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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 investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings and media sentiment.

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%

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

West Pharmaceutical Services has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Cooper Companies. Cooper Companies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than West Pharmaceutical Services, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
West Pharmaceutical Services$2.89B6.59$492.70M$6.3741.68
Cooper Companies$3.90B3.81$392.30M$2.0636.05

In the previous week, West Pharmaceutical Services had 12 more articles in the media than Cooper Companies. MarketBeat recorded 32 mentions for West Pharmaceutical Services and 20 mentions for Cooper Companies. West Pharmaceutical Services' average media sentiment score of 0.86 beat Cooper Companies' score of 0.77 indicating that West Pharmaceutical Services is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
West Pharmaceutical Services
13 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
9 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Cooper Companies
6 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
7 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

West Pharmaceutical Services presently has a consensus price target of $330.71, suggesting a potential upside of 24.55%. Cooper Companies has a consensus price target of $96.73, suggesting a potential upside of 30.25%. Given Cooper Companies' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Cooper Companies is more favorable than West Pharmaceutical Services.

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)
2 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.92

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

Summary

West Pharmaceutical Services beats Cooper Companies on 11 of the 16 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$14.85B$15.90B$5.71B$9.51B
Dividend YieldN/A1.42%4.60%3.99%
P/E Ratio36.0519.0628.0720.02
Price / Sales3.812.40459.47103.02
Price / Cash13.1317.5736.5558.97
Price / Book1.834.008.615.88
Net Income$392.30M$430.42M$3.24B$258.50M
7 Day Performance2.25%5.40%3.83%2.03%
1 Month Performance6.79%5.52%10.40%12.52%
1 Year Performance-19.87%24.98%34.13%19.07%

Cooper Companies Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
COO
Cooper Companies
3.1739 of 5 stars
$74.27
+0.6%
$96.73
+30.2%
-19.8%$14.85B$3.90B36.0516,000Analyst Upgrade
WST
West Pharmaceutical Services
4.4602 of 5 stars
$224.66
-1.1%
$320.00
+42.4%
-13.9%$16.14B$2.89B35.2710,600Trending News
Earnings Report
Dividend Increase
Analyst Forecast
ALGN
Align Technology
4.6491 of 5 stars
$199.31
-1.5%
$242.92
+21.9%
-17.4%$14.45B$4.00B36.3020,945Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
MMSI
Merit Medical Systems
4.1255 of 5 stars
$93.45
0.0%
$109.11
+16.8%
-3.2%$5.52B$1.36B45.817,400Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
HAE
Haemonetics
4.9081 of 5 stars
$76.59
+1.4%
$97.30
+27.0%
-18.9%$3.68B$1.36B23.143,023Positive News
ICUI
ICU Medical
4.3575 of 5 stars
$130.85
-1.0%
$192.67
+47.2%
+2.6%$3.22B$2.42B-34.1615,000News Coverage
Positive News
XRAY
DENTSPLY SIRONA
4.0856 of 5 stars
$16.00
-1.3%
$20.36
+27.3%
-37.3%$3.19B$3.72B-3.5214,000Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
QDEL
QuidelOrtho
4.4662 of 5 stars
$28.86
-4.9%
$44.33
+53.6%
-31.4%$1.95B$2.76B-5.816,600
NEOG
Neogen
4.0279 of 5 stars
$5.22
-3.2%
$7.50
+43.7%
-69.6%$1.13B$924.22M-2.342,110Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Revision
STAA
STAAR Surgical
2.6867 of 5 stars
$17.30
-0.5%
$24.63
+42.3%
-54.2%$856.87M$313.90M-12.011,211Positive News
CERS
Cerus
2.8641 of 5 stars
$1.45
flat
$3.50
+141.4%
-41.1%$277.18M$185.14M-14.50290Positive News
Upcoming Earnings

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This page (NASDAQ:COO) was last updated on 7/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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