BMY vs. JNJ, ABBV, MRK, PFE, ZTS, RPRX, CORT, JAZZ, PRGO, and SUPN
Should you be buying Bristol-Myers Squibb stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bristol-Myers Squibb include Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), AbbVie (ABBV), Merck & Co., Inc. (MRK), Pfizer (PFE), Zoetis (ZTS), Royalty Pharma (RPRX), Corcept Therapeutics (CORT), Jazz Pharmaceuticals (JAZZ), Perrigo (PRGO), and Supernus Pharmaceuticals (SUPN). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceuticals" industry.
Bristol-Myers Squibb vs.
Bristol-Myers Squibb (NYSE:BMY) and Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) are both large-cap medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends and profitability.
Bristol-Myers Squibb has a beta of 0.41, indicating that its share price is 59% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Johnson & Johnson has a beta of 0.49, indicating that its share price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Bristol-Myers Squibb pays an annual dividend of $2.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. Johnson & Johnson pays an annual dividend of $4.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Bristol-Myers Squibb pays out -56.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Johnson & Johnson pays out 74.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Bristol-Myers Squibb has increased its dividend for 17 consecutive years and Johnson & Johnson has increased its dividend for 63 consecutive years. Bristol-Myers Squibb is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Johnson & Johnson has higher revenue and earnings than Bristol-Myers Squibb. Bristol-Myers Squibb is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Johnson & Johnson, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Johnson & Johnson had 53 more articles in the media than Bristol-Myers Squibb. MarketBeat recorded 123 mentions for Johnson & Johnson and 70 mentions for Bristol-Myers Squibb. Bristol-Myers Squibb's average media sentiment score of 1.04 beat Johnson & Johnson's score of 0.96 indicating that Bristol-Myers Squibb is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Bristol-Myers Squibb presently has a consensus target price of $57.67, indicating a potential upside of 12.34%. Johnson & Johnson has a consensus target price of $171.50, indicating a potential upside of 11.31%. Given Bristol-Myers Squibb's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Bristol-Myers Squibb is more favorable than Johnson & Johnson.
76.4% of Bristol-Myers Squibb shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.6% of Johnson & Johnson shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Bristol-Myers Squibb shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Johnson & Johnson shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Johnson & Johnson received 37 more outperform votes than Bristol-Myers Squibb when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.02% of users gave Bristol-Myers Squibb an outperform vote while only 64.88% of users gave Johnson & Johnson an outperform vote.
Johnson & Johnson has a net margin of 18.20% compared to Bristol-Myers Squibb's net margin of -18.53%. Johnson & Johnson's return on equity of 34.24% beat Bristol-Myers Squibb's return on equity.
Summary
Johnson & Johnson beats Bristol-Myers Squibb on 15 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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