ConvaTec Group (CTEC) Competitors

ConvaTec Group (LON:CTEC) and Advanced Medical Solutions Group (LON:AMS) are both medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, profitability and risk.

Which has higher earnings & valuation, CTEC or AMS?

ConvaTec Group has higher revenue and earnings than Advanced Medical Solutions Group. Advanced Medical Solutions Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ConvaTec Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
ConvaTec Group	£2.71B	2.66	£188.35M	£5.94	47.69
Advanced Medical Solutions Group	£132.18M	3.23	£11.22M	£5.16	38.36

Which has more volatility & risk, CTEC or AMS?

ConvaTec Group has a beta of 0.64, meaning that its share price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Advanced Medical Solutions Group has a beta of 0.74, meaning that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in CTEC or AMS?

69.1% of ConvaTec Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.2% of Advanced Medical Solutions Group shares are held by institutional investors. 19.7% of ConvaTec Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.1% of Advanced Medical Solutions Group shares are held 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.

Is CTEC or AMS more profitable?

Advanced Medical Solutions Group has a net margin of 8.49% compared to ConvaTec Group's net margin of 6.96%. ConvaTec Group's return on equity of 9.15% beat Advanced Medical Solutions Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ConvaTec Group	6.96%	9.15%	5.01%
Advanced Medical Solutions Group	8.49%	4.57%	2.35%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CTEC or AMS?

ConvaTec Group received 190 more outperform votes than Advanced Medical Solutions Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.85% of users gave ConvaTec Group an outperform vote while only 50.15% of users gave Advanced Medical Solutions Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
ConvaTec Group	Outperform Votes 357 66.85%	Underperform Votes 177 33.15%
Advanced Medical Solutions Group	Outperform Votes 167 50.15%	Underperform Votes 166 49.85%

Does the media favor CTEC or AMS?

In the previous week, ConvaTec Group had 2 more articles in the media than Advanced Medical Solutions Group. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for ConvaTec Group and 1 mentions for Advanced Medical Solutions Group. ConvaTec Group's average media sentiment score of 0.26 beat Advanced Medical Solutions Group's score of -0.74 indicating that ConvaTec Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
ConvaTec Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Advanced Medical Solutions Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Negative

Do analysts prefer CTEC or AMS?

ConvaTec Group currently has a consensus price target of GBX 301.67, suggesting a potential upside of 6.54%. Advanced Medical Solutions Group has a consensus price target of GBX 300, suggesting a potential upside of 51.54%. Given Advanced Medical Solutions Group's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Advanced Medical Solutions Group is more favorable than ConvaTec Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ConvaTec Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Advanced Medical Solutions Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is CTEC or AMS a better dividend stock?

ConvaTec Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Advanced Medical Solutions Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. ConvaTec Group pays out 84.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Advanced Medical Solutions Group pays out 38.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Summary

ConvaTec Group beats Advanced Medical Solutions Group on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.