ABT vs. ISRG, BSX, SYK, MDT, BDX, EW, IDXX, RMD, DXCM, and STE
Should you be buying Abbott Laboratories stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Abbott Laboratories include Intuitive Surgical (ISRG), Boston Scientific (BSX), Stryker (SYK), Medtronic (MDT), Becton, Dickinson and Company (BDX), Edwards Lifesciences (EW), IDEXX Laboratories (IDXX), ResMed (RMD), DexCom (DXCM), and STERIS (STE). These companies are all part of the "health care equipment" industry.
Abbott Laboratories vs.
Intuitive Surgical (NASDAQ:ISRG) and Abbott Laboratories (NYSE:ABT) are both large-cap medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking and valuation.
Intuitive Surgical received 107 more outperform votes than Abbott Laboratories when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.97% of users gave Abbott Laboratories an outperform vote while only 68.87% of users gave Intuitive Surgical an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Abbott Laboratories had 5 more articles in the media than Intuitive Surgical. MarketBeat recorded 59 mentions for Abbott Laboratories and 54 mentions for Intuitive Surgical. Abbott Laboratories' average media sentiment score of 1.44 beat Intuitive Surgical's score of 1.27 indicating that Abbott Laboratories is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Intuitive Surgical has a beta of 1.43, meaning that its share price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Abbott Laboratories has a beta of 0.7, meaning that its share price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Intuitive Surgical presently has a consensus price target of $611.86, indicating a potential upside of 17.71%. Abbott Laboratories has a consensus price target of $137.94, indicating a potential upside of 9.95%. Given Intuitive Surgical's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Intuitive Surgical is more favorable than Abbott Laboratories.
Abbott Laboratories has a net margin of 31.95% compared to Intuitive Surgical's net margin of 27.81%. Abbott Laboratories' return on equity of 20.74% beat Intuitive Surgical's return on equity.
83.6% of Intuitive Surgical shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.2% of Abbott Laboratories shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of Intuitive Surgical shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Abbott Laboratories shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Abbott Laboratories has higher revenue and earnings than Intuitive Surgical. Abbott Laboratories is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Intuitive Surgical, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Abbott Laboratories beats Intuitive Surgical on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:ABT) was last updated on 3/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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