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IDXX vs. MCO, NVST, ZTS, ISRG, BSX, SYK, MDT, BDX, EW, and RMD

Should you be buying IDEXX Laboratories stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of IDEXX Laboratories include Moody's (MCO), Envista (NVST), Zoetis (ZTS), Intuitive Surgical (ISRG), Boston Scientific (BSX), Stryker (SYK), Medtronic (MDT), Becton, Dickinson and Company (BDX), Edwards Lifesciences (EW), and ResMed (RMD).

IDEXX Laboratories vs. Its Competitors

Moody's (NYSE:MCO) and IDEXX Laboratories (NASDAQ:IDXX) are related large-cap companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, profitability and valuation.

Moody's has a net margin of 29.18% compared to IDEXX Laboratories' net margin of 24.41%. IDEXX Laboratories' return on equity of 64.42% beat Moody's' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Moody's29.18% 60.73% 15.47%
IDEXX Laboratories 24.41%64.42%29.89%

Moody's currently has a consensus price target of $538.80, indicating a potential upside of 4.06%. IDEXX Laboratories has a consensus price target of $623.56, indicating a potential downside of 0.10%. Given Moody's' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Moody's is more favorable than IDEXX Laboratories.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Moody's
1 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.53
IDEXX Laboratories
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.80

In the previous week, IDEXX Laboratories had 33 more articles in the media than Moody's. MarketBeat recorded 70 mentions for IDEXX Laboratories and 37 mentions for Moody's. Moody's' average media sentiment score of 1.14 beat IDEXX Laboratories' score of 1.07 indicating that Moody's is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Moody's
27 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
IDEXX Laboratories
43 Very Positive mention(s)
6 Positive mention(s)
14 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Moody's has a beta of 1.4, meaning that its stock price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, IDEXX Laboratories has a beta of 1.49, meaning that its stock price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Moody's has higher revenue and earnings than IDEXX Laboratories. Moody's is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than IDEXX Laboratories, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Moody's$7.09B13.08$2.06B$11.7743.99
IDEXX Laboratories$3.90B12.88$887.87M$10.8257.69

92.1% of Moody's shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.8% of IDEXX Laboratories shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Moody's shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of IDEXX Laboratories shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Moody's beats IDEXX Laboratories on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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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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IDXX vs. The Competition

MetricIDEXX LaboratoriesMED INSTRUMENTS IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$51.63B$6.94B$5.56B$9.47B
Dividend YieldN/A1.34%4.31%4.17%
P/E Ratio51.9720.6229.3723.99
Price / Sales12.8872.05444.7496.71
Price / Cash51.6520.8935.8458.51
Price / Book34.415.558.085.58
Net Income$887.87M$178.18M$3.26B$265.35M
7 Day Performance16.82%-0.39%0.44%-0.07%
1 Month Performance14.41%-2.58%4.82%1.76%
1 Year Performance33.64%11.78%30.27%25.39%

IDEXX Laboratories Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
IDXX
IDEXX Laboratories
3.9516 of 5 stars
$624.19
-2.8%
$623.56
-0.1%
+33.0%$51.63B$3.90B51.9711,000Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
Gap Up
MCO
Moody's
4.6639 of 5 stars
$507.01
-1.2%
$538.80
+6.3%
+15.3%$91.21B$7.09B43.0815,838Positive News
NVST
Envista
3.499 of 5 stars
$20.73
-0.3%
$20.23
-2.4%
+25.0%$3.51B$2.51B-3.1712,300Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Revision
ZTS
Zoetis
4.8139 of 5 stars
$150.65
-1.0%
$204.63
+35.8%
-20.9%$67.07B$9.26B27.0513,800Trending News
Earnings Report
ISRG
Intuitive Surgical
4.9322 of 5 stars
$493.95
-0.4%
$592.05
+19.9%
+5.9%$177.07B$8.35B68.8915,638Positive News
BSX
Boston Scientific
4.5558 of 5 stars
$105.84
-0.3%
$117.50
+11.0%
+39.5%$156.58B$18.49B63.0053,000Positive News
Insider Trade
SYK
Stryker
4.8815 of 5 stars
$400.43
-0.8%
$428.55
+7.0%
+16.2%$152.84B$23.22B54.1153,000Positive News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
MDT
Medtronic
4.6277 of 5 stars
$91.99
-1.0%
$98.19
+6.7%
+10.6%$117.98B$33.54B25.4195,000Positive News
BDX
Becton, Dickinson and Company
4.449 of 5 stars
$183.06
-1.2%
$219.22
+19.8%
-26.8%$52.47B$20.18B34.9474,000Positive News
EW
Edwards Lifesciences
4.5922 of 5 stars
$78.46
-1.9%
$85.00
+8.3%
+26.8%$46.02B$5.65B11.2915,800Trending News
RMD
ResMed
4.4434 of 5 stars
$273.52
-0.6%
$263.00
-3.8%
+28.0%$40.11B$4.69B30.709,980Positive News
Earnings Report
Dividend Increase

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