PHG vs. GEHC, ZBH, SOLV, SNN, PEN, STVN, GKOS, NARI, INSP, and BLCO
Should you be buying Koninklijke Philips stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Koninklijke Philips include GE HealthCare Technologies (GEHC), Zimmer Biomet (ZBH), Solventum (SOLV), Smith & Nephew (SNN), Penumbra (PEN), Stevanato Group (STVN), Glaukos (GKOS), Inari Medical (NARI), Inspire Medical Systems (INSP), and Bausch + Lomb (BLCO). These companies are all part of the "medical equipment" industry.
Koninklijke Philips vs.
GE HealthCare Technologies (NASDAQ:GEHC) and Koninklijke Philips (NYSE:PHG) are both large-cap medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, risk, institutional ownership and community ranking.
GE HealthCare Technologies pays an annual dividend of $0.14 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Koninklijke Philips pays an annual dividend of $0.75 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. GE HealthCare Technologies pays out 3.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Koninklijke Philips pays out -89.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Koninklijke Philips is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
GE HealthCare Technologies has a beta of 1.14, meaning that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Koninklijke Philips has a beta of 0.81, meaning that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.
GE HealthCare Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than Koninklijke Philips. Koninklijke Philips is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than GE HealthCare Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Koninklijke Philips received 353 more outperform votes than GE HealthCare Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.36% of users gave GE HealthCare Technologies an outperform vote while only 56.80% of users gave Koninklijke Philips an outperform vote.
In the previous week, GE HealthCare Technologies had 22 more articles in the media than Koninklijke Philips. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for GE HealthCare Technologies and 5 mentions for Koninklijke Philips. Koninklijke Philips' average media sentiment score of 1.31 beat GE HealthCare Technologies' score of 1.28 indicating that Koninklijke Philips is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
GE HealthCare Technologies presently has a consensus price target of $96.50, indicating a potential upside of 48.55%. Given GE HealthCare Technologies' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe GE HealthCare Technologies is more favorable than Koninklijke Philips.
GE HealthCare Technologies has a net margin of 10.13% compared to Koninklijke Philips' net margin of -3.88%. GE HealthCare Technologies' return on equity of 25.74% beat Koninklijke Philips' return on equity.
82.1% of GE HealthCare Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.7% of Koninklijke Philips shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of GE HealthCare Technologies 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.
Summary
GE HealthCare Technologies beats Koninklijke Philips on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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