Natera (NTRA) Competitors

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$172.82 -2.32 (-1.32%)
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NTRA vs. FMS, HIMS, GH, OPCH, RDNT, BTSG, SHC, VCYT, SGRY, and LFST

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), BrightSpring Health Services (BTSG), Sotera Health (SHC), Veracyte (VCYT), Surgery Partners (SGRY), and LifeStance Health Group (LFST). These companies are all part of the "healthcare" industry.

Natera vs.

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

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

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
Natera$1.08B21.08-$434.80M-$1.76-98.19
Fresenius Medical Care$21.05B0.68$540.07M$1.2120.12

Natera currently has a consensus price target of $165.88, indicating a potential downside of 4.01%. Fresenius Medical Care has a consensus price target of $25.30, indicating a potential upside of 3.90%. Given Fresenius Medical Care's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Fresenius Medical Care is more favorable than Natera.

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

Natera has a beta of 1.66, suggesting that its share price is 66% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fresenius Medical Care has a beta of 0.93, suggesting that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Natera had 21 more articles in the media than Fresenius Medical Care. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Natera and 1 mentions for Fresenius Medical Care. Natera's average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat Fresenius Medical Care's score of 0.70 indicating that Natera is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

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
Natera-14.01% -26.23% -14.27%
Fresenius Medical Care 3.43%6.04%2.69%

Natera received 61 more outperform votes than Fresenius Medical Care when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.04% of users gave Natera an outperform vote while only 54.72% of users gave Fresenius Medical Care an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
NateraOutperform Votes
484
69.04%
Underperform Votes
217
30.96%
Fresenius Medical CareOutperform Votes
423
54.72%
Underperform Votes
350
45.28%

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$22.82B$3.06B$5.70B$9.02B
Dividend YieldN/A17.74%5.28%4.00%
P/E Ratio-98.1916.5389.0018.28
Price / Sales21.08176.971,010.11128.72
Price / CashN/A427.7437.4433.55
Price / Book27.135.174.934.74
Net Income-$434.80M-$33.27M$109.11M$223.11M
7 Day Performance-2.32%-1.55%-0.29%0.20%
1 Month Performance-2.15%-1.68%0.39%-0.08%
1 Year Performance148.13%17.89%24.55%21.33%

Natera Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NTRA
Natera
2.9465 of 5 stars
$172.82
-1.3%
$165.88
-4.0%
+147.2%$23.12B$1.08B-98.193,293Insider Trade
Positive News
FMS
Fresenius Medical Care
3.8576 of 5 stars
$24.52
-1.4%
$25.30
+3.2%
+23.7%$14.39B$21.05B20.261,358Analyst Upgrade
HIMS
Hims & Hers Health
3.2363 of 5 stars
$39.21
+5.2%
$25.13
-35.9%
+350.0%$8.56B$872M89.071,046Insider Trade
News Coverage
Gap Up
GH
Guardant Health
3.7572 of 5 stars
$47.48
+1.1%
$42.63
-10.2%
+101.4%$5.87B$692.26M-11.201,779Gap Down
OPCH
Option Care Health
4.5167 of 5 stars
$30.82
-0.3%
$32.25
+4.7%
-1.6%$5.25B$4.30B25.927,802Positive News
RDNT
RadNet
3.7578 of 5 stars
$66.64
+1.8%
$75.50
+13.3%
+75.8%$4.93B$1.62B-952.0910,288Gap Down
BTSG
BrightSpring Health Services
2.7449 of 5 stars
$23.81
+0.9%
$19.42
-18.4%
+92.4%$4.16B$8.83B-91.8335,000
SHC
Sotera Health
3.6208 of 5 stars
$13.68
-0.2%
$16.08
+17.5%
-10.4%$3.87B$1.05B54.723,000Positive News
VCYT
Veracyte
3.4707 of 5 stars
$45.39
-0.2%
$42.00
-7.5%
+70.6%$3.52B$361.05M-303.13790Gap Down
SGRY
Surgery Partners
3.0257 of 5 stars
$25.45
-0.2%
$36.56
+43.7%
-20.2%$3.23B$2.74B-53.0213,500
LFST
LifeStance Health Group
0.9832 of 5 stars
$8.10
+1.6%
$8.70
+7.5%
+31.6%$3.10B$1.06B-31.139,325Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:NTRA) was last updated on 2/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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