Owens & Minor (OMI) Competitors

Owens & Minor (NYSE:OMI) and McKesson (NYSE:MCK) are both medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, dividends, risk, institutional ownership and earnings.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, OMI or MCK?

McKesson has higher revenue and earnings than Owens & Minor. Owens & Minor is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than McKesson, 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
Owens & Minor	$10.70B	0.05	-$41.30M	-$4.75	-1.49
McKesson	$344.58B	0.25	$3.00B	$21.84	31.61

Which has more risk and volatility, OMI or MCK?

Owens & Minor has a beta of 1.38, meaning that its stock price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, McKesson has a beta of 0.53, meaning that its stock price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer OMI or MCK?

McKesson received 720 more outperform votes than Owens & Minor when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.24% of users gave McKesson an outperform vote while only 48.04% of users gave Owens & Minor an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Owens & Minor	Outperform Votes 257 48.04%	Underperform Votes 278 51.96%
McKesson	Outperform Votes 977 74.24%	Underperform Votes 339 25.76%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of OMI or MCK?

98.0% of Owens & Minor shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.1% of McKesson shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.7% of Owens & Minor shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of McKesson shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts rate OMI or MCK?

Owens & Minor currently has a consensus price target of $12.50, suggesting a potential upside of 76.06%. McKesson has a consensus price target of $686.69, suggesting a potential downside of 0.52%. Given Owens & Minor's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Owens & Minor is more favorable than McKesson.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Owens & Minor	2 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
McKesson	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	11 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.87

Does the media favor OMI or MCK?

In the previous week, McKesson had 39 more articles in the media than Owens & Minor. MarketBeat recorded 64 mentions for McKesson and 25 mentions for Owens & Minor. McKesson's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Owens & Minor's score of 0.75 indicating that McKesson is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Owens & Minor	6 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
McKesson	34 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	14 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is OMI or MCK more profitable?

McKesson has a net margin of 0.82% compared to Owens & Minor's net margin of -0.46%. Owens & Minor's return on equity of 14.60% beat McKesson's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Owens & Minor	-0.46%	14.60%	2.51%
McKesson	0.82%	-181.26%	5.34%

Summary

McKesson beats Owens & Minor on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.