IQVIA (IQV) Competitors

IQVIA (NYSE:IQV) and Bruker (NASDAQ:BRKR) are related companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, profitability and institutional ownership.

Do analysts rate IQV or BRKR?

IQVIA currently has a consensus price target of $222.45, suggesting a potential upside of 41.05%. Bruker has a consensus price target of $52.89, suggesting a potential upside of 26.05%. Given IQVIA's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe IQVIA is more favorable than Bruker.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
IQVIA	0 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	16 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75
Bruker	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in IQV or BRKR?

89.6% of IQVIA shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.5% of Bruker shares are held by institutional investors. 1.6% of IQVIA shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 27.3% of Bruker shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has better earnings and valuation, IQV or BRKR?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
IQVIA	$15.41B	1.77	$1.37B	$7.34	21.49
Bruker	$3.45B	1.85	$113.10M	$0.52	80.69

Which has more risk & volatility, IQV or BRKR?

IQVIA has a beta of 1.3, meaning that its share price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bruker has a beta of 1.18, meaning that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor IQV or BRKR?

In the previous week, IQVIA had 16 more articles in the media than Bruker. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for IQVIA and 7 mentions for Bruker. Bruker's average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat IQVIA's score of 0.98 indicating that Bruker is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
IQVIA	13 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Bruker	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is IQV or BRKR more profitable?

IQVIA has a net margin of 8.61% compared to Bruker's net margin of 2.31%. IQVIA's return on equity of 29.16% beat Bruker's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
IQVIA	8.61%	29.16%	6.96%
Bruker	2.31%	19.47%	5.95%

Summary

IQVIA beats Bruker on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.