ZTS vs. BMY, PFE, GSK, TAK, REGN, VRTX, GMAB, ALNY, BMRN, and SNY
Should you be buying Zoetis stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Zoetis include Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY), Pfizer (PFE), GSK (GSK), Takeda Pharmaceutical (TAK), Regeneron Pharmaceuticals (REGN), Vertex Pharmaceuticals (VRTX), Genmab A/S (GMAB), Alnylam Pharmaceuticals (ALNY), BioMarin Pharmaceutical (BMRN), and Sanofi (SNY). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical preparations" industry.
Bristol-Myers Squibb (NYSE:BMY) and Zoetis (NYSE:ZTS) are both large-cap medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment, risk and dividends.
76.4% of Bristol-Myers Squibb shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.8% of Zoetis shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Bristol-Myers Squibb shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Zoetis shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Bristol-Myers Squibb has higher revenue and earnings than Zoetis. Bristol-Myers Squibb is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Zoetis, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Zoetis has a net margin of 27.43% compared to Zoetis' net margin of -13.50%. Bristol-Myers Squibb's return on equity of 51.25% beat Zoetis' return on equity.
Bristol-Myers Squibb has a beta of 0.39, indicating that its share price is 61% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Zoetis has a beta of 0.85, indicating that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Bristol-Myers Squibb pays an annual dividend of $2.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.4%. Zoetis pays an annual dividend of $1.73 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Bristol-Myers Squibb pays out -77.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Zoetis pays out 34.1% 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. Zoetis has increased its dividend for 12 consecutive years. Bristol-Myers Squibb is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Bristol-Myers Squibb received 183 more outperform votes than Zoetis when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 77.76% of users gave Zoetis an outperform vote while only 66.87% of users gave Bristol-Myers Squibb an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Bristol-Myers Squibb had 53 more articles in the media than Zoetis. MarketBeat recorded 79 mentions for Bristol-Myers Squibb and 26 mentions for Zoetis. Bristol-Myers Squibb's average media sentiment score of 0.58 beat Zoetis' score of 0.11 indicating that Zoetis is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Bristol-Myers Squibb currently has a consensus price target of $60.00, suggesting a potential upside of 33.78%. Zoetis has a consensus price target of $218.00, suggesting a potential upside of 37.61%. Given Bristol-Myers Squibb's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Zoetis is more favorable than Bristol-Myers Squibb.
Summary
Zoetis beats Bristol-Myers Squibb on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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