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GeneDx (WGS) Competitors

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$69.38 -1.66 (-2.34%)
(As of 11/20/2024 ET)

WGS vs. HIMS, SHC, GH, OPCH, BTSG, VCYT, SGRY, LFST, CON, and PACS

Should you be buying GeneDx stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of GeneDx include Hims & Hers Health (HIMS), Sotera Health (SHC), Guardant Health (GH), Option Care Health (OPCH), BrightSpring Health Services (BTSG), Veracyte (VCYT), Surgery Partners (SGRY), LifeStance Health Group (LFST), Concentra Group Holdings Parent (CON), and PACS Group (PACS). These companies are all part of the "healthcare" industry.

GeneDx vs.

Hims & Hers Health (NYSE:HIMS) and GeneDx (NASDAQ:WGS) are both medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment and profitability.

Hims & Hers Health has a beta of 1.06, indicating that its share price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, GeneDx has a beta of 2.11, indicating that its share price is 111% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Hims & Hers Health had 15 more articles in the media than GeneDx. MarketBeat recorded 32 mentions for Hims & Hers Health and 17 mentions for GeneDx. GeneDx's average media sentiment score of 0.44 beat Hims & Hers Health's score of 0.26 indicating that GeneDx is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Hims & Hers Health
9 Very Positive mention(s)
7 Positive mention(s)
8 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
GeneDx
8 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Hims & Hers Health received 27 more outperform votes than GeneDx when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 47.62% of users gave GeneDx an outperform vote while only 37.37% of users gave Hims & Hers Health an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Hims & Hers HealthOutperform Votes
37
37.37%
Underperform Votes
62
62.63%
GeneDxOutperform Votes
10
47.62%
Underperform Votes
11
52.38%

63.5% of Hims & Hers Health shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.7% of GeneDx shares are held by institutional investors. 17.7% of Hims & Hers Health shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 27.3% of GeneDx shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Hims & Hers Health has a net margin of 8.19% compared to GeneDx's net margin of -31.25%. Hims & Hers Health's return on equity of 10.97% beat GeneDx's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Hims & Hers Health8.19% 10.97% 8.29%
GeneDx -31.25%-13.35%-6.91%

Hims & Hers Health presently has a consensus target price of $20.71, indicating a potential downside of 4.98%. GeneDx has a consensus target price of $59.33, indicating a potential downside of 14.48%. Given Hims & Hers Health's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Hims & Hers Health is more favorable than GeneDx.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Hims & Hers Health
1 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.38
GeneDx
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

Hims & Hers Health has higher revenue and earnings than GeneDx. GeneDx is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hims & Hers Health, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Hims & Hers Health$1.24B3.83-$23.55M$0.4449.55
GeneDx$267.23M7.13-$175.77M-$3.11-22.31

Summary

Hims & Hers Health beats GeneDx on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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WGS vs. The Competition

MetricGeneDxHealth services IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1.91B$617.16M$5.03B$8.81B
Dividend YieldN/A1.96%5.16%4.06%
P/E Ratio-22.3137.32135.4117.82
Price / Sales7.133.911,160.9774.56
Price / CashN/A25.4733.5332.53
Price / Book7.902.904.674.68
Net Income-$175.77M-$10.72M$119.07M$226.08M
7 Day Performance-5.90%-1.16%-1.83%-1.04%
1 Month Performance19.23%-2.51%-3.60%1.04%
1 Year Performance4,855.71%387.32%31.66%26.28%

GeneDx Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WGS
GeneDx
1.1554 of 5 stars
$69.38
-2.3%
$59.33
-14.5%
+4,891.4%$1.91B$267.23M-22.311,200Insider Trade
News Coverage
HIMS
Hims & Hers Health
3.5685 of 5 stars
$21.80
-7.4%
$20.71
-5.0%
+181.8%$5.14B$872M49.551,046Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
SHC
Sotera Health
3.662 of 5 stars
$13.21
-2.9%
$16.50
+24.9%
-5.2%$3.85B$1.05B52.843,000High Trading Volume
GH
Guardant Health
4.2798 of 5 stars
$30.68
flat
$40.60
+32.3%
+28.4%$3.79B$563.95M-7.241,779
OPCH
Option Care Health
4.9777 of 5 stars
$21.88
+0.3%
$30.83
+40.9%
-26.3%$3.72B$4.30B18.397,802Positive News
BTSG
BrightSpring Health Services
2.9593 of 5 stars
$18.79
+0.8%
$16.79
-10.6%
N/A$3.27B$10.59B-72.2735,000Positive News
VCYT
Veracyte
4.1281 of 5 stars
$39.20
+0.1%
$41.25
+5.2%
+50.5%$3.03B$361.05M-261.33790Analyst Forecast
SGRY
Surgery Partners
3.0975 of 5 stars
$22.51
-1.1%
$38.71
+72.0%
-29.9%$2.89B$2.74B0.0013,500Analyst Forecast
LFST
LifeStance Health Group
1.7828 of 5 stars
$7.22
-0.3%
$8.50
+17.7%
+16.5%$2.76B$1.21B-27.779,325
CON
Concentra Group Holdings Parent
N/A$21.27
+4.9%
$28.50
+34.0%
N/A$2.71B$1.84B0.0011,000Gap Up
High Trading Volume
PACS
PACS Group
4.0685 of 5 stars
$17.25
+0.9%
$39.88
+131.2%
N/A$2.61B$3.11B0.0032,433Analyst Forecast

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This page (NASDAQ:WGS) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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