SNN vs. ENOV, ALGN, ZBH, SOLV, NTRA, SRPT, UTHR, UHS, EXAS, and CTLT
Should you be buying Smith & Nephew stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Smith & Nephew include Enovis (ENOV), Align Technology (ALGN), Zimmer Biomet (ZBH), NYSE:SOLV (SOLV), Natera (NTRA), Sarepta Therapeutics (SRPT), United Therapeutics (UTHR), Universal Health Services (UHS), Exact Sciences (EXAS), and Catalent (CTLT). These companies are all part of the "medical" sector.
Smith & Nephew (NYSE:SNN) and Enovis (NYSE:ENOV) are both medical companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, valuation, profitability, community ranking, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
Smith & Nephew has a beta of 0.73, indicating that its stock price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Enovis has a beta of 1.99, indicating that its stock price is 99% more volatile than the S&P 500.
25.6% of Smith & Nephew shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.5% of Enovis shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Smith & Nephew shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.4% of Enovis shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Enovis has a consensus target price of $75.43, suggesting a potential upside of 44.69%. Given Enovis' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Enovis is more favorable than Smith & Nephew.
Smith & Nephew has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Enovis' net margin of -1.95%. Enovis' return on equity of 3.84% beat Smith & Nephew's return on equity.
Smith & Nephew received 420 more outperform votes than Enovis when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 58.97% of users gave Enovis an outperform vote while only 54.29% of users gave Smith & Nephew an outperform vote.
Smith & Nephew has higher revenue and earnings than Enovis.
In the previous week, Enovis had 4 more articles in the media than Smith & Nephew. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Enovis and 7 mentions for Smith & Nephew. Smith & Nephew's average media sentiment score of 0.60 beat Enovis' score of 0.40 indicating that Smith & Nephew is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Enovis beats Smith & Nephew on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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