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GKOS vs. ZBH, SNN, SOLV, PEN, STVN, BLCO, IRTC, TMDX, SLNO, and NVST

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

Glaukos vs. Its Competitors

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

Zimmer Biomet has a net margin of 10.51% compared to Glaukos' net margin of -21.43%. Zimmer Biomet's return on equity of 12.76% beat Glaukos' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Zimmer Biomet10.51% 12.76% 7.21%
Glaukos -21.43%-8.59%-6.61%

88.9% of Zimmer Biomet shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.0% of Glaukos shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of Zimmer Biomet shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.8% of Glaukos shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Zimmer Biomet has a beta of 0.68, meaning that its share price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Glaukos has a beta of 0.78, meaning that its share price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Zimmer Biomet presently has a consensus price target of $111.44, indicating a potential upside of 3.55%. Glaukos has a consensus price target of $127.42, indicating a potential upside of 35.25%. Given Glaukos' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Glaukos is more favorable than Zimmer Biomet.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Zimmer Biomet
2 Sell rating(s)
9 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.35
Glaukos
1 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.79

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$7.68B2.78$903.70M$4.1126.19
Glaukos$432.95M12.48-$146.37M-$1.65-57.10

In the previous week, Zimmer Biomet had 10 more articles in the media than Glaukos. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Zimmer Biomet and 14 mentions for Glaukos. Zimmer Biomet's average media sentiment score of 1.48 beat Glaukos' score of 0.98 indicating that Zimmer Biomet is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Zimmer Biomet
22 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Glaukos
8 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Zimmer Biomet beats Glaukos on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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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$5.40B$7.05B$5.81B$21.31B
Dividend YieldN/A1.21%4.39%3.54%
P/E Ratio-57.1027.4531.3629.10
Price / Sales12.4869.66387.8754.41
Price / CashN/A21.9338.0224.09
Price / Book7.066.889.535.47
Net Income-$146.37M$176.42M$3.26B$992.74M
7 Day Performance4.77%1.45%2.14%2.67%
1 Month Performance-0.27%-1.85%3.22%2.35%
1 Year Performance-29.11%9.53%30.18%10.76%

Glaukos Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GKOS
Glaukos
4.7335 of 5 stars
$94.21
+4.9%
$127.42
+35.3%
-29.1%$5.40B$432.95M-57.10780News Coverage
Analyst Revision
ZBH
Zimmer Biomet
4.7492 of 5 stars
$102.67
-0.1%
$111.44
+8.5%
-6.4%$20.34B$7.68B24.9817,000News Coverage
Positive News
SNN
Smith & Nephew SNATS
3.202 of 5 stars
$36.29
+0.2%
$36.00
-0.8%
+21.5%$15.89B$5.81B16.8017,349News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Downgrade
SOLV
Solventum
1.7003 of 5 stars
$70.87
-0.8%
$85.75
+21.0%
+19.6%$12.29B$8.25B32.8122,000News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Downgrade
PEN
Penumbra
4.7753 of 5 stars
$255.35
+0.9%
$300.47
+17.7%
+26.0%$9.96B$1.28B67.914,500Positive News
Insider Trade
STVN
Stevanato Group
2.0175 of 5 stars
€22.50
-0.5%
N/A+21.1%€6.81B€1.19B41.675,521Positive News
BLCO
Bausch + Lomb
1.6532 of 5 stars
$14.49
-0.4%
$15.56
+7.4%
-8.3%$5.13B$4.79B-18.5713,500
IRTC
iRhythm Technologies
1.309 of 5 stars
$157.93
-1.7%
$157.30
-0.4%
+141.6%$5.07B$591.84M-53.902,000News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
TMDX
TransMedics Group
2.84 of 5 stars
$125.65
-1.5%
$123.00
-2.1%
-31.8%$4.28B$441.54M65.10210News Coverage
Positive News
SLNO
Soleno Therapeutics
4.5724 of 5 stars
$68.09
-4.9%
$114.30
+67.9%
+51.5%$3.62BN/A-16.4530News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
NVST
Envista
3.7386 of 5 stars
$20.75
+0.5%
$20.92
+0.9%
+15.9%$3.45B$2.51B64.8312,300

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