Sotera Health (SHC) Competitors

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

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of SHC or FMS?

91.0% of Sotera Health shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 8.4% of Fresenius Medical Care shares are owned by institutional investors. 55.1% of Sotera Health shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor SHC or FMS?

Fresenius Medical Care received 373 more outperform votes than Sotera Health when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 57.65% of users gave Sotera Health an outperform vote while only 54.66% of users gave Fresenius Medical Care an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Sotera Health	Outperform Votes 49 57.65%	Underperform Votes 36 42.35%
Fresenius Medical Care	Outperform Votes 422 54.66%	Underperform Votes 350 45.34%

Do analysts prefer SHC or FMS?

Sotera Health presently has a consensus price target of $16.08, suggesting a potential upside of 23.91%. Fresenius Medical Care has a consensus price target of $25.30, suggesting a potential upside of 9.57%. Given Sotera Health's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Sotera Health is more favorable than Fresenius Medical Care.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Sotera 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 preferable earnings and valuation, SHC or FMS?

Fresenius Medical Care has higher revenue and earnings than Sotera Health. Fresenius Medical Care is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sotera 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
Sotera Health	$1.05B	3.50	$51.38M	$0.25	51.92
Fresenius Medical Care	$19.24B	0.70	$540.07M	$1.21	19.08

Does the media prefer SHC or FMS?

In the previous week, Sotera Health had 4 more articles in the media than Fresenius Medical Care. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Sotera Health and 0 mentions for Fresenius Medical Care. Sotera Health's average media sentiment score of 0.51 beat Fresenius Medical Care's score of 0.00 indicating that Sotera Health is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Sotera Health	Positive
Fresenius Medical Care	Neutral

Is SHC or FMS more profitable?

Sotera Health has a net margin of 6.31% compared to Fresenius Medical Care's net margin of 3.43%. Sotera Health's return on equity of 42.27% beat Fresenius Medical Care's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Sotera Health	6.31%	42.27%	6.02%
Fresenius Medical Care	3.43%	6.04%	2.69%

Which has more risk & volatility, SHC or FMS?

Sotera Health has a beta of 1.92, meaning that its share price is 92% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fresenius Medical Care has a beta of 0.92, meaning that its share price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Sotera Health beats Fresenius Medical Care on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.