Patterson Companies (PDCO) Competitors

Patterson Companies (NASDAQ:PDCO) and Henry Schein (NASDAQ:HSIC) are both mid-cap medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment and valuation.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer PDCO or HSIC?

Henry Schein received 16 more outperform votes than Patterson Companies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 51.64% of users gave Henry Schein an outperform vote while only 50.63% of users gave Patterson Companies an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Patterson Companies	Outperform Votes 362 50.63%	Underperform Votes 353 49.37%
Henry Schein	Outperform Votes 378 51.64%	Underperform Votes 354 48.36%

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, PDCO or HSIC?

Henry Schein has higher revenue and earnings than Patterson Companies. Patterson Companies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Henry Schein, 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
Patterson Companies	$6.55B	0.42	$185.93M	$1.71	18.17
Henry Schein	$12.34B	0.78	$416M	$2.43	31.79

Do institutionals and insiders believe in PDCO or HSIC?

85.4% of Patterson Companies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.6% of Henry Schein shares are held by institutional investors. 1.9% of Patterson Companies shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Henry Schein shares are held 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.

Which has more volatility & risk, PDCO or HSIC?

Patterson Companies has a beta of 0.9, indicating that its share price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Henry Schein has a beta of 0.91, indicating that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend PDCO or HSIC?

Patterson Companies currently has a consensus price target of $26.57, indicating a potential downside of 14.48%. Henry Schein has a consensus price target of $80.09, indicating a potential upside of 3.69%. Given Henry Schein's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Henry Schein is more favorable than Patterson Companies.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Patterson Companies	0 Sell rating(s)	10 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.09
Henry Schein	0 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.54

Is PDCO or HSIC more profitable?

Henry Schein has a net margin of 2.51% compared to Patterson Companies' net margin of 2.37%. Patterson Companies' return on equity of 19.77% beat Henry Schein's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Patterson Companies	2.37%	19.77%	6.66%
Henry Schein	2.51%	12.90%	5.21%

Does the media refer more to PDCO or HSIC?

In the previous week, Henry Schein had 5 more articles in the media than Patterson Companies. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Henry Schein and 5 mentions for Patterson Companies. Henry Schein's average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat Patterson Companies' score of 0.84 indicating that Henry Schein is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Patterson Companies	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Henry Schein	7 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Henry Schein beats Patterson Companies on 16 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.