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Guardant Health (GH) Competitors

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$47.23 -2.30 (-4.64%)
As of 04/30/2025 04:00 PM Eastern

GH vs. NTRA, FMS, HIMS, OPCH, RDNT, SHC, WGS, BTSG, PRVA, and CON

Should you be buying Guardant Health stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Guardant Health include Natera (NTRA), Fresenius Medical Care (FMS), Hims & Hers Health (HIMS), Option Care Health (OPCH), RadNet (RDNT), Sotera Health (SHC), GeneDx (WGS), BrightSpring Health Services (BTSG), Privia Health Group (PRVA), and Concentra Group Holdings Parent (CON). These companies are all part of the "healthcare" industry.

Guardant Health vs.

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

Natera has a beta of 1.8, indicating that its stock price is 80% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Guardant Health has a beta of 1.45, indicating that its stock price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500.

99.9% of Natera shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.6% of Guardant Health shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.6% of Natera shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.5% 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.

Natera has higher revenue and earnings than Guardant Health. Natera is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Guardant Health, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Natera$1.70B12.02-$434.80M-$1.53-98.65
Guardant Health$739.02M7.89-$479.45M-$3.56-13.27

Natera has a net margin of -14.01% compared to Guardant Health's net margin of -59.05%. Natera's return on equity of -26.23% beat Guardant Health's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Natera-14.01% -26.23% -14.27%
Guardant Health -59.05%-19,157.20%-25.96%

Natera received 194 more outperform votes than Guardant Health when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 71.22% of users gave Guardant Health an outperform vote while only 68.96% of users gave Natera an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
NateraOutperform Votes
491
68.96%
Underperform Votes
221
31.04%
Guardant HealthOutperform Votes
297
71.22%
Underperform Votes
120
28.78%

Natera presently has a consensus target price of $175.76, suggesting a potential upside of 16.45%. Guardant Health has a consensus target price of $49.00, suggesting a potential upside of 3.75%. Given Natera's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Natera is more favorable than Guardant Health.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Natera
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
16 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Guardant Health
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
20 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.05

In the previous week, Natera had 2 more articles in the media than Guardant Health. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for Natera and 27 mentions for Guardant Health. Natera's average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat Guardant Health's score of 0.73 indicating that Natera is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Natera
21 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Guardant Health
14 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
2 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Natera beats Guardant Health on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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GH vs. The Competition

MetricGuardant HealthMedical laboratories IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$5.83B$2.88B$5.56B$7.83B
Dividend YieldN/A31.29%5.11%4.22%
P/E Ratio-13.2713.2822.4818.48
Price / Sales7.89188.21394.56103.59
Price / CashN/A57.5638.1834.62
Price / Book35.254.676.774.25
Net Income-$479.45M-$22.21M$3.22B$248.23M
7 Day Performance-0.38%-1.91%1.48%0.89%
1 Month Performance11.21%3.24%3.99%3.53%
1 Year Performance158.65%11.50%16.15%5.08%

Guardant Health Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GH
Guardant Health
3.9526 of 5 stars
$47.23
-4.6%
$49.00
+3.7%
+162.4%$5.83B$739.02M-13.271,790News Coverage
Gap Down
NTRA
Natera
2.8948 of 5 stars
$152.99
-0.5%
$175.76
+14.9%
+62.5%$20.68B$1.70B-86.933,020Upcoming Earnings
Insider Trade
Positive News
FMS
Fresenius Medical Care
3.802 of 5 stars
$25.05
+2.4%
$25.30
+1.0%
+20.6%$14.70B$19.34B20.70123,200Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
HIMS
Hims & Hers Health
3.1885 of 5 stars
$28.51
+1.5%
$38.08
+33.6%
+164.1%$6.33B$1.48B64.80650Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Options Volume
News Coverage
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
OPCH
Option Care Health
3.155 of 5 stars
$32.97
+0.2%
$33.75
+2.4%
+8.1%$5.42B$5.00B27.715,600Earnings Report
Analyst Upgrade
News Coverage
Positive News
RDNT
RadNet
4.0251 of 5 stars
$51.03
+1.5%
$69.75
+36.7%
+8.0%$3.78B$1.83B-728.908,970Positive News
Gap Down
SHC
Sotera Health
2.3832 of 5 stars
$11.26
+0.9%
$15.20
+35.0%
+2.7%$3.20B$1.10B45.043,000
WGS
GeneDx
2.2126 of 5 stars
$112.49
+1.3%
$72.33
-35.7%
+291.6%$3.16B$305.45M-57.391,200News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Down
BTSG
BrightSpring Health Services
2.5439 of 5 stars
$17.31
+2.3%
$21.67
+25.2%
+64.0%$3.03B$11.27B-66.5835,000Upcoming Earnings
News Coverage
Positive News
PRVA
Privia Health Group
4.1117 of 5 stars
$23.20
+0.1%
$27.14
+17.0%
+27.6%$2.81B$1.74B232.02810Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↓
Positive News
CON
Concentra Group Holdings Parent
N/A$21.64
+1.8%
$28.50
+31.7%
N/A$2.76B$1.90B14.3311,000Upcoming Earnings
Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:GH) was last updated on 5/1/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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