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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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Cooper Companies$3.90B4.44$392.30M$1.9544.43
Align Technology$4.00B3.77$421.36M$5.6136.01

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 Companies10.07% 9.38% 6.09%
Align Technology 10.54%13.84%8.51%

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.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Cooper Companies
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.82
Align Technology
1 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.77

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.

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

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.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Cooper CompaniesOutperform Votes
620
66.38%
Underperform Votes
314
33.62%
Align TechnologyOutperform Votes
791
69.81%
Underperform Votes
342
30.19%

Summary

Align Technology beats Cooper Companies on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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ALGN vs. The Competition

MetricAlign TechnologySurgical appliances & supplies IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$15.08B$10.33B$5.82B$9.18B
Dividend YieldN/A1.39%5.25%3.99%
P/E Ratio36.0018.5724.8119.27
Price / Sales3.7742.73465.4979.23
Price / Cash20.9119.5144.6537.93
Price / Book3.915.617.635.18
Net Income$421.36M$284.66M$3.19B$245.95M
7 Day Performance-1.62%1.08%1.18%1.70%
1 Month Performance-9.91%0.80%3.21%1.19%
1 Year Performance-34.58%-13.12%20.06%15.79%

Align Technology Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ALGN
Align Technology
4.8506 of 5 stars
$201.79
-0.2%
$269.91
+33.8%
-34.5%$15.06B$4.00B35.9721,610
COO
Cooper Companies
2.8392 of 5 stars
$88.10
-6.0%
$117.00
+32.8%
-6.1%$17.58B$3.90B45.1816,000High Trading Volume
WST
West Pharmaceutical Services
4.9225 of 5 stars
$214.84
+7.9%
$344.00
+60.1%
-41.7%$15.56B$2.95B31.8710,600Earnings Report
Analyst Downgrade
High Trading Volume
MMSI
Merit Medical Systems
3.6759 of 5 stars
$108.14
-0.2%
$109.80
+1.5%
+37.7%$6.30B$1.26B53.016,950Positive News
ICUI
ICU Medical
4.2948 of 5 stars
$160.16
+1.2%
$199.67
+24.7%
+53.4%$3.92B$2.26B-35.0514,000News Coverage
XRAY
DENTSPLY SIRONA
4.9372 of 5 stars
$18.32
-2.4%
$25.85
+41.1%
-43.9%$3.64B$3.97B-8.8515,000Analyst Upgrade
HAE
Haemonetics
4.663 of 5 stars
$62.47
+0.3%
$101.67
+62.8%
-11.4%$3.14B$1.31B24.593,657Short Interest ↑
Analyst Revision
Gap Down
QDEL
QuidelOrtho
4.5538 of 5 stars
$40.57
-2.6%
$51.20
+26.2%
-0.6%$2.73B$3.00B-1.457,100Earnings Report
NEOG
Neogen
3.7819 of 5 stars
$9.83
-0.9%
$14.00
+42.4%
-41.1%$2.13B$924.22M-4.492,110Analyst Revision
STAA
STAAR Surgical
4.668 of 5 stars
$15.35
-3.8%
$26.86
+75.0%
-46.1%$756.45M$322.42M34.891,115News Coverage
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
CERS
Cerus
3.2061 of 5 stars
$1.85
+2.8%
$3.63
+95.9%
-21.2%$343.56M$156.37M-16.82290Upcoming Earnings

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This page (NASDAQ:ALGN) was last updated on 2/19/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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