BSX vs. ABT, ISRG, SYK, MDT, BDX, EW, IDXX, DXCM, RMD, and STE
Should you be buying Boston Scientific stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Boston Scientific include Abbott Laboratories (ABT), Intuitive Surgical (ISRG), Stryker (SYK), Medtronic (MDT), Becton, Dickinson and Company (BDX), Edwards Lifesciences (EW), IDEXX Laboratories (IDXX), DexCom (DXCM), ResMed (RMD), and STERIS (STE). These companies are all part of the "health care equipment" industry.
Boston Scientific vs.
Abbott Laboratories (NYSE:ABT) and Boston Scientific (NYSE:BSX) are both large-cap medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, risk, dividends and analyst recommendations.
Boston Scientific received 112 more outperform votes than Abbott Laboratories when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.90% of users gave Abbott Laboratories an outperform vote while only 69.82% of users gave Boston Scientific an outperform vote.
Abbott Laboratories currently has a consensus target price of $133.06, indicating a potential downside of 0.11%. Boston Scientific has a consensus target price of $107.39, indicating a potential upside of 1.88%. Given Boston Scientific's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Boston Scientific is more favorable than Abbott Laboratories.
75.2% of Abbott Laboratories shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.1% of Boston Scientific shares are held by institutional investors. 1.1% of Abbott Laboratories shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Boston Scientific shares are held by 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.
Abbott Laboratories has higher revenue and earnings than Boston Scientific. Abbott Laboratories is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Boston Scientific, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Abbott Laboratories has a net margin of 31.95% compared to Boston Scientific's net margin of 11.07%. Abbott Laboratories' return on equity of 20.74% beat Boston Scientific's return on equity.
In the previous week, Abbott Laboratories had 19 more articles in the media than Boston Scientific. MarketBeat recorded 64 mentions for Abbott Laboratories and 45 mentions for Boston Scientific. Abbott Laboratories' average media sentiment score of 1.53 beat Boston Scientific's score of 1.13 indicating that Abbott Laboratories is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Abbott Laboratories has a beta of 0.75, suggesting that its share price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Boston Scientific has a beta of 0.8, suggesting that its share price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Abbott Laboratories beats Boston Scientific on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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