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$131.77
-0.48 (-0.36%)
(As of 11/1/2024 ET)

GKOS vs. ZBH, SOLV, SNN, PEN, BLCO, INSP, PRCT, TMDX, AXNX, and NVST

Should you be buying Glaukos stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Glaukos include Zimmer Biomet (ZBH), Solventum (SOLV), Smith & Nephew (SNN), Penumbra (PEN), Bausch + Lomb (BLCO), Inspire Medical Systems (INSP), PROCEPT BioRobotics (PRCT), TransMedics Group (TMDX), Axonics (AXNX), and Envista (NVST). These companies are all part of the "medical equipment" industry.

Glaukos vs.

Zimmer Biomet (NYSE:ZBH) and Glaukos (NYSE:GKOS) are both medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation and dividends.

Zimmer Biomet has a net margin of 14.27% compared to Glaukos' net margin of -47.39%. Zimmer Biomet's return on equity of 12.95% beat Glaukos' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Zimmer Biomet14.27% 12.95% 7.55%
Glaukos -47.39%-22.51%-12.36%

Zimmer Biomet received 462 more outperform votes than Glaukos when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.22% of users gave Zimmer Biomet an outperform vote while only 64.40% of users gave Glaukos an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Zimmer BiometOutperform Votes
898
67.22%
Underperform Votes
438
32.78%
GlaukosOutperform Votes
436
64.40%
Underperform Votes
241
35.60%

Zimmer Biomet currently has a consensus target price of $123.84, suggesting a potential upside of 15.45%. Glaukos has a consensus target price of $130.45, suggesting a potential downside of 0.94%. Given Zimmer Biomet's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Zimmer Biomet is more favorable than Glaukos.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Zimmer Biomet
2 Sell rating(s)
12 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.24
Glaukos
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.73

In the previous week, Zimmer Biomet had 23 more articles in the media than Glaukos. MarketBeat recorded 32 mentions for Zimmer Biomet and 9 mentions for Glaukos. Glaukos' average media sentiment score of 0.86 beat Zimmer Biomet's score of 0.17 indicating that Glaukos is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Zimmer Biomet
6 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
14 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Glaukos
3 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Zimmer Biomet$7.60B2.88$1.02B$5.2620.39
Glaukos$314.71M22.99-$134.66M-$3.26-40.40

88.9% of Zimmer Biomet shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.0% of Glaukos shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Zimmer Biomet shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 6.4% of Glaukos shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Zimmer Biomet has a beta of 1.02, indicating that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Glaukos has a beta of 1.02, indicating that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Zimmer Biomet beats Glaukos on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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GKOS vs. The Competition

MetricGlaukosSurgical & medical instruments IndustryMedical SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$7.24B$4.45B$5.33B$19.25B
Dividend YieldN/A41.87%5.07%3.53%
P/E Ratio-40.4044.53128.5743.31
Price / Sales22.9960.861,489.0014.53
Price / CashN/A49.3439.6220.89
Price / Book13.924.264.765.40
Net Income-$134.66M$11.52M$118.92M$985.39M
7 Day Performance0.85%1.06%0.79%-0.71%
1 Month Performance2.51%0.92%5.63%-0.97%
1 Year Performance105.26%39.37%36.69%25.05%

Glaukos Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GKOS
Glaukos
3.6946 of 5 stars
$131.77
-0.4%
$130.45
-1.0%
+89.5%$7.24B$314.71M-40.42780Upcoming Earnings
Insider Selling
ZBH
Zimmer Biomet
4.7966 of 5 stars
$103.60
+1.2%
$123.94
+19.6%
+2.1%$21.31B$7.52B21.5818,000Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
SOLV
Solventum
1.6144 of 5 stars
$73.36
+0.2%
$64.33
-12.3%
N/A$12.67BN/A0.0022,000Upcoming Earnings
SNN
Smith & Nephew
1.9164 of 5 stars
$28.85
+1.7%
N/A+13.1%$12.61B$5.55B0.0018,452Analyst Downgrade
News Coverage
Gap Up
PEN
Penumbra
3.9 of 5 stars
$208.92
+2.1%
$220.17
+5.4%
+20.2%$8.11B$1.06B614.474,200Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
BLCO
Bausch + Lomb
2.3267 of 5 stars
$20.37
-0.4%
$20.27
-0.5%
+24.2%$7.17B$4.50B-15.6713,300Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
INSP
Inspire Medical Systems
4.7114 of 5 stars
$194.67
-0.3%
$219.58
+12.8%
+22.0%$5.81B$624.80M1,081.501,011Upcoming Earnings
News Coverage
PRCT
PROCEPT BioRobotics
1.3709 of 5 stars
$91.00
+32.3%
$86.40
-5.1%
+235.0%$4.73B$136.19M-44.17626Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Insider Selling
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
High Trading Volume
TMDX
TransMedics Group
4.2511 of 5 stars
$126.24
+0.9%
$174.30
+38.1%
+116.6%$4.21B$241.62M3,156.00210Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
High Trading Volume
AXNX
Axonics
3.8039 of 5 stars
$70.24
+0.0%
$69.57
-1.0%
+35.9%$3.58B$408.81M-1,755.56610Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↓
Positive News
NVST
Envista
4.3067 of 5 stars
$19.23
+1.8%
$19.88
+3.4%
-8.9%$3.31B$2.57B-2.5012,800Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
News Coverage

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This page (NYSE:GKOS) was last updated on 11/2/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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