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Natera (NTRA) Competitors

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$150.93 -3.96 (-2.56%)
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NTRA vs. FMS, HIMS, GH, OPCH, RDNT, SHC, WGS, BTSG, PRVA, and CON

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

Natera vs.

Fresenius Medical Care (NYSE:FMS) and Natera (NASDAQ:NTRA) are both large-cap medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, dividends, community ranking, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and institutional ownership.

Fresenius Medical Care has a net margin of 3.43% compared to Natera's net margin of -14.01%. Fresenius Medical Care's return on equity of 6.04% beat Natera's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Fresenius Medical Care3.43% 6.04% 2.69%
Natera -14.01%-26.23%-14.27%

Natera received 68 more outperform votes than Fresenius Medical Care when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.96% of users gave Natera an outperform vote while only 54.72% of users gave Fresenius Medical Care an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Fresenius Medical CareOutperform Votes
423
54.72%
Underperform Votes
350
45.28%
NateraOutperform Votes
491
68.96%
Underperform Votes
221
31.04%

Fresenius Medical Care has higher revenue and earnings than Natera. Natera is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Fresenius Medical Care, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Fresenius Medical Care$19.34B0.77$540.07M$0.9925.46
Natera$1.70B11.99-$434.80M-$1.53-98.33

8.4% of Fresenius Medical Care shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.9% of Natera shares are held by institutional investors. 7.6% of Natera shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Natera had 21 more articles in the media than Fresenius Medical Care. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for Natera and 6 mentions for Fresenius Medical Care. Fresenius Medical Care's average media sentiment score of 1.41 beat Natera's score of 1.38 indicating that Fresenius Medical Care is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Fresenius Medical Care
5 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Natera
23 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Fresenius Medical Care has a beta of 0.93, meaning that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Natera has a beta of 1.8, meaning that its share price is 80% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Fresenius Medical Care presently has a consensus price target of $25.30, indicating a potential upside of 0.36%. Natera has a consensus price target of $175.76, indicating a potential upside of 16.83%. Given Natera's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Natera is more favorable than Fresenius Medical Care.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Fresenius Medical Care
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33
Natera
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
16 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Summary

Natera beats Fresenius Medical Care on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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NTRA vs. The Competition

MetricNateraMedical laboratories IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$20.34B$2.86B$5.53B$7.73B
Dividend YieldN/A31.29%5.11%4.22%
P/E Ratio-85.4813.1022.4418.38
Price / Sales11.99186.25390.71103.40
Price / CashN/A57.5638.1834.62
Price / Book23.624.676.704.22
Net Income-$434.80M-$22.21M$3.22B$248.14M
7 Day Performance1.27%0.35%2.23%2.49%
1 Month Performance4.52%0.19%-0.93%1.01%
1 Year Performance61.98%14.75%17.52%4.98%

Natera Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NTRA
Natera
2.8937 of 5 stars
$150.93
-2.6%
$175.76
+16.5%
+64.7%$20.40B$1.70B-85.763,020Positive News
Gap Down
FMS
Fresenius Medical Care
3.7796 of 5 stars
$24.99
+2.2%
$25.30
+1.2%
+20.6%$14.66B$19.34B20.65123,200Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
HIMS
Hims & Hers Health
3.1754 of 5 stars
$28.49
+1.4%
$38.08
+33.7%
+179.6%$6.34B$1.48B64.85650Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
Options Volume
News Coverage
Gap Down
GH
Guardant Health
3.9413 of 5 stars
$47.79
-1.1%
$49.00
+2.5%
+172.3%$5.90B$739.02M-13.421,790Gap Down
OPCH
Option Care Health
3.1485 of 5 stars
$32.94
+0.1%
$33.75
+2.5%
+1.5%$5.41B$5.00B27.665,600Earnings Report
Analyst Upgrade
News Coverage
Positive News
RDNT
RadNet
4.0186 of 5 stars
$50.72
+0.9%
$69.75
+37.5%
+6.3%$3.75B$1.83B-722.548,970Positive News
Gap Down
SHC
Sotera Health
2.375 of 5 stars
$11.25
+0.8%
$15.20
+35.2%
-0.6%$3.19B$1.10B44.983,000Upcoming Earnings
WGS
GeneDx
2.2072 of 5 stars
$113.51
+2.3%
$72.33
-36.3%
+963.4%$3.18B$305.45M-57.851,200News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Down
BTSG
BrightSpring Health Services
2.5411 of 5 stars
$17.19
+1.6%
$21.67
+26.1%
+60.7%$3.01B$11.27B-66.0635,000Upcoming Earnings
News Coverage
Positive News
PRVA
Privia Health Group
4.1118 of 5 stars
$23.17
0.0%
$27.14
+17.2%
+25.5%$2.81B$1.74B231.67810Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
Positive News
CON
Concentra Group Holdings Parent
N/A$21.63
+1.8%
$28.50
+31.8%
N/A$2.74B$1.90B14.2511,000Upcoming Earnings
Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:NTRA) was last updated on 4/30/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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