BAX vs. AMN, DVA, BDX, EW, IDXX, RMD, DXCM, STE, PODD, and HOLX
Should you be buying Baxter International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Baxter International include AMN Healthcare Services (AMN), DaVita (DVA), Becton, Dickinson and Company (BDX), Edwards Lifesciences (EW), IDEXX Laboratories (IDXX), ResMed (RMD), DexCom (DXCM), STERIS (STE), Insulet (PODD), and Hologic (HOLX). These companies are all part of the "medical" sector.
Baxter International vs. Its Competitors
AMN Healthcare Services (NYSE:AMN) and Baxter International (NYSE:BAX) are both medical companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, media sentiment and risk.
Baxter International has a net margin of -4.71% compared to AMN Healthcare Services' net margin of -5.80%. Baxter International's return on equity of 17.24% beat AMN Healthcare Services' return on equity.
AMN Healthcare Services currently has a consensus target price of $32.08, indicating a potential upside of 57.96%. Baxter International has a consensus target price of $36.38, indicating a potential upside of 30.44%. Given AMN Healthcare Services' higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe AMN Healthcare Services is more favorable than Baxter International.
AMN Healthcare Services has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Baxter International. Baxter International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AMN Healthcare Services, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
AMN Healthcare Services has a beta of 0.18, meaning that its share price is 82% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Baxter International has a beta of 0.61, meaning that its share price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Baxter International had 8 more articles in the media than AMN Healthcare Services. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Baxter International and 6 mentions for AMN Healthcare Services. AMN Healthcare Services' average media sentiment score of 0.77 beat Baxter International's score of 0.29 indicating that AMN Healthcare Services is being referred to more favorably in the media.
99.2% of AMN Healthcare Services shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.2% of Baxter International shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of AMN Healthcare Services shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Baxter International 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.
Summary
Baxter International beats AMN Healthcare Services on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:BAX) was last updated on 7/17/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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