OMI vs. PDCO, MCK, COR, CAH, HSIC, OPCH, DOCS, CYTK, APLS, and MDGL
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), Option Care Health (OPCH), Doximity (DOCS), Cytokinetics (CYTK), Apellis Pharmaceuticals (APLS), and Madrigal Pharmaceuticals (MDGL). These companies are all part of the "medical" sector.
Owens & Minor (NYSE:OMI) and Patterson Companies (NASDAQ:PDCO) are both medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, media sentiment and profitability.
Owens & Minor presently has a consensus target price of $23.29, suggesting a potential upside of 34.13%. Patterson Companies has a consensus target price of $31.67, suggesting a potential upside of 31.89%. Given Owens & Minor's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Owens & Minor is more favorable than Patterson Companies.
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.
In the previous week, Patterson Companies had 10 more articles in the media than Owens & Minor. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Patterson Companies and 5 mentions for Owens & Minor. Owens & Minor's average media sentiment score of 0.52 beat Patterson Companies' score of 0.27 indicating that Owens & Minor is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Patterson Companies has a net margin of 2.95% compared to Owens & Minor's net margin of -0.37%. Patterson Companies' return on equity of 20.98% beat Owens & Minor's return on equity.
Patterson Companies received 111 more outperform votes than Owens & Minor when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 52.47% of users gave Patterson Companies an outperform vote while only 48.54% of users gave Owens & Minor an outperform vote.
Owens & Minor has a beta of 0.52, meaning that its stock price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Patterson Companies has a beta of 1.07, meaning that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.
98.0% of Owens & Minor shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.4% of Patterson Companies shares are held by institutional investors. 2.6% of Owens & Minor shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Patterson Companies shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Patterson Companies beats Owens & Minor on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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