OMI vs. PDCO, MCK, COR, CAH, HSIC, AXSM, RDNT, KRYS, VRNA, and ACHC
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), Axsome Therapeutics (AXSM), RadNet (RDNT), Krystal Biotech (KRYS), Verona Pharma (VRNA), and Acadia Healthcare (ACHC). 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 better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation and community ranking.
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 received 107 more outperform votes than Owens & Minor when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 50.84% of users gave Patterson Companies an outperform vote while only 48.20% of users gave Owens & Minor an outperform vote.
85.4% of Patterson Companies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.0% of Owens & Minor shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.9% of Patterson Companies shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of Owens & Minor shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Patterson Companies presently has a consensus price target of $26.57, suggesting a potential downside of 14.08%. Owens & Minor has a consensus price target of $18.50, suggesting a potential upside of 25.30%. Given Owens & Minor's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Owens & Minor is more favorable than Patterson Companies.
Patterson Companies has a beta of 0.89, suggesting that its stock price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Owens & Minor has a beta of 0.46, suggesting that its stock price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Patterson Companies had 5 more articles in the media than Owens & Minor. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Patterson Companies and 2 mentions for Owens & Minor. Patterson Companies' average media sentiment score of 1.04 beat Owens & Minor's score of 1.04 indicating that Patterson Companies is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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 1/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
