Align Technology (ALGN) Competitors

Cooper Companies (NASDAQ:COO) and Align Technology (NASDAQ:ALGN) are both large-cap medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends and risk.

Do institutionals & insiders believe in COO or ALGN?

24.4% of Cooper Companies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.4% of Align Technology shares are held by institutional investors. 2.0% of Cooper Companies shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Align Technology shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, COO or ALGN?

Align Technology has higher revenue and earnings than Cooper Companies. Align Technology is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cooper Companies, 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
Cooper Companies	$3.93B	4.15	$392.30M	$2.06	39.56
Align Technology	$3.98B	3.32	$421.36M	$5.49	33.26

Which has more risk & volatility, COO or ALGN?

Cooper Companies has a beta of 1.08, suggesting that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Align Technology has a beta of 1.68, suggesting that its stock price is 68% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is COO or ALGN more profitable?

Align Technology has a net margin of 10.54% compared to Cooper Companies' net margin of 10.07%. Align Technology's return on equity of 13.84% beat Cooper Companies' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cooper Companies	10.07%	9.38%	6.09%
Align Technology	10.54%	13.84%	8.51%

Do analysts rate COO or ALGN?

Cooper Companies currently has a consensus target price of $110.25, indicating a potential upside of 35.28%. Align Technology has a consensus target price of $241.25, indicating a potential upside of 32.13%. Given Cooper Companies' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Cooper Companies is more favorable than Align Technology.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Cooper Companies	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.70
Align Technology	1 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer COO or ALGN?

Align Technology received 172 more outperform votes than Cooper Companies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.73% of users gave Align Technology an outperform vote while only 66.42% of users gave Cooper Companies an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Cooper Companies	Outperform Votes 625 66.42%	Underperform Votes 316 33.58%
Align Technology	Outperform Votes 797 69.73%	Underperform Votes 346 30.27%

Does the media favor COO or ALGN?

In the previous week, Cooper Companies had 13 more articles in the media than Align Technology. MarketBeat recorded 40 mentions for Cooper Companies and 27 mentions for Align Technology. Align Technology's average media sentiment score of 1.46 beat Cooper Companies' score of 1.01 indicating that Align Technology is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Cooper Companies	23 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	5 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Align Technology	23 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Align Technology beats Cooper Companies on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.