NTRA vs. LH, DGX, EXAS, RDNT, GH, FTRE, VCYT, CDNA, VRDN, and CSTL
Should you be buying Natera stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Natera include Laboratory Co. of America (LH), Quest Diagnostics (DGX), Exact Sciences (EXAS), RadNet (RDNT), Guardant Health (GH), Fortrea (FTRE), Veracyte (VCYT), CareDx (CDNA), Viridian Therapeutics (VRDN), and Castle Biosciences (CSTL). These companies are all part of the "medical laboratories" industry.
Laboratory Co. of America (NYSE:LH) and Natera (NASDAQ:NTRA) are both large-cap medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership and risk.
Laboratory Co. of America has a beta of 1.02, suggesting that its stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Natera has a beta of 1.38, suggesting that its stock price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Laboratory Co. of America currently has a consensus target price of $241.86, suggesting a potential upside of 24.09%. Natera has a consensus target price of $98.47, suggesting a potential downside of 7.57%. Given Natera's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Laboratory Co. of America is more favorable than Natera.
In the previous week, Natera had 7 more articles in the media than Laboratory Co. of America. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Natera and 11 mentions for Laboratory Co. of America. Laboratory Co. of America's average media sentiment score of 0.64 beat Natera's score of 0.45 indicating that Natera is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Laboratory Co. of America has higher revenue and earnings than Natera. Natera is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Laboratory Co. of America, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Laboratory Co. of America received 145 more outperform votes than Natera when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.52% of users gave Natera an outperform vote while only 64.18% of users gave Laboratory Co. of America an outperform vote.
Laboratory Co. of America has a net margin of 3.52% compared to Laboratory Co. of America's net margin of -30.24%. Natera's return on equity of 14.68% beat Laboratory Co. of America's return on equity.
95.9% of Laboratory Co. of America shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.9% of Natera shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of Laboratory Co. of America shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 7.6% of Natera shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Laboratory Co. of America and Natera tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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