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Should you be buying Baxter International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Baxter International include Becton, Dickinson and Company (BDX), Edwards Lifesciences (EW), DexCom (DXCM), IDEXX Laboratories (IDXX), ResMed (RMD), STERIS (STE), Hologic (HOLX), Insulet (PODD), Teleflex (TFX), and Globus Medical (GMED). These companies are all part of the "health care equipment" industry.
Becton, Dickinson and Company (NYSE:BDX) and Baxter International (NYSE:BAX) are both large-cap medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, risk, earnings, dividends, valuation, profitability and analyst recommendations.
Baxter International has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Becton, Dickinson and Company. Baxter International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Becton, Dickinson and Company, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Becton, Dickinson and Company presently has a consensus price target of $280.17, indicating a potential upside of 23.54%. Baxter International has a consensus price target of $44.42, indicating a potential upside of 32.82%. Given Becton, Dickinson and Company's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Baxter International is more favorable than Becton, Dickinson and Company.
In the previous week, Becton, Dickinson and Company had 2 more articles in the media than Baxter International. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Becton, Dickinson and Company and 22 mentions for Baxter International. Baxter International's average media sentiment score of 0.54 beat Becton, Dickinson and Company's score of 0.40 indicating that Becton, Dickinson and Company is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Becton, Dickinson and Company pays an annual dividend of $3.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Baxter International pays an annual dividend of $1.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Becton, Dickinson and Company pays out 83.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Baxter International pays out 22.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Becton, Dickinson and Company has raised its dividend for 52 consecutive years and Baxter International has raised its dividend for 8 consecutive years. Baxter International is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Becton, Dickinson and Company has a beta of 0.45, indicating that its stock price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Baxter International has a beta of 0.64, indicating that its stock price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Baxter International received 139 more outperform votes than Becton, Dickinson and Company when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.12% of users gave Baxter International an outperform vote while only 62.33% of users gave Becton, Dickinson and Company an outperform vote.
87.0% of Becton, Dickinson and Company shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.2% of Baxter International shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Becton, Dickinson and Company 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 endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Baxter International has a net margin of 17.79% compared to Baxter International's net margin of 6.76%. Becton, Dickinson and Company's return on equity of 18.47% beat Baxter International's return on equity.
Summary
Baxter International beats Becton, Dickinson and Company on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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