GSK vs. AZN, HLN, SN, CTEC, HIK, HCM, INDV, GNS, SPI, and ONT
Should you be buying GSK stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of GSK include AstraZeneca (AZN), Haleon (HLN), Smith & Nephew (SN), ConvaTec Group (CTEC), Hikma Pharmaceuticals (HIK), HUTCHMED (HCM), Indivior (INDV), Genus (GNS), Spire Healthcare Group (SPI), and Oxford Nanopore Technologies (ONT). These companies are all part of the "medical" sector.
AstraZeneca (LON:AZN) and GSK (LON:GSK) are both large-cap medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership and analyst recommendations.
50.8% of AstraZeneca shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.3% of GSK shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of AstraZeneca shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of GSK shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
AstraZeneca has higher revenue and earnings than GSK. GSK is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AstraZeneca, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
GSK has a net margin of 16.25% compared to GSK's net margin of 13.00%. AstraZeneca's return on equity of 46.38% beat GSK's return on equity.
AstraZeneca presently has a consensus price target of £116.86, suggesting a potential downside of 3.02%. GSK has a consensus price target of GBX 1,675.63, suggesting a potential downside of 3.34%. Given GSK's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe AstraZeneca is more favorable than GSK.
AstraZeneca received 768 more outperform votes than GSK when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.61% of users gave AstraZeneca an outperform vote while only 50.21% of users gave GSK an outperform vote.
AstraZeneca pays an annual dividend of GBX 228 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. GSK pays an annual dividend of GBX 64 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. AstraZeneca pays out 7,524.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. GSK pays out 5,333.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. GSK is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
AstraZeneca has a beta of 0.19, meaning that its share price is 81% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, GSK has a beta of 0.27, meaning that its share price is 73% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, GSK had 12 more articles in the media than AstraZeneca. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for GSK and 5 mentions for AstraZeneca. GSK's average media sentiment score of 0.40 beat AstraZeneca's score of 0.29 indicating that AstraZeneca is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
AstraZeneca beats GSK on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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