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WGS vs. GH, OPCH, RDNT, BTSG, SHC, SGRY, CON, PRVA, VCYT, and ARDT

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

GeneDx vs. Its Competitors

GeneDx (NASDAQ:WGS) and Guardant Health (NASDAQ:GH) are both mid-cap medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership and earnings.

GeneDx currently has a consensus price target of $92.33, suggesting a potential upside of 13.36%. Guardant Health has a consensus price target of $54.45, suggesting a potential upside of 19.70%. Given Guardant Health's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Guardant Health is more favorable than GeneDx.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
GeneDx
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.78
Guardant Health
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
20 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.05

GeneDx has a beta of 2.01, indicating that its stock price is 101% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Guardant Health has a beta of 1.44, indicating that its stock price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500.

61.7% of GeneDx shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.6% of Guardant Health shares are owned by institutional investors. 29.6% of GeneDx shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.1% of Guardant Health shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Guardant Health had 1 more articles in the media than GeneDx. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Guardant Health and 15 mentions for GeneDx. GeneDx's average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat Guardant Health's score of 0.48 indicating that GeneDx is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
GeneDx
6 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
7 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Guardant Health
6 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

GeneDx has a net margin of -11.69% compared to Guardant Health's net margin of -53.82%. GeneDx's return on equity of 10.17% beat Guardant Health's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
GeneDx-11.69% 10.17% 5.51%
Guardant Health -53.82%N/A -26.77%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
GeneDx$305.45M7.61-$52.29M-$1.41-57.77
Guardant Health$739.02M7.63-$436.37M-$3.39-13.42

Summary

Guardant Health beats GeneDx on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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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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WGS vs. The Competition

MetricGeneDxMedical Services IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$2.37B$7.20B$5.73B$9.47B
Dividend YieldN/A2.80%4.60%3.99%
P/E Ratio-57.7725.2027.9319.95
Price / Sales7.6140.90438.49101.76
Price / Cash81.0628.2736.5558.97
Price / Book9.319.698.655.90
Net Income-$52.29M$239.98M$3.24B$258.42M
7 Day Performance4.60%2.63%3.71%2.12%
1 Month Performance-8.41%5.86%10.34%12.46%
1 Year Performance148.93%17.31%34.54%19.56%

GeneDx Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WGS
GeneDx
4.0815 of 5 stars
$81.45
-1.8%
$92.33
+13.4%
+140.7%$2.37B$305.45M-57.771,200Upcoming Earnings
GH
Guardant Health
4.4586 of 5 stars
$49.77
-1.0%
$53.76
+8.0%
+43.1%$6.17B$739.02M-14.682,021Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Revision
OPCH
Option Care Health
4.5947 of 5 stars
$30.68
+2.7%
$35.50
+15.7%
-4.9%$5.02B$5.00B24.748,088Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
RDNT
RadNet
3.6755 of 5 stars
$56.59
+2.0%
$69.60
+23.0%
-12.0%$4.25B$1.87B-131.6011,021Positive News
BTSG
BrightSpring Health Services
1.9845 of 5 stars
$20.31
flat
$24.90
+22.6%
+71.6%$3.57B$11.86B72.5435,000Upcoming Earnings
SHC
Sotera Health
3.2843 of 5 stars
$11.61
-1.6%
$16.00
+37.8%
-9.5%$3.30B$1.10B145.143,000News Coverage
Positive News
SGRY
Surgery Partners
3.0928 of 5 stars
$22.47
+2.0%
$33.56
+49.3%
-29.2%$2.88B$3.11B-14.6915,000
CON
Concentra Group Holdings Parent
3.1717 of 5 stars
$20.23
+1.6%
$28.50
+40.9%
N/A$2.59B$1.90B15.0911,250
PRVA
Privia Health Group
4.0985 of 5 stars
$20.89
+2.1%
$28.38
+35.9%
+0.3%$2.55B$1.80B174.101,140Positive News
VCYT
Veracyte
3.8086 of 5 stars
$26.65
-1.6%
$40.90
+53.5%
+0.7%$2.09B$445.76M65.00790
ARDT
Ardent Health
3.7119 of 5 stars
$14.51
+2.4%
$20.67
+42.4%
-35.5%$2.08B$5.97B8.9024,900

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This page (NASDAQ:WGS) was last updated on 7/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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