Patterson Companies (PDCO) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in PDCO or HSIC?

Henry Schein received 15 more outperform votes than Patterson Companies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 51.71% of users gave Henry Schein an outperform vote while only 50.84% of users gave Patterson Companies an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Patterson Companies	Outperform Votes 362 50.84%	Underperform Votes 350 49.16%
Henry Schein	Outperform Votes 377 51.71%	Underperform Votes 352 48.29%

Do analysts rate PDCO or HSIC?

Patterson Companies currently has a consensus price target of $26.57, indicating a potential downside of 14.15%. Henry Schein has a consensus price target of $79.40, indicating a potential upside of 7.02%. Given Henry Schein's stronger consensus rating and higher possible 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)	6 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.58

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in PDCO or HSIC?

85.4% of Patterson Companies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.6% of Henry Schein shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.9% of Patterson Companies shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Henry Schein shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has better 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	$6.57B	0.42	$185.93M	$1.71	18.10
Henry Schein	$12.34B	0.75	$416M	$2.43	30.53

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 prefer PDCO or HSIC?

In the previous week, Patterson Companies had 3 more articles in the media than Henry Schein. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Patterson Companies and 5 mentions for Henry Schein. Patterson Companies' average media sentiment score of 1.04 beat Henry Schein's score of 0.50 indicating that Patterson Companies is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Patterson Companies	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Henry Schein	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more volatility & risk, PDCO or HSIC?

Patterson Companies has a beta of 0.89, meaning that its stock price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Henry Schein has a beta of 0.89, meaning that its stock price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Henry Schein beats Patterson Companies on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.