WST vs. RMD, BAX, SWAV, PODD, SOLV, TFX, GMED, PEN, DXCM, and BDX
Should you be buying West Pharmaceutical Services stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of West Pharmaceutical Services include ResMed (RMD), Baxter International (BAX), Shockwave Medical (SWAV), Insulet (PODD), Solventum (SOLV), Teleflex (TFX), Globus Medical (GMED), Penumbra (PEN), DexCom (DXCM), and Becton, Dickinson and Company (BDX). These companies are all part of the "surgical & medical instruments" industry.
ResMed (NYSE:RMD) and West Pharmaceutical Services (NYSE:WST) are both large-cap medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, community ranking, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and profitability.
ResMed presently has a consensus target price of $202.80, suggesting a potential downside of 7.22%. West Pharmaceutical Services has a consensus target price of $435.20, suggesting a potential upside of 22.37%. Given ResMed's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe West Pharmaceutical Services is more favorable than ResMed.
ResMed has a beta of 0.64, indicating that its share price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, West Pharmaceutical Services has a beta of 1.05, indicating that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.
ResMed pays an annual dividend of $1.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. West Pharmaceutical Services pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. ResMed pays out 29.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. West Pharmaceutical Services pays out 10.6% 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. ResMed has raised its dividend for 12 consecutive years and West Pharmaceutical Services has raised its dividend for 31 consecutive years.
ResMed received 153 more outperform votes than West Pharmaceutical Services when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 55.74% of users gave West Pharmaceutical Services an outperform vote while only 52.93% of users gave ResMed an outperform vote.
In the previous week, ResMed had 6 more articles in the media than West Pharmaceutical Services. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for ResMed and 7 mentions for West Pharmaceutical Services. ResMed's average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat West Pharmaceutical Services' score of 0.95 indicating that West Pharmaceutical Services is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
55.0% of ResMed shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.9% of West Pharmaceutical Services shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.2% of ResMed shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of West Pharmaceutical Services shares are owned 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.
ResMed has a net margin of 20.91% compared to ResMed's net margin of 19.42%. West Pharmaceutical Services' return on equity of 24.43% beat ResMed's return on equity.
ResMed has higher revenue and earnings than West Pharmaceutical Services. ResMed is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than West Pharmaceutical Services, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
West Pharmaceutical Services beats ResMed on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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