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$103.50 -0.13 (-0.13%)
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GKOS vs. PHG, ZBH, SNN, SOLV, PEN, STVN, IRTC, NARI, TMDX, and BLCO

Should you be buying Glaukos stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Glaukos include Koninklijke Philips (PHG), Zimmer Biomet (ZBH), Smith & Nephew SNATS (SNN), Solventum (SOLV), Penumbra (PEN), Stevanato Group (STVN), iRhythm Technologies (IRTC), Inari Medical (NARI), TransMedics Group (TMDX), and Bausch + Lomb (BLCO). These companies are all part of the "medical equipment" industry.

Glaukos vs. Its Competitors

Koninklijke Philips (NYSE:PHG) and Glaukos (NYSE:GKOS) are both medical companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, dividends, media sentiment and institutional ownership.

Koninklijke Philips has a net margin of 2.11% compared to Glaukos' net margin of -31.40%. Koninklijke Philips' return on equity of 10.97% beat Glaukos' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Koninklijke Philips2.11% 10.97% 4.57%
Glaukos -31.40%-10.66%-8.06%

Glaukos has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Koninklijke Philips. Glaukos is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Koninklijke Philips, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Koninklijke Philips$19.50B1.19-$758.55M$0.4356.21
Glaukos$383.48M15.42-$146.37M-$2.37-43.67

Koninklijke Philips has a beta of 0.76, suggesting that its stock price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Glaukos has a beta of 0.82, suggesting that its stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Glaukos had 1 more articles in the media than Koninklijke Philips. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Glaukos and 4 mentions for Koninklijke Philips. Glaukos' average media sentiment score of 0.87 beat Koninklijke Philips' score of 0.57 indicating that Glaukos is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Koninklijke Philips
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Glaukos
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Glaukos has a consensus price target of $134.67, suggesting a potential upside of 30.11%. Given Glaukos' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Glaukos is more favorable than Koninklijke Philips.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Koninklijke Philips
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Glaukos
1 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75

13.7% of Koninklijke Philips shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.0% of Glaukos shares are held by institutional investors. 5.8% of Glaukos shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Glaukos beats Koninklijke Philips on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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GKOS vs. The Competition

MetricGlaukosMED INSTRUMENTS IndustryMedical SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$5.92B$6.92B$5.54B$20.55B
Dividend YieldN/A1.23%5.38%3.75%
P/E Ratio-43.6726.6327.4028.05
Price / Sales15.4299.70420.6245.87
Price / CashN/A20.9736.6322.31
Price / Book7.444.748.084.59
Net Income-$146.37M$173.18M$3.16B$985.44M
7 Day Performance2.00%1.33%2.84%2.78%
1 Month Performance13.75%-0.41%3.70%5.40%
1 Year Performance-13.24%28.42%35.30%14.61%

Glaukos Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GKOS
Glaukos
4.453 of 5 stars
$103.50
-0.1%
$134.67
+30.1%
-13.1%$5.92B$383.48M-43.67780
PHG
Koninklijke Philips
3.4866 of 5 stars
$22.67
+1.7%
N/A-7.1%$21.83B$19.50B52.7266,678
ZBH
Zimmer Biomet
4.9047 of 5 stars
$91.51
+0.3%
$111.53
+21.9%
-12.1%$18.11B$7.68B20.2517,000
SNN
Smith & Nephew SNATS
3.6949 of 5 stars
$29.17
+1.2%
$28.00
-4.0%
+20.4%$12.77B$5.81B13.5017,349Positive News
SOLV
Solventum
0.9595 of 5 stars
$73.21
-0.5%
$80.29
+9.7%
+53.2%$12.67B$8.31B33.8922,000Positive News
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PEN
Penumbra
4.7389 of 5 stars
$254.41
-1.0%
$302.40
+18.9%
+41.2%$9.85B$1.19B240.014,500Positive News
Insider Trade
STVN
Stevanato Group
1.0539 of 5 stars
€23.62
+1.4%
N/A+36.8%€7.15B€1.19B46.315,521Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
IRTC
iRhythm Technologies
1.2147 of 5 stars
$150.95
+3.6%
$138.60
-8.2%
+47.1%$4.82B$591.84M-48.072,000Insider Trade
NARI
Inari Medical
0.5358 of 5 stars
$79.97
flat
$69.22
-13.4%
N/A$4.68B$493.63M-59.24800
TMDX
TransMedics Group
1.6051 of 5 stars
$127.53
+3.2%
$127.33
-0.2%
-13.9%$4.31B$441.54M93.77210Positive News
BLCO
Bausch + Lomb
3.3959 of 5 stars
$12.01
+2.3%
$15.54
+29.5%
-5.7%$4.25B$4.79B-11.6613,500

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This page (NYSE:GKOS) was last updated on 7/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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