GMED vs. RMD, STE, BAX, HOLX, PODD, TFX, MASI, ITGR, IART, and ATEC
Should you be buying Globus Medical stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Globus Medical include ResMed (RMD), STERIS (STE), Baxter International (BAX), Hologic (HOLX), Insulet (PODD), Teleflex (TFX), Masimo (MASI), Integer (ITGR), Integra LifeSciences (IART), and Alphatec (ATEC). These companies are all part of the "health care equipment" industry.
Globus Medical (NYSE:GMED) and ResMed (NYSE:RMD) are both medical companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability and media sentiment.
In the previous week, Globus Medical had 11 more articles in the media than ResMed. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Globus Medical and 12 mentions for ResMed. ResMed's average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat Globus Medical's score of 1.01 indicating that ResMed is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
ResMed has a net margin of 20.91% compared to Globus Medical's net margin of 3.51%. ResMed's return on equity of 24.43% beat Globus Medical's return on equity.
Globus Medical has a beta of 1.11, meaning that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ResMed has a beta of 0.64, meaning that its share price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Globus Medical presently has a consensus target price of $69.40, suggesting a potential upside of 3.41%. ResMed has a consensus target price of $202.80, suggesting a potential downside of 1.71%. Given Globus Medical's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Globus Medical is more favorable than ResMed.
Globus Medical received 132 more outperform votes than ResMed when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.87% of users gave Globus Medical an outperform vote while only 52.93% of users gave ResMed an outperform vote.
95.2% of Globus Medical shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.0% of ResMed shares are held by institutional investors. 18.5% of Globus Medical shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of ResMed shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
ResMed has higher revenue and earnings than Globus Medical. ResMed is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Globus Medical, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
ResMed beats Globus Medical on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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