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Natera (NTRA) Competitors

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$154.53 +1.26 (+0.82%)
As of 05/20/2025 04:00 PM Eastern

NTRA vs. FMS, HIMS, OPCH, GH, RDNT, BTSG, SHC, PRVA, SGRY, 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), Option Care Health (OPCH), Guardant Health (GH), RadNet (RDNT), BrightSpring Health Services (BTSG), Sotera Health (SHC), Privia Health Group (PRVA), Surgery Partners (SGRY), 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 superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, profitability and dividends.

Natera received 70 more outperform votes than Fresenius Medical Care when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.90% of users gave Natera an outperform vote while only 54.64% of users gave Fresenius Medical Care an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Fresenius Medical CareOutperform Votes
424
54.64%
Underperform Votes
352
45.36%
NateraOutperform Votes
494
68.90%
Underperform Votes
223
31.10%

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$19.49B0.90$540.07M$1.1226.68
Natera$1.83B11.52-$434.80M-$1.47-105.12

Fresenius Medical Care has a beta of 0.85, indicating that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Natera has a beta of 1.79, indicating that its share price is 79% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Fresenius Medical Care presently has a consensus price target of $27.80, indicating a potential downside of 6.96%. Natera has a consensus price target of $182.12, indicating a potential upside of 17.85%. Given Natera's stronger consensus rating and higher probable 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
1 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Natera
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
16 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

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

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%

In the previous week, Natera had 16 more articles in the media than Fresenius Medical Care. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Natera and 7 mentions for Fresenius Medical Care. Fresenius Medical Care's average media sentiment score of 1.60 beat Natera's score of 1.50 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
7 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
Natera
20 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

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$21.10B$3.00B$5.42B$8.48B
Dividend YieldN/A31.24%5.22%4.11%
P/E Ratio-87.8013.2326.8020.05
Price / Sales11.52164.59393.93116.47
Price / CashN/A57.5638.2534.62
Price / Book24.264.316.864.61
Net Income-$434.80M-$22.21M$3.22B$248.19M
7 Day Performance2.11%3.62%6.81%2.97%
1 Month Performance8.65%7.44%13.72%16.58%
1 Year Performance42.74%4.26%18.24%8.16%

Natera Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NTRA
Natera
3.3293 of 5 stars
$154.53
+0.8%
$182.12
+17.9%
+45.4%$21.10B$1.83B-87.803,020Positive News
FMS
Fresenius Medical Care
3.1978 of 5 stars
$28.06
-1.2%
$27.80
-0.9%
+36.3%$16.47B$19.49B23.19123,200Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
HIMS
Hims & Hers Health
2.3813 of 5 stars
$55.36
+6.5%
$37.67
-32.0%
+228.9%$12.35B$1.78B125.36650Trending News
Insider Trade
High Trading Volume
OPCH
Option Care Health
3.5213 of 5 stars
$31.71
-0.4%
$35.50
+12.0%
+13.8%$5.19B$5.19B26.665,600Positive News
GH
Guardant Health
4.6986 of 5 stars
$41.74
+0.1%
$52.32
+25.3%
+61.4%$5.14B$774.00M-11.671,790Positive News
RDNT
RadNet
3.4165 of 5 stars
$57.07
+2.4%
$69.75
+22.2%
+2.9%$4.29B$1.83B-816.378,970
BTSG
BrightSpring Health Services
1.6609 of 5 stars
$22.23
-2.6%
$22.89
+3.0%
+108.0%$3.86B$11.86B-85.2335,000Positive News
Gap Up
SHC
Sotera Health
2.1925 of 5 stars
$13.48
+2.6%
$15.80
+17.2%
+15.6%$3.81B$1.11B53.743,000Gap Up
PRVA
Privia Health Group
3.6753 of 5 stars
$25.13
+0.5%
$27.38
+9.0%
+52.4%$3.06B$1.80B252.24810
SGRY
Surgery Partners
2.8131 of 5 stars
$23.20
+4.7%
$34.75
+49.8%
-8.9%$2.98B$3.11B-48.3812,200
CON
Concentra Group Holdings Parent
N/A$21.71
+1.4%
$28.50
+31.3%
N/A$2.76B$1.90B16.1911,000Gap Up

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This page (NASDAQ:NTRA) was last updated on 5/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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