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WGS vs. HIMS, GH, OPCH, RDNT, SHC, BTSG, PRVA, CON, SGRY, and LFST

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

GeneDx vs.

Hims & Hers Health (NYSE:HIMS) and GeneDx (NASDAQ:WGS) are both medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, community ranking and dividends.

Hims & Hers Health has higher revenue and earnings than GeneDx. GeneDx is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hims & Hers Health, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Hims & Hers Health$1.48B5.48-$23.55M$0.5467.40
GeneDx$305.45M5.73-$175.77M-$1.96-31.80

63.5% of Hims & Hers Health shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.7% of GeneDx shares are held by institutional investors. 17.7% of Hims & Hers Health shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 27.3% of GeneDx shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Hims & Hers Health has a beta of 1.65, meaning that its share price is 65% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, GeneDx has a beta of 1.93, meaning that its share price is 93% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Hims & Hers Health has a net margin of 8.19% compared to GeneDx's net margin of -17.12%. Hims & Hers Health's return on equity of 10.97% beat GeneDx's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Hims & Hers Health8.19% 10.97% 8.29%
GeneDx -17.12%3.33%1.69%

In the previous week, Hims & Hers Health had 32 more articles in the media than GeneDx. MarketBeat recorded 58 mentions for Hims & Hers Health and 26 mentions for GeneDx. GeneDx's average media sentiment score of 1.18 beat Hims & Hers Health's score of 0.64 indicating that GeneDx is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Hims & Hers Health
26 Very Positive mention(s)
8 Positive mention(s)
13 Neutral mention(s)
4 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
GeneDx
9 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
7 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Hims & Hers Health received 31 more outperform votes than GeneDx when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 48.00% of users gave GeneDx an outperform vote while only 35.25% of users gave Hims & Hers Health an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Hims & Hers HealthOutperform Votes
43
35.25%
Underperform Votes
79
64.75%
GeneDxOutperform Votes
12
48.00%
Underperform Votes
13
52.00%

Hims & Hers Health presently has a consensus price target of $36.92, indicating a potential upside of 1.44%. GeneDx has a consensus price target of $78.14, indicating a potential upside of 25.39%. Given GeneDx's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe GeneDx is more favorable than Hims & Hers Health.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Hims & Hers Health
2 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.08
GeneDx
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.57

Summary

Hims & Hers Health beats GeneDx on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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WGS vs. The Competition

MetricGeneDxHealth services IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1.75B$832.17M$5.54B$7.93B
Dividend YieldN/A2.55%5.09%4.22%
P/E Ratio-31.8052.8822.5518.54
Price / Sales5.737.99395.25103.29
Price / CashN/A26.1438.1834.62
Price / Book7.103.966.764.25
Net Income-$175.77M-$5.50M$3.22B$248.18M
7 Day Performance-43.86%-3.17%1.37%1.03%
1 Month Performance-26.57%2.05%2.77%2.70%
1 Year Performance219.59%17.66%15.59%4.05%

GeneDx Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WGS
GeneDx
2.8602 of 5 stars
$64.91
+4.1%
$78.14
+20.4%
+197.9%$1.82B$305.45M-33.141,200Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Positive News
HIMS
Hims & Hers Health
2.4017 of 5 stars
$28.51
+1.5%
$38.08
+33.6%
+191.3%$6.33B$1.48B64.80650Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Options Volume
News Coverage
High Trading Volume
GH
Guardant Health
4.5186 of 5 stars
$47.99
-0.6%
$49.00
+2.1%
+167.6%$5.92B$739.02M-13.481,790Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Up
OPCH
Option Care Health
3.1527 of 5 stars
$32.97
+0.2%
$33.75
+2.4%
+7.3%$5.42B$5.00B27.715,600Earnings Report
Analyst Upgrade
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
Positive News
RDNT
RadNet
4.0506 of 5 stars
$51.03
+1.5%
$69.75
+36.7%
+3.5%$3.78B$1.83B-728.908,970Positive News
SHC
Sotera Health
1.6003 of 5 stars
$11.26
+1.0%
$15.20
+35.0%
+7.4%$3.20B$1.10B45.043,000Earnings Report
News Coverage
BTSG
BrightSpring Health Services
1.6207 of 5 stars
$17.31
+2.3%
$21.67
+25.2%
+67.9%$3.03B$11.27B-66.5835,000News Coverage
Positive News
PRVA
Privia Health Group
4.0208 of 5 stars
$23.20
+0.1%
$27.14
+17.0%
+27.0%$2.81B$1.74B232.02810Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↓
Positive News
CON
Concentra Group Holdings Parent
N/A$21.64
+1.8%
$28.50
+31.7%
N/A$2.76B$1.90B14.3311,000Upcoming Earnings
News Coverage
Positive News
SGRY
Surgery Partners
3.2733 of 5 stars
$21.56
+0.4%
$34.75
+61.2%
-8.9%$2.75B$3.11B-44.9212,200News Coverage
LFST
LifeStance Health Group
1.4376 of 5 stars
$6.53
flat
$8.30
+27.1%
+1.1%$2.51B$1.25B-25.126,640Upcoming Earnings
Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:WGS) was last updated on 5/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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