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GeneDx (WGS) Competitors

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$77.40 +2.10 (+2.79%)
(As of 12/20/2024 05:31 PM ET)

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

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

GeneDx vs.

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

Hims & Hers Health received 29 more outperform votes than GeneDx when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 47.62% of users gave GeneDx an outperform vote while only 38.61% of users gave Hims & Hers Health an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Hims & Hers HealthOutperform Votes
39
38.61%
Underperform Votes
62
61.39%
GeneDxOutperform Votes
10
47.62%
Underperform Votes
11
52.38%

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$1.24B4.61-$23.55M$0.4459.55
GeneDx$267.23M7.96-$175.77M-$3.11-24.89

Hims & Hers Health has a beta of 1.25, suggesting that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, GeneDx has a beta of 2.03, suggesting that its share price is 103% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Hims & Hers Health presently has a consensus price target of $22.80, suggesting a potential downside of 12.98%. GeneDx has a consensus price target of $59.33, suggesting a potential downside of 23.34%. Given Hims & Hers Health's higher possible upside, equities 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)
8 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.41
GeneDx
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

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%

In the previous week, Hims & Hers Health had 19 more articles in the media than GeneDx. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for Hims & Hers Health and 10 mentions for GeneDx. GeneDx's average media sentiment score of 0.51 beat Hims & Hers Health's score of 0.48 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
11 Very Positive mention(s)
5 Positive mention(s)
8 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
GeneDx
5 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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 endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

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$2.13B$867.07M$5.12B$9.07B
Dividend YieldN/A1.90%4.91%4.22%
P/E Ratio-24.8932.2091.3417.19
Price / Sales7.963.751,117.70116.80
Price / CashN/A25.1442.6437.86
Price / Book8.822.924.794.78
Net Income-$175.77M-$5.79M$120.07M$225.60M
7 Day Performance2.61%-4.93%-1.90%-1.23%
1 Month Performance7.40%-4.89%11.45%3.37%
1 Year Performance2,664.29%226.77%30.63%16.58%

GeneDx Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WGS
GeneDx
1.2575 of 5 stars
$77.40
+2.8%
$59.33
-23.3%
+2,935.3%$2.13B$267.23M-24.891,200Insider Trade
Gap Down
HIMS
Hims & Hers Health
3.3847 of 5 stars
$30.93
+3.0%
$21.43
-30.7%
+214.3%$6.76B$872M70.251,046Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
News Coverage
GH
Guardant Health
4.1067 of 5 stars
$35.13
+1.1%
$40.60
+15.6%
+25.6%$4.34B$692.26M-8.201,779
OPCH
Option Care Health
4.8665 of 5 stars
$23.40
-0.4%
$30.14
+28.8%
-29.9%$3.98B$4.78B19.747,802Positive News
SHC
Sotera Health
3.5846 of 5 stars
$13.01
-1.1%
$16.08
+23.6%
-20.0%$3.68B$1.05B52.603,000Positive News
VCYT
Veracyte
4.0276 of 5 stars
$43.35
+0.3%
$41.13
-5.1%
+49.0%$3.36B$361.05M-288.13790Positive News
BTSG
BrightSpring Health Services
2.3113 of 5 stars
$18.95
+2.1%
$18.50
-2.4%
N/A$3.30B$10.59B-71.3835,000Analyst Forecast
Positive News
LFST
LifeStance Health Group
1.7047 of 5 stars
$7.79
+8.6%
$8.70
+11.7%
-0.3%$2.98B$1.21B-29.509,325Positive News
Gap Up
SGRY
Surgery Partners
3.2475 of 5 stars
$22.22
+9.1%
$36.56
+64.5%
-33.8%$2.82B$2.74B-42.4213,500
CON
Concentra Group Holdings Parent
N/A$21.44
+4.6%
$28.50
+32.9%
N/A$2.73B$1.88B0.0011,000
PRVA
Privia Health Group
2.8954 of 5 stars
$21.55
+2.8%
$24.80
+15.1%
-12.6%$2.59B$1.66B209.621,102

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This page (NASDAQ:WGS) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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