ALGN vs. COO, WST, MMSI, ICUI, XRAY, HAE, QDEL, NEOG, STAA, and CERS
Should you be buying Align Technology stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Align Technology include Cooper Companies (COO), West Pharmaceutical Services (WST), Merit Medical Systems (MMSI), ICU Medical (ICUI), DENTSPLY SIRONA (XRAY), Haemonetics (HAE), QuidelOrtho (QDEL), Neogen (NEOG), STAAR Surgical (STAA), and Cerus (CERS). These companies are all part of the "health care supplies" industry.
Align Technology vs.
Cooper Companies (NASDAQ:COO) and Align Technology (NASDAQ:ALGN) are both large-cap medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, risk, community ranking, dividends and earnings.
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.
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.
Cooper Companies presently has a consensus price target of $117.00, suggesting a potential upside of 35.04%. Align Technology has a consensus price target of $269.91, suggesting a potential upside of 33.62%. Given Cooper Companies' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Cooper Companies is more favorable than Align Technology.
Cooper Companies has a beta of 1, suggesting that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, Align Technology has a beta of 1.67, suggesting that its stock price is 67% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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, 0.6% of Align Technology shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Cooper Companies had 5 more articles in the media than Align Technology. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Cooper Companies and 14 mentions for Align Technology. Align Technology's average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat Cooper Companies' score of 0.56 indicating that Align Technology is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Align Technology received 171 more outperform votes than Cooper Companies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.81% of users gave Align Technology an outperform vote while only 66.38% of users gave Cooper Companies an outperform vote.
Summary
Align Technology beats Cooper Companies on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:ALGN) was last updated on 2/19/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff