OMI vs. PDCO, NHC, ATEC, NMRA, LGND, WRBY, INMD, AVDL, RCUS, and SLNO
Should you be buying Owens & Minor stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Owens & Minor include Patterson Companies (PDCO), National HealthCare (NHC), Alphatec (ATEC), Neumora Therapeutics (NMRA), Ligand Pharmaceuticals (LGND), Warby Parker (WRBY), InMode (INMD), Avadel Pharmaceuticals (AVDL), Arcus Biosciences (RCUS), and Soleno Therapeutics (SLNO). These companies are all part of the "medical" sector.
Patterson Companies (NASDAQ:PDCO) and Owens & Minor (NYSE:OMI) are both medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking and risk.
Patterson Companies has a net margin of 2.95% compared to Patterson Companies' net margin of -0.37%. Owens & Minor's return on equity of 20.98% beat Patterson Companies' return on equity.
85.4% of Patterson Companies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.0% of Owens & Minor shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.5% of Patterson Companies shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.6% of Owens & Minor shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Patterson Companies has a beta of 1.07, suggesting that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Owens & Minor has a beta of 0.52, suggesting that its stock price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Patterson Companies and Patterson Companies both had 8 articles in the media. Patterson Companies' average media sentiment score of 0.22 beat Owens & Minor's score of 0.01 indicating that Owens & Minor is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Patterson Companies received 110 more outperform votes than Owens & Minor when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 52.48% of users gave Patterson Companies an outperform vote while only 48.64% of users gave Owens & Minor an outperform vote.
Patterson Companies has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.
Patterson Companies presently has a consensus price target of $32.56, suggesting a potential upside of 26.38%. Owens & Minor has a consensus price target of $23.29, suggesting a potential upside of 25.06%. Given Owens & Minor's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Patterson Companies is more favorable than Owens & Minor.
Summary
Patterson Companies beats Owens & Minor on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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