. Fresenius Medical Care has a consensus price target of $25.30, suggesting a potential upside of 9.57%. Given Fresenius Medical Care's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Fresenius Medical Care is more favorable than Option Care Health.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Option Care Health	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.57
Fresenius Medical Care	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Which has more volatility & risk, OPCH or FMS?

Option Care Health has a beta of 1.31, indicating that its stock price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fresenius Medical Care has a beta of 0.92, indicating that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor OPCH or FMS?

Fresenius Medical Care received 366 more outperform votes than Option Care Health when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.87% of users gave Option Care Health an outperform vote while only 54.66% of users gave Fresenius Medical Care an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Option Care Health	Outperform Votes 56 60.87%	Underperform Votes 36 39.13%
Fresenius Medical Care	Outperform Votes 422 54.66%	Underperform Votes 350 45.34%

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, OPCH or FMS?

Fresenius Medical Care has higher revenue and earnings than Option Care Health. Fresenius Medical Care is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Option Care Health, 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
Option Care Health	$4.30B	1.15	$267.09M	$1.19	24.50
Fresenius Medical Care	$21.05B	0.64	$540.07M	$1.21	19.08

Does the media favor OPCH or FMS?

In the previous week, Option Care Health had 19 more articles in the media than Fresenius Medical Care. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Option Care Health and 0 mentions for Fresenius Medical Care. Option Care Health's average media sentiment score of 1.19 beat Fresenius Medical Care's score of 0.00 indicating that Option Care Health is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Option Care Health	Positive
Fresenius Medical Care	Neutral

Summary

Option Care Health beats Fresenius Medical Care on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.