Fresenius Medical Care (FMS) Competitors $19.54 +0.43 (+2.25%) (As of 10/31/2024 ET) Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrends FMS vs. NTRA, PACS, OPCH, HIMS, SHC, SGRY, BTSG, GH, ARDT, and VCYTShould you be buying Fresenius Medical Care stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Fresenius Medical Care include Natera (NTRA), PACS Group (PACS), Option Care Health (OPCH), Hims & Hers Health (HIMS), Sotera Health (SHC), Surgery Partners (SGRY), BrightSpring Health Services (BTSG), Guardant Health (GH), Ardent Health Partners (ARDT), and Veracyte (VCYT). These companies are all part of the "healthcare" industry. Fresenius Medical Care vs. Natera PACS Group Option Care Health Hims & Hers Health Sotera Health Surgery Partners BrightSpring Health Services Guardant Health Ardent Health Partners Veracyte Natera (NASDAQ:NTRA) and Fresenius Medical Care (NYSE:FMS) are both large-cap medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, institutional ownership, community ranking, earnings, profitability, dividends, media sentiment and analyst recommendations. Do analysts prefer NTRA or FMS? Natera currently has a consensus target price of $125.69, indicating a potential downside of 0.82%. Fresenius Medical Care has a consensus target price of $23.00, indicating a potential upside of 20.36%. Given Fresenius Medical Care's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Fresenius Medical Care is more favorable than Natera.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Natera 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 16 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 3.00Fresenius Medical Care 1 Sell rating(s) 2 Hold rating(s) 1 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.00 Is NTRA or FMS more profitable? Fresenius Medical Care has a net margin of 2.72% compared to Natera's net margin of -21.47%. Fresenius Medical Care's return on equity of 5.48% beat Natera's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Natera-21.47% -36.74% -19.90% Fresenius Medical Care 2.72%5.48%2.41% Does the MarketBeat Community favor NTRA or FMS? Natera received 54 more outperform votes than Fresenius Medical Care when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.66% of users gave Natera an outperform vote while only 54.51% of users gave Fresenius Medical Care an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformNateraOutperform Votes47168.66% Underperform Votes21531.34% Fresenius Medical CareOutperform Votes41754.51% Underperform Votes34845.49% Does the media favor NTRA or FMS? In the previous week, Natera had 16 more articles in the media than Fresenius Medical Care. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Natera and 6 mentions for Fresenius Medical Care. Fresenius Medical Care's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Natera's score of 0.58 indicating that Fresenius Medical Care is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Natera 8 Very Positive mention(s) 2 Positive mention(s) 3 Neutral mention(s) 1 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Fresenius Medical Care 3 Very Positive mention(s) 2 Positive mention(s) 0 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Which has better valuation & earnings, NTRA or FMS? Fresenius Medical Care has higher revenue and earnings than Natera. Natera is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Fresenius Medical Care, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioNatera$1.08B14.48-$434.80M-$2.45-51.73Fresenius Medical Care$19.42B0.58$540.07M$0.8921.47 Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of NTRA or FMS? 99.9% of Natera shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 8.3% of Fresenius Medical Care shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.6% of Natera shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth. Which has more risk and volatility, NTRA or FMS? Natera has a beta of 1.53, suggesting that its stock price is 53% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fresenius Medical Care has a beta of 0.91, suggesting that its stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500. SummaryNatera and Fresenius Medical Care tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks. Ad Crypto Swap Profits24/7 Automated Profits in CryptoWhat if you could make consistent daily profits in crypto with minimal effort? 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The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart FMS vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricFresenius Medical Carehealth & allied services, not elsewhere classified IndustryMedical SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$11.21B$1.98B$5.41B$19.34BDividend Yield2.07%2.07%5.22%3.51%P/E Ratio19.7025.13141.0629.70Price / Sales0.585.751,526.8617.31Price / Cash4.5211.4138.9320.47Price / Book0.703.744.785.39Net Income$540.07M$92.61M$115.44M$981.10M7 Day Performance-10.60%2.79%0.33%0.47%1 Month Performance-10.22%-7.61%4.82%0.11%1 Year Performance14.88%3.41%39.72%30.75% Fresenius Medical Care Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)FMSFresenius Medical Care3.5328 of 5 stars$19.54+2.3%$23.00+17.7%+14.3%$11.47B$19.42B20.141,358Upcoming EarningsShort Interest ↑NTRANatera2.9428 of 5 stars$124.12+2.8%$124.44+0.3%+237.5%$15.35B$1.08B-50.663,293Analyst ForecastInsider SellingPACSPACS Group2.3002 of 5 stars$41.76+0.1%$39.38-5.7%N/A$6.36B$3.56B0.0032,433OPCHOption Care Health4.8246 of 5 stars$30.15flat$38.33+27.1%-12.2%$5.16B$4.59B25.347,802Earnings ReportAnalyst DowngradeNews CoveragePositive NewsHIMSHims & Hers Health2.5751 of 5 stars$23.18+0.4%$20.21-12.8%+230.9%$4.98B$872M289.791,046Upcoming EarningsInsider SellingShort Interest ↑Analyst RevisionSHCSotera Health2.7231 of 5 stars$15.95+0.8%$15.70-1.6%+25.5%$4.52B$1.05B113.933,000Upcoming EarningsSGRYSurgery Partners3.0447 of 5 stars$30.18+1.3%$39.63+31.3%+31.8%$3.84B$2.89B-111.7713,500Positive NewsBTSGBrightSpring Health Services3.1182 of 5 stars$15.83+0.3%$16.05+1.4%N/A$2.71B$9.94B0.0035,000Upcoming EarningsAnalyst ForecastShort Interest ↑News CoverageGHGuardant Health4.5455 of 5 stars$22.01-0.9%$40.31+83.2%-8.9%$2.69B$643.81M-5.381,779Upcoming EarningsAnalyst ForecastNews CoverageARDTArdent Health PartnersN/A$18.47+2.4%$21.91+18.6%N/A$2.64B$5.63B0.0024,200Upcoming EarningsPositive NewsVCYTVeracyte4.1585 of 5 stars$34.22+0.3%$35.67+4.2%+73.1%$2.62B$399.58M-45.63790Upcoming Earnings Related Companies and Tools Related Companies NTRA Competitors PACS Competitors OPCH Competitors HIMS Competitors SHC Competitors SGRY Competitors BTSG Competitors GH Competitors ARDT Competitors VCYT Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Bank Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Toy Stocks Growth Stocks Airline Stocks Chinese Stocks EV Charging Stocks Defense Stocks Lithium Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks This page (NYSE:FMS) was last updated on 10/31/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersTim Sykes’ Urgent Trade Alert: “Make this move now”WARNING: 80 Wall Street banks are gearing up for MASSIVE D.C. shock This $2 trillion D.C. shock is NOT abou...Timothy Sykes | Sponsoredtop AI stock (it’s not MSFT, GOOGL, AMZN or AAPL)AI was by far the biggest tech investing trend right now. 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