Owens & Minor (OMI) Competitors

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

Which has better valuation and earnings, OMI or MCK?

McKesson has higher revenue and earnings than Owens & Minor. Owens & Minor is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than McKesson, 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	$10.33B	0.05	-$41.30M	-$0.65	-9.58
McKesson	$308.95B	0.24	$3.00B	$21.84	27.37

Is OMI or MCK more profitable?

McKesson has a net margin of 0.82% compared to Owens & Minor's net margin of -0.46%. Owens & Minor's return on equity of 14.60% beat McKesson's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Owens & Minor	-0.46%	14.60%	2.51%
McKesson	0.82%	-181.26%	5.34%

Do insiders & institutionals believe in OMI or MCK?

98.0% of Owens & Minor shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.1% of McKesson shares are held by institutional investors. 3.6% of Owens & Minor shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of McKesson shares are held by 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.

Do analysts prefer OMI or MCK?

Owens & Minor currently has a consensus target price of $16.79, indicating a potential upside of 169.65%. McKesson has a consensus target price of $645.79, indicating a potential upside of 8.05%. Given Owens & Minor's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Owens & Minor is more favorable than McKesson.

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
McKesson	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	13 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.94

Does the media favor OMI or MCK?

In the previous week, McKesson had 37 more articles in the media than Owens & Minor. MarketBeat recorded 42 mentions for McKesson and 5 mentions for Owens & Minor. McKesson's average media sentiment score of 1.44 beat Owens & Minor's score of -0.03 indicating that McKesson is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Owens & Minor	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
McKesson	35 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more volatility and risk, OMI or MCK?

Owens & Minor has a beta of 0.48, indicating that its share price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, McKesson has a beta of 0.52, indicating that its share price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in OMI or MCK?

McKesson received 717 more outperform votes than Owens & Minor when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.33% of users gave McKesson an outperform vote while only 48.21% of users gave Owens & Minor an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Owens & Minor	Outperform Votes 256 48.21%	Underperform Votes 275 51.79%
McKesson	Outperform Votes 973 74.33%	Underperform Votes 336 25.67%

Summary

McKesson beats Owens & Minor on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.