Guardant Health (GH) Competitors

Guardant Health (NASDAQ:GH) and Fresenius Medical Care (NYSE:FMS) are both medical companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, community ranking, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, dividends and analyst recommendations.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of GH or FMS?

92.6% of Guardant Health shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 8.4% of Fresenius Medical Care shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.1% of Guardant Health shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts rate GH or FMS?

Guardant Health currently has a consensus price target of $53.29, suggesting a potential upside of 6.38%. Fresenius Medical Care has a consensus price target of $27.80, suggesting a potential downside of 2.95%. Given Guardant Health's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Guardant Health is more favorable than Fresenius Medical Care.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Guardant Health	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	20 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.05
Fresenius Medical Care	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Does the MarketBeat Community favor GH or FMS?

Fresenius Medical Care received 119 more outperform votes than Guardant Health when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 71.76% of users gave Guardant Health an outperform vote while only 54.64% of users gave Fresenius Medical Care an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Guardant Health	Outperform Votes 305 71.76%	Underperform Votes 120 28.24%
Fresenius Medical Care	Outperform Votes 424 54.64%	Underperform Votes 352 45.36%

Does the media refer more to GH or FMS?

In the previous week, Guardant Health had 12 more articles in the media than Fresenius Medical Care. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Guardant Health and 6 mentions for Fresenius Medical Care. Fresenius Medical Care's average media sentiment score of 0.79 beat Guardant Health's score of 0.24 indicating that Fresenius Medical Care is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Guardant Health	8 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Fresenius Medical Care	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is GH or FMS more profitable?

Fresenius Medical Care has a net margin of 3.43% compared to Guardant Health's net margin of -59.05%. Fresenius Medical Care's return on equity of 6.04% beat Guardant Health's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Guardant Health	-59.05%	-19,157.20%	-25.96%
Fresenius Medical Care	3.43%	6.04%	2.69%

Which has more risk and volatility, GH or FMS?

Guardant Health has a beta of 1.37, meaning that its stock price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fresenius Medical Care has a beta of 0.88, meaning that its stock price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, GH or FMS?

Fresenius Medical Care has higher revenue and earnings than Guardant Health. Guardant Health is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Fresenius Medical Care, 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
Guardant Health	$774.00M	8.02	-$479.45M	-$3.39	-14.78
Fresenius Medical Care	$19.49B	0.86	$540.07M	$1.12	25.58

Summary

Guardant Health beats Fresenius Medical Care on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.