OMI vs. PDCO, MCK, COR, CAH, HSIC, AMED, BHVN, NVST, MTSR, and ACAD
Should you be buying Owens & Minor stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Owens & Minor include Patterson Companies (PDCO), McKesson (MCK), Cencora (COR), Cardinal Health (CAH), Henry Schein (HSIC), Amedisys (AMED), Biohaven (BHVN), Envista (NVST), Metsera (MTSR), and ACADIA Pharmaceuticals (ACAD). These companies are all part of the "medical" sector.
Owens & Minor vs.
Patterson Companies (NASDAQ:PDCO) and Owens & Minor (NYSE:OMI) are both medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations and dividends.
In the previous week, Patterson Companies had 14 more articles in the media than Owens & Minor. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Patterson Companies and 4 mentions for Owens & Minor. Patterson Companies' average media sentiment score of 0.99 beat Owens & Minor's score of 0.45 indicating that Patterson Companies is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Patterson Companies received 106 more outperform votes than Owens & Minor when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 50.35% of users gave Patterson Companies an outperform vote while only 47.94% of users gave Owens & Minor an outperform vote.
Patterson Companies has a beta of 0.99, suggesting that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Owens & Minor has a beta of 0.61, suggesting that its share price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Patterson Companies presently has a consensus target price of $26.57, suggesting a potential downside of 14.95%. Owens & Minor has a consensus target price of $13.75, suggesting a potential upside of 55.37%. Given Owens & Minor's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Owens & Minor is more favorable than Patterson Companies.
85.4% of Patterson Companies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.0% of Owens & Minor shares are held by institutional investors. 1.9% of Patterson Companies shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.6% of Owens & Minor shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Patterson Companies has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Owens & Minor. Owens & Minor is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Patterson Companies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Patterson Companies has a net margin of 2.37% compared to Owens & Minor's net margin of -0.46%. Patterson Companies' return on equity of 19.77% beat Owens & Minor's return on equity.
Summary
Patterson Companies beats Owens & Minor on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:OMI) was last updated on 3/26/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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