TFX vs. RMD, STE, BAX, HOLX, PODD, GMED, MASI, ITGR, IART, and ATEC
Should you be buying Teleflex stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Teleflex include ResMed (RMD), STERIS (STE), Baxter International (BAX), Hologic (HOLX), Insulet (PODD), Globus Medical (GMED), Masimo (MASI), Integer (ITGR), Integra LifeSciences (IART), and Alphatec (ATEC). These companies are all part of the "health care equipment" industry.
Teleflex (NYSE:TFX) and ResMed (NYSE:RMD) are both medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, community ranking, profitability, valuation and dividends.
ResMed has a net margin of 20.91% compared to Teleflex's net margin of 9.82%. ResMed's return on equity of 24.43% beat Teleflex's return on equity.
Teleflex presently has a consensus target price of $257.29, suggesting a potential upside of 23.06%. ResMed has a consensus target price of $202.80, suggesting a potential downside of 1.71%. Given Teleflex's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Teleflex is more favorable than ResMed.
95.6% of Teleflex shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.0% of ResMed shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of Teleflex shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of ResMed shares are held 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.
Teleflex has a beta of 1.13, indicating that its stock price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ResMed has a beta of 0.64, indicating that its stock price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, ResMed had 7 more articles in the media than Teleflex. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for ResMed and 5 mentions for Teleflex. ResMed's average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat Teleflex's score of 0.95 indicating that ResMed is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Teleflex received 103 more outperform votes than ResMed when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.54% of users gave Teleflex an outperform vote while only 52.93% of users gave ResMed an outperform vote.
ResMed has higher revenue and earnings than Teleflex. ResMed is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Teleflex, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Teleflex pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. ResMed pays an annual dividend of $1.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Teleflex pays out 21.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. ResMed pays out 29.5% 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.
Summary
ResMed beats Teleflex on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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