Owens & Minor (OMI) Competitors

Owens & Minor (NYSE:OMI) and Patterson Companies (NASDAQ:PDCO) are both medical companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings and media sentiment.

Is OMI or PDCO more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Owens & Minor	-0.46%	14.60%	2.51%
Patterson Companies	2.37%	19.77%	6.66%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of OMI or PDCO?

98.0% of Owens & Minor shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.4% of Patterson Companies shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.6% of Owens & Minor shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of Patterson Companies shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer OMI or PDCO?

In the previous week, Patterson Companies had 8 more articles in the media than Owens & Minor. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Patterson Companies and 3 mentions for Owens & Minor. Owens & Minor's average media sentiment score of 1.37 beat Patterson Companies' score of 0.60 indicating that Owens & Minor is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Owens & Minor	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Patterson Companies	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more volatility & risk, OMI or PDCO?

Owens & Minor has a beta of 0.42, indicating that its stock price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Patterson Companies has a beta of 1, indicating that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor OMI or PDCO?

Patterson Companies received 107 more outperform votes than Owens & Minor when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 51.13% of users gave Patterson Companies an outperform vote while only 48.20% of users gave Owens & Minor an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Owens & Minor	Outperform Votes 255 48.20%	Underperform Votes 274 51.80%
Patterson Companies	Outperform Votes 362 51.13%	Underperform Votes 346 48.87%

Do analysts rate OMI or PDCO?

Owens & Minor presently has a consensus target price of $18.50, indicating a potential upside of 47.53%. Patterson Companies has a consensus target price of $26.57, indicating a potential downside of 13.99%. Given Owens & Minor's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Owens & Minor is more favorable than Patterson Companies.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Owens & Minor	2 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Patterson Companies	0 Sell rating(s)	10 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.09

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, OMI or PDCO?

Patterson Companies has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Owens & Minor	$10.66B	0.09	-$41.30M	-$0.65	-19.29
Patterson Companies	$6.55B	0.42	$185.93M	$1.71	18.06

Summary

Patterson Companies beats Owens & Minor on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.