CTEC vs. HIK, HCM, INDV, SN, AMS, TSTL, BVC, SPEC, CNSL, and GNS
Should you be buying ConvaTec Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ConvaTec Group include Hikma Pharmaceuticals (HIK), HUTCHMED (HCM), Indivior (INDV), Smith & Nephew (SN), Advanced Medical Solutions Group (AMS), Tristel (TSTL), BATM Advanced Communications (BVC), INSPECS Group (SPEC), Cambridge Nutritional Sciences (CNSL), and Genus (GNS). These companies are all part of the "medical" sector.
Hikma Pharmaceuticals (LON:HIK) and ConvaTec Group (LON:CTEC) are both mid-cap medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking and risk.
Hikma Pharmaceuticals received 446 more outperform votes than ConvaTec Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.62% of users gave Hikma Pharmaceuticals an outperform vote while only 66.54% of users gave ConvaTec Group an outperform vote.
Hikma Pharmaceuticals has a beta of 0.44, suggesting that its share price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ConvaTec Group has a beta of 0.55, suggesting that its share price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Hikma Pharmaceuticals and Hikma Pharmaceuticals both had 1 articles in the media. ConvaTec Group's average media sentiment score of 0.50 beat Hikma Pharmaceuticals' score of 0.00 indicating that Hikma Pharmaceuticals is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Hikma Pharmaceuticals pays an annual dividend of GBX 57 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. ConvaTec Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Hikma Pharmaceuticals pays out 8,382.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. ConvaTec Group pays out 10,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Hikma Pharmaceuticals is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Hikma Pharmaceuticals has higher revenue and earnings than ConvaTec Group. Hikma Pharmaceuticals is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ConvaTec Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Hikma Pharmaceuticals currently has a consensus target price of GBX 2,068.75, suggesting a potential upside of 5.55%. ConvaTec Group has a consensus target price of GBX 307.17, suggesting a potential upside of 18.69%. Given Hikma Pharmaceuticals' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe ConvaTec Group is more favorable than Hikma Pharmaceuticals.
Hikma Pharmaceuticals has a net margin of 6.61% compared to Hikma Pharmaceuticals' net margin of 6.08%. ConvaTec Group's return on equity of 8.81% beat Hikma Pharmaceuticals' return on equity.
38.8% of Hikma Pharmaceuticals shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.7% of ConvaTec Group shares are held by institutional investors. 30.7% of Hikma Pharmaceuticals shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 20.2% of ConvaTec Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Hikma Pharmaceuticals beats ConvaTec Group on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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