GE HealthCare Technologies (GEHC) Competitors

GE HealthCare Technologies (NASDAQ:GEHC) and Koninklijke Philips (NYSE:PHG) are both large-cap medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, community ranking, profitability, analyst recommendations and risk.

Which has more risk and volatility, GEHC or PHG?

GE HealthCare Technologies has a beta of 1.14, meaning that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Koninklijke Philips has a beta of 0.81, meaning that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor GEHC or PHG?

In the previous week, GE HealthCare Technologies had 31 more articles in the media than Koninklijke Philips. MarketBeat recorded 43 mentions for GE HealthCare Technologies and 12 mentions for Koninklijke Philips. GE HealthCare Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat Koninklijke Philips' score of 0.72 indicating that GE HealthCare Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
GE HealthCare Technologies	20 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	10 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Koninklijke Philips	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has higher earnings & valuation, GEHC or PHG?

GE HealthCare Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than Koninklijke Philips. Koninklijke Philips is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than GE HealthCare Technologies, 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
GE HealthCare Technologies	$19.67B	1.57	$1.99B	$4.33	15.63
Koninklijke Philips	$18.02B	1.30	-$503.27M	-$0.84	-29.76

Do analysts rate GEHC or PHG?

GE HealthCare Technologies presently has a consensus price target of $89.40, suggesting a potential upside of 32.11%. Given GE HealthCare Technologies' higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe GE HealthCare Technologies is more favorable than Koninklijke Philips.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
GE HealthCare Technologies	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.82
Koninklijke Philips	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is GEHC or PHG more profitable?

GE HealthCare Technologies has a net margin of 10.13% compared to Koninklijke Philips' net margin of -3.88%. GE HealthCare Technologies' return on equity of 25.74% beat Koninklijke Philips' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
GE HealthCare Technologies	10.13%	25.74%	6.29%
Koninklijke Philips	-3.88%	10.85%	4.45%

Is GEHC or PHG a better dividend stock?

GE HealthCare Technologies pays an annual dividend of $0.14 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Koninklijke Philips pays an annual dividend of $0.75 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. GE HealthCare Technologies pays out 3.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Koninklijke Philips pays out -89.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Koninklijke Philips is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor GEHC or PHG?

Koninklijke Philips received 349 more outperform votes than GE HealthCare Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.58% of users gave GE HealthCare Technologies an outperform vote while only 56.80% of users gave Koninklijke Philips an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
GE HealthCare Technologies	Outperform Votes 31 64.58%	Underperform Votes 17 35.42%
Koninklijke Philips	Outperform Votes 380 56.80%	Underperform Votes 289 43.20%

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of GEHC or PHG?

82.1% of GE HealthCare Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.7% of Koninklijke Philips shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of GE HealthCare Technologies shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

GE HealthCare Technologies beats Koninklijke Philips on 16 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.