ICLR vs. MEDP, CRL, INCY, EXAS, IQV, PHG, ZBH, CAH, WST, and ARGX
Should you be buying ICON Public stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ICON Public include Medpace (MEDP), Charles River Laboratories International (CRL), Incyte (INCY), Exact Sciences (EXAS), IQVIA (IQV), Koninklijke Philips (PHG), Zimmer Biomet (ZBH), Cardinal Health (CAH), West Pharmaceutical Services (WST), and argenx (ARGX). These companies are all part of the "medical" sector.
ICON Public (NASDAQ:ICLR) and Medpace (NASDAQ:MEDP) are both large-cap medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, earnings, risk, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
ICON Public has higher revenue and earnings than Medpace. ICON Public is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Medpace, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
ICON Public received 258 more outperform votes than Medpace when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.99% of users gave ICON Public an outperform vote while only 64.00% of users gave Medpace an outperform vote.
Medpace has a net margin of 15.92% compared to ICON Public's net margin of 8.30%. Medpace's return on equity of 59.74% beat ICON Public's return on equity.
ICON Public has a beta of 1.18, meaning that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Medpace has a beta of 1.4, meaning that its share price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500.
95.6% of ICON Public shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.0% of Medpace shares are owned by institutional investors. 44.0% of ICON Public shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 20.3% of Medpace shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Medpace had 9 more articles in the media than ICON Public. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Medpace and 9 mentions for ICON Public. Medpace's average media sentiment score of 0.51 beat ICON Public's score of 0.38 indicating that Medpace is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
ICON Public presently has a consensus target price of $339.44, indicating a potential upside of 9.85%. Medpace has a consensus target price of $443.00, indicating a potential upside of 12.85%. Given Medpace's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Medpace is more favorable than ICON Public.
Summary
Medpace beats ICON Public on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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