Owens & Minor (OMI) Competitors

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

Does the media favor OMI or MCK?

In the previous week, McKesson had 45 more articles in the media than Owens & Minor. MarketBeat recorded 59 mentions for McKesson and 14 mentions for Owens & Minor. McKesson's average media sentiment score of 1.42 beat Owens & Minor's score of 1.13 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	7 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
McKesson	47 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in OMI or MCK?

McKesson received 719 more outperform votes than Owens & Minor when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.20% of users gave McKesson an outperform vote while only 47.94% of users gave Owens & Minor an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Owens & Minor	Outperform Votes 256 47.94%	Underperform Votes 278 52.06%
McKesson	Outperform Votes 975 74.20%	Underperform Votes 339 25.80%

Do institutionals & insiders believe in OMI or MCK?

98.0% of Owens & Minor shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.1% of McKesson shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.6% of Owens & Minor shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of McKesson shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, 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	$10.70B	0.05	-$41.30M	-$4.72	-1.41
McKesson	$344.58B	0.25	$3.00B	$21.84	31.70

Which has more risk and volatility, OMI or MCK?

Owens & Minor has a beta of 1.02, meaning that its stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, McKesson has a beta of 0.49, meaning that its stock price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate OMI or MCK?

Owens & Minor presently has a consensus price target of $13.75, indicating a potential upside of 106.61%. McKesson has a consensus price target of $668.50, indicating a potential downside of 3.46%. Given Owens & Minor's higher probable upside, research 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)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
McKesson	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.88

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%

Summary

McKesson beats Owens & Minor on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.