PDCO vs. OMI, RXRX, MYGN, DCPH, GERN, ADMA, ASTH, VERA, KYMR, and AGL
Should you be buying Patterson Companies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Patterson Companies include Owens & Minor (OMI), Recursion Pharmaceuticals (RXRX), Myriad Genetics (MYGN), Deciphera Pharmaceuticals (DCPH), Geron (GERN), ADMA Biologics (ADMA), Astrana Health (ASTH), Vera Therapeutics (VERA), Kymera Therapeutics (KYMR), and agilon health (AGL). 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 better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk and profitability.
Patterson Companies currently has a consensus price target of $31.67, indicating a potential upside of 32.28%. Owens & Minor has a consensus price target of $23.29, indicating a potential upside of 32.83%. Given Owens & Minor's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Owens & Minor is more favorable than Patterson Companies.
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.
85.4% of Patterson Companies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.0% of Owens & Minor shares are held by institutional investors. 1.5% of Patterson Companies shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of Owens & Minor shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Patterson Companies had 12 more articles in the media than Owens & Minor. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Patterson Companies and 3 mentions for Owens & Minor. Owens & Minor's average media sentiment score of 0.63 beat Patterson Companies' score of 0.09 indicating that Owens & Minor is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Patterson Companies has a net margin of 2.95% compared to Owens & Minor's net margin of -0.37%. Patterson Companies' return on equity of 20.98% beat Owens & Minor's return on equity.
Patterson Companies received 111 more outperform votes than Owens & Minor when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 52.47% of users gave Patterson Companies an outperform vote while only 48.54% 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.
Summary
Patterson Companies beats Owens & Minor on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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