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NASDAQ:HOLX

Hologic - HOLX Competitors

$79.20
+0.37 (+0.47%)
(As of 03/29/2023 05:11 PM ET)
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Today's Range
$78.40
$79.39
50-Day Range
$77.07
$86.16
52-Week Range
$59.78
$86.65
Volume
1.11 million shs
Average Volume
1.62 million shs
Market Capitalization
$19.53 billion
P/E Ratio
20.20
Dividend Yield
N/A
Price Target
$84.08

HOLX vs. PHG, GEHC, LH, ARGX, BAX, CAH, STE, ICLR, COO, and PODD

Should you be buying Hologic stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hologic include Koninklijke Philips (PHG), GE HealthCare Technologies (GEHC), Laboratory Co. of America (LH), argenx (ARGX), Baxter International (BAX), Cardinal Health (CAH), STERIS (STE), ICON Public (ICLR), Cooper Companies (COO), and Insulet (PODD). These companies are all part of the "medical" sector.

Hologic vs.

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

10.2% of Koninklijke Philips shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.2% of Hologic shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.7% of Hologic shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Koninklijke Philips has a beta of 0.87, indicating that its share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hologic has a beta of 1.01, indicating that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Hologic has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Koninklijke Philips. Koninklijke Philips is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hologic, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Koninklijke Philips$18.79 billion0.77-$1.69 billion-$1.60-10.18
Hologic$4.86 billion4.00$1.30 billion$3.9220.11

Hologic received 466 more outperform votes than Koninklijke Philips when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.31% of users gave Hologic an outperform vote while only 57.17% of users gave Koninklijke Philips an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Koninklijke PhilipsOutperform Votes
363
57.17%
Underperform Votes
272
42.83%
HologicOutperform Votes
829
70.31%
Underperform Votes
350
29.69%

Koninklijke Philips presently has a consensus price target of $16.79, suggesting a potential upside of 3.04%. Hologic has a consensus price target of $84.08, suggesting a potential upside of 6.65%. Given Hologic's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Hologic is more favorable than Koninklijke Philips.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Koninklijke Philips
5 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.60
Hologic
0 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.47

Hologic has a net margin of 22.17% compared to Koninklijke Philips' net margin of -7.67%. Hologic's return on equity of 25.12% beat Koninklijke Philips' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Koninklijke Philips -7.67% 6.86% 3.05%
Hologic 22.17% 25.12% 13.33%

In the previous week, Koninklijke Philips and Koninklijke Philips both had 7 articles in the media. Koninklijke Philips' average media sentiment score of 1.09 beat Hologic's score of 0.56 indicating that Koninklijke Philips is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Koninklijke Philips
4 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Hologic
5 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Hologic beats Koninklijke Philips on 15 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding HOLX 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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HOLX vs. The Competition

MetricHologicX IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$19.53B$13.86B$4.35B$5.89B
Dividend YieldN/A4.79%2.41%4.51%
P/E Ratio20.113.3587.8211.33
Price / Sales4.009.223,567.3956.60
Price / Cash10.108.8019.6122.50
Price / Book4.041.894.505.04
Net Income$1.30B$205.44M$114.98M$191.35M
7 Day Performance0.26%0.24%0.37%0.27%
1 Month Performance-1.01%-17.67%-7.26%-6.46%
1 Year Performance3.84%-46.64%-16.03%-19.00%

Hologic Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PHG
Koninklijke Philips
2.1899 of 5 stars
$16.37
-1.4%
$18.56
+13.4%
-46.5%$14.56B$17.83B-10.2377,233Positive News
Gap Up
GEHC
GE HealthCare Technologies
1.2036 of 5 stars
$74.77
-2.3%
$90.00
+20.4%
N/A$33.94B$18.34B0.0050,000Positive News
LH
Laboratory Co. of America
3.2792 of 5 stars
$216.99
-2.0%
$283.50
+30.7%
-20.2%$19.20B$14.88B15.6680,000
ARGX
argenx
2.2892 of 5 stars
$356.85
-0.2%
$454.64
+27.4%
+21.5%$19.80B$445.27M-27.18650
BAX
Baxter International
2.982 of 5 stars
$39.16
-1.1%
$55.14
+40.8%
-49.5%$19.99B$15.11B-8.1160,000Analyst Report
Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
CAH
Cardinal Health
3.2295 of 5 stars
$69.94
-3.2%
$80.33
+14.9%
+25.4%$18.02B$181.36B12.8346,500Short Interest ↓
STE
STERIS
2.8608 of 5 stars
$181.44
-1.7%
$232.83
+28.3%
-23.9%$18.01B$4.78B-625.6316,422
ICLR
ICON Public
2.7991 of 5 stars
$208.63
-2.2%
$266.70
+27.8%
-12.9%$17.05B$7.74B34.0341,100News Coverage
COO
Cooper Companies
2.5244 of 5 stars
$344.53
-1.8%
$382.60
+11.0%
-14.0%$17.04B$3.31B45.6314,000News Coverage
PODD
Insulet
2.0916 of 5 stars
$315.16
-3.3%
$317.82
+0.8%
+22.8%$21.92B$1.31B5,252.672,600Analyst Report
This page (NASDAQ:HOLX) was last updated on 3/29/2023 by MarketBeat.com Staff