Henry Schein (HSIC) Competitors

Cooper Companies (NASDAQ:COO) and Henry Schein (NASDAQ:HSIC) are both medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation and profitability.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in COO or HSIC?

24.4% of Cooper Companies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.6% of Henry Schein shares are held by institutional investors. 2.0% of Cooper Companies shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Henry Schein shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, COO or HSIC?

Cooper Companies has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Henry Schein. Henry Schein is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cooper Companies, 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
Cooper Companies	$3.90B	3.55	$392.30M	$2.06	33.59
Henry Schein	$12.67B	0.63	$390M	$3.10	21.26

Do analysts prefer COO or HSIC?

Cooper Companies currently has a consensus price target of $96.73, suggesting a potential upside of 39.78%. Henry Schein has a consensus price target of $75.58, suggesting a potential upside of 14.69%. Given Cooper Companies' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Cooper Companies is more favorable than Henry Schein.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Cooper Companies	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.92
Henry Schein	0 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Is COO or HSIC more profitable?

Cooper Companies has a net margin of 10.39% compared to Henry Schein's net margin of 3.05%. Henry Schein's return on equity of 14.36% beat Cooper Companies' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cooper Companies	10.39%	9.60%	6.35%
Henry Schein	3.05%	14.36%	5.52%

Does the media favor COO or HSIC?

In the previous week, Henry Schein had 20 more articles in the media than Cooper Companies. MarketBeat recorded 35 mentions for Henry Schein and 15 mentions for Cooper Companies. Cooper Companies' average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Henry Schein's score of 0.21 indicating that Cooper Companies is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Cooper Companies	9 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Henry Schein	8 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	11 Neutral mention(s)	4 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has more volatility & risk, COO or HSIC?

Cooper Companies has a beta of 1, suggesting that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, Henry Schein has a beta of 0.81, suggesting that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Cooper Companies beats Henry Schein on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.