Henry Schein (HSIC) Competitors

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

Do analysts prefer COO or HSIC?

Cooper Companies presently has a consensus target price of $86.64, suggesting a potential upside of 34.15%. Henry Schein has a consensus target price of $76.67, suggesting a potential upside of 11.06%. Given Cooper Companies' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly 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)	7 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.42

Which has higher valuation & earnings, 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	3.32	$392.30M	$2.06	31.35
Henry Schein	$12.67B	0.66	$390M	$3.10	22.27

Which has more volatility & risk, COO or HSIC?

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

Does the media favor COO or HSIC?

In the previous week, Cooper Companies had 19 more articles in the media than Henry Schein. MarketBeat recorded 48 mentions for Cooper Companies and 29 mentions for Henry Schein. Henry Schein's average media sentiment score of 1.25 beat Cooper Companies' score of 0.76 indicating that Henry Schein is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Cooper Companies	25 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	4 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Henry Schein	19 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	8 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do insiders & institutionals 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.

Is COO or HSIC more profitable?

Cooper Companies has a net margin of 10.08% 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	10.08%	9.88%	6.55%
Henry Schein	3.05%	14.36%	5.52%

Summary

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