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COO vs. WST, ALGN, MMSI, HAE, ICUI, XRAY, QDEL, NEOG, STAA, and CERS

Should you be buying Cooper Companies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cooper Companies include West Pharmaceutical Services (WST), Align Technology (ALGN), Merit Medical Systems (MMSI), Haemonetics (HAE), ICU Medical (ICUI), DENTSPLY SIRONA (XRAY), QuidelOrtho (QDEL), Neogen (NEOG), STAAR Surgical (STAA), and Cerus (CERS). These companies are all part of the "health care supplies" industry.

Cooper Companies vs. Its Competitors

West Pharmaceutical Services (NYSE:WST) and Cooper Companies (NASDAQ:COO) are both large-cap medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, valuation, risk and earnings.

West Pharmaceutical Services has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Cooper Companies. West Pharmaceutical Services 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
West Pharmaceutical Services$2.90B5.50$492.70M$6.3734.81
Cooper Companies$3.99B3.66$392.30M$2.0635.44

In the previous week, West Pharmaceutical Services had 14 more articles in the media than Cooper Companies. MarketBeat recorded 40 mentions for West Pharmaceutical Services and 26 mentions for Cooper Companies. Cooper Companies' average media sentiment score of 0.56 beat West Pharmaceutical Services' score of 0.33 indicating that Cooper Companies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
West Pharmaceutical Services
8 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
27 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
2 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Cooper Companies
7 Very Positive mention(s)
7 Positive mention(s)
9 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

West Pharmaceutical Services has a beta of 1.09, meaning that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cooper Companies has a beta of 0.99, meaning that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.

West Pharmaceutical Services currently has a consensus price target of $320.00, suggesting a potential upside of 44.31%. Cooper Companies has a consensus price target of $99.70, suggesting a potential upside of 36.56%. Given West Pharmaceutical Services' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe West Pharmaceutical Services is more favorable than Cooper Companies.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
West Pharmaceutical Services
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.89
Cooper Companies
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.73

93.9% of West Pharmaceutical Services shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 24.4% of Cooper Companies shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of West Pharmaceutical Services shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Cooper Companies shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

West Pharmaceutical Services has a net margin of 16.13% compared to Cooper Companies' net margin of 10.39%. West Pharmaceutical Services' return on equity of 18.23% beat Cooper Companies' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
West Pharmaceutical Services16.13% 18.23% 13.51%
Cooper Companies 10.39%9.60%6.35%

Summary

West Pharmaceutical Services beats Cooper Companies on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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COO vs. The Competition

MetricCooper CompaniesMED/DENTAL IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$14.60B$15.69B$5.49B$9.01B
Dividend YieldN/A1.41%5.39%4.09%
P/E Ratio35.4418.7327.4320.06
Price / Sales3.662.35398.25108.31
Price / Cash13.0316.9736.1356.90
Price / Book1.763.838.085.67
Net Income$392.30M$430.42M$3.16B$248.47M
7 Day Performance4.76%2.97%2.12%2.90%
1 Month Performance9.12%1.69%4.43%5.75%
1 Year Performance-14.62%22.54%35.62%21.36%

Cooper Companies Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
COO
Cooper Companies
3.4446 of 5 stars
$73.01
0.0%
$99.70
+36.6%
-15.6%$14.60B$3.99B35.4416,000
WST
West Pharmaceutical Services
4.7613 of 5 stars
$217.05
+0.6%
$332.50
+53.2%
-31.4%$15.60B$2.89B34.0710,600Trending News
ALGN
Align Technology
4.6213 of 5 stars
$183.42
+0.9%
$241.25
+31.5%
-17.8%$13.30B$4.00B33.4120,945Positive News
MMSI
Merit Medical Systems
4.3618 of 5 stars
$92.32
+0.4%
$109.11
+18.2%
+8.1%$5.46B$1.36B45.267,400News Coverage
Positive News
HAE
Haemonetics
4.8856 of 5 stars
$72.15
+1.5%
$97.89
+35.7%
-8.2%$3.47B$1.36B21.803,023
ICUI
ICU Medical
4.5312 of 5 stars
$128.07
+0.3%
$192.67
+50.4%
+15.9%$3.15B$2.38B-33.4415,000News Coverage
Positive News
XRAY
DENTSPLY SIRONA
4.5067 of 5 stars
$15.48
+0.8%
$20.36
+31.5%
-32.2%$3.09B$3.79B-3.4114,000Positive News
QDEL
QuidelOrtho
4.3514 of 5 stars
$27.65
-1.4%
$44.33
+60.3%
-3.8%$1.87B$2.78B-5.566,600
NEOG
Neogen
4.0326 of 5 stars
$4.77
-3.4%
$9.00
+88.7%
-65.4%$1.04B$924.22M-2.142,110Analyst Forecast
High Trading Volume
STAA
STAAR Surgical
4.121 of 5 stars
$16.68
+2.1%
$24.63
+47.6%
-60.6%$826.16M$313.90M-11.581,211News Coverage
CERS
Cerus
3.1381 of 5 stars
$1.34
flat
$3.50
+161.2%
-8.2%$256.15M$180.27M-13.40290Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:COO) was last updated on 7/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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