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

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

Guardant Health vs. Its Competitors

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

Natera has a net margin of -10.36% compared to Guardant Health's net margin of -53.82%. Guardant Health's return on equity of 0.00% beat Natera's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Guardant Health-53.82% N/A -26.77%
Natera -10.36%-18.29%-11.68%

92.6% of Guardant Health shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.9% of Natera shares are held by institutional investors. 6.1% of Guardant Health shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 7.6% of Natera 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.

Guardant Health presently has a consensus price target of $53.76, suggesting a potential upside of 6.02%. Natera has a consensus price target of $184.63, suggesting a potential upside of 14.87%. 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
Guardant Health
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
21 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Natera
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
15 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

In the previous week, Natera had 6 more articles in the media than Guardant Health. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Natera and 10 mentions for Guardant Health. Natera's average media sentiment score of 1.35 beat Guardant Health's score of 0.87 indicating that Natera is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Guardant Health
3 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Natera
11 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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
Guardant Health$739.02M8.50-$436.37M-$3.39-14.96
Natera$1.70B12.93-$190.43M-$1.47-109.33

Guardant Health has a beta of 1.44, meaning that its share price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Natera has a beta of 1.73, meaning that its share price is 73% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Natera beats Guardant Health on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding GH and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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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GH vs. The Competition

MetricGuardant HealthMED IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$6.45B$2.85B$5.48B$8.94B
Dividend YieldN/A2.69%5.38%4.12%
P/E Ratio-14.9621.1726.2119.74
Price / Sales8.50262.85395.51109.12
Price / CashN/A41.8936.4957.06
Price / Book-44.887.237.915.37
Net Income-$436.37M-$55.05M$3.15B$248.34M
7 Day Performance1.62%-0.60%0.77%1.67%
1 Month Performance20.45%3.77%3.46%4.56%
1 Year Performance75.65%2.20%34.61%18.42%

Guardant Health Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GH
Guardant Health
3.6171 of 5 stars
$50.71
-2.6%
$53.76
+6.0%
+79.4%$6.45B$739.02M-14.961,790
NTRA
Natera
2.129 of 5 stars
$170.37
-0.9%
$184.63
+8.4%
+49.1%$23.26B$1.70B-115.904,434Positive News
HIMS
Hims & Hers Health
2.116 of 5 stars
$42.09
-34.5%
$38.00
-9.7%
+123.5%$9.42B$1.48B61.001,637Trending News
Insider Trade
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
OPCH
Option Care Health
4.12 of 5 stars
$31.05
-1.5%
$35.50
+14.3%
+16.9%$5.08B$5.19B25.048,088Positive News
RDNT
RadNet
4.2205 of 5 stars
$54.87
-0.7%
$69.60
+26.8%
-5.0%$4.12B$1.83B-127.6011,021Positive News
Analyst Downgrade
BTSG
BrightSpring Health Services
1.6013 of 5 stars
$22.77
+2.2%
$24.90
+9.4%
+103.2%$4.00B$11.27B81.3235,000
SHC
Sotera Health
3.0206 of 5 stars
$11.09
-2.6%
$15.80
+42.5%
-1.1%$3.15B$1.10B138.643,000
CON
Concentra Group Holdings Parent
2.9872 of 5 stars
$20.95
+1.0%
$28.50
+36.0%
N/A$2.69B$1.90B15.6311,250
PRVA
Privia Health Group
3.668 of 5 stars
$21.61
-1.1%
$27.77
+28.5%
+31.8%$2.63B$1.74B180.101,140News Coverage
SGRY
Surgery Partners
2.301 of 5 stars
$20.20
+4.7%
$33.56
+66.1%
-3.7%$2.59B$3.11B-13.2015,000
WGS
GeneDx
1.9088 of 5 stars
$79.71
+19.0%
$86.75
+8.8%
+214.7%$2.27B$305.45M-56.531,200Analyst Forecast
High Trading Volume

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This page (NASDAQ:GH) was last updated on 7/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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