SN vs. CTEC, HIK, HCM, HLN, MXCT, NIOX, EKF, CREO, NCYT, and IUG
Should you be buying Smith & Nephew stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Smith & Nephew include ConvaTec Group (CTEC), Hikma Pharmaceuticals (HIK), HUTCHMED (HCM), Haleon (HLN), MaxCyte (MXCT), NIOX Group (NIOX), EKF Diagnostics (EKF), Creo Medical Group (CREO), Novacyt (NCYT), and Intelligent Ultrasound Group (IUG). These companies are all part of the "medical" sector.
Smith & Nephew (LON:SN) and ConvaTec Group (LON:CTEC) are both mid-cap medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking, earnings, valuation and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, Smith & Nephew had 1 more articles in the media than ConvaTec Group. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Smith & Nephew and 1 mentions for ConvaTec Group. ConvaTec Group's average media sentiment score of 1.34 beat Smith & Nephew's score of 0.00 indicating that ConvaTec Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Smith & Nephew has a beta of 0.51, suggesting that its stock price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ConvaTec Group has a beta of 0.55, suggesting that its stock price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500.
55.6% of Smith & Nephew shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.7% of ConvaTec Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Smith & Nephew shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 20.2% of ConvaTec Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
ConvaTec Group has a net margin of 6.08% compared to Smith & Nephew's net margin of 4.74%. ConvaTec Group's return on equity of 7.89% beat Smith & Nephew's return on equity.
Smith & Nephew has higher revenue and earnings than ConvaTec Group. Smith & Nephew is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ConvaTec Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Smith & Nephew pays an annual dividend of GBX 30 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. ConvaTec Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Smith & Nephew pays out 12,500.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. 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.
Smith & Nephew currently has a consensus target price of GBX 1,362.50, suggesting a potential upside of 39.17%. ConvaTec Group has a consensus target price of GBX 307.17, suggesting a potential upside of 24.86%. Given Smith & Nephew's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Smith & Nephew is more favorable than ConvaTec Group.
Smith & Nephew received 202 more outperform votes than ConvaTec Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.54% of users gave ConvaTec Group an outperform vote while only 61.83% of users gave Smith & Nephew an outperform vote.
Summary
ConvaTec Group beats Smith & Nephew on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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