Smith & Nephew (SNN) Competitors

GE HealthCare Technologies (NASDAQ:GEHC) and Smith & Nephew (NYSE:SNN) are both large-cap medical companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership and profitability.

Is GEHC or SNN a better dividend stock?

GE HealthCare Technologies pays an annual dividend of $0.14 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Smith & Nephew pays an annual dividend of $0.89 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. GE HealthCare Technologies pays out 3.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Smith & Nephew pays out 41.2% 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.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, GEHC or SNN?

GE HealthCare Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than Smith & Nephew. Smith & Nephew 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
GE HealthCare Technologies	$19.67B	1.51	$1.99B	$4.33	15.00
Smith & Nephew	$5.81B	2.00	$263M	$2.16	12.29

Does the MarketBeat Community favor GEHC or SNN?

Smith & Nephew received 422 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 54.29% of users gave Smith & Nephew an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
GE HealthCare Technologies	Outperform Votes 27 61.36%	Underperform Votes 17 38.64%
Smith & Nephew	Outperform Votes 449 54.29%	Underperform Votes 378 45.71%

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in GEHC or SNN?

82.1% of GE HealthCare Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 25.6% of Smith & Nephew shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of GE HealthCare Technologies shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Smith & Nephew shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility and risk, GEHC or SNN?

GE HealthCare Technologies has a beta of 1.14, suggesting that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Smith & Nephew has a beta of 0.71, suggesting that its stock price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is GEHC or SNN more profitable?

GE HealthCare Technologies has a net margin of 10.13% compared to Smith & Nephew's net margin of 0.00%. GE HealthCare Technologies' return on equity of 25.74% beat Smith & Nephew's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
GE HealthCare Technologies	10.13%	25.74%	6.29%
Smith & Nephew	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do analysts prefer GEHC or SNN?

GE HealthCare Technologies currently has a consensus target price of $96.50, suggesting a potential upside of 48.55%. Smith & Nephew has a consensus target price of $27.00, suggesting a potential upside of 1.73%. Given GE HealthCare Technologies' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe GE HealthCare Technologies is more favorable than Smith & Nephew.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
GE HealthCare Technologies	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.77
Smith & Nephew	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Does the media favor GEHC or SNN?

In the previous week, GE HealthCare Technologies had 21 more articles in the media than Smith & Nephew. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for GE HealthCare Technologies and 6 mentions for Smith & Nephew. Smith & Nephew's average media sentiment score of 1.70 beat GE HealthCare Technologies' score of 1.10 indicating that Smith & Nephew is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
GE HealthCare Technologies	18 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Smith & Nephew	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Summary

GE HealthCare Technologies beats Smith & Nephew on 16 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.