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BAX vs. AMN, DVA, EW, RMD, DXCM, STE, PODD, HOLX, MASI, and GMED

Should you be buying Baxter International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Baxter International include AMN Healthcare Services (AMN), DaVita (DVA), Edwards Lifesciences (EW), ResMed (RMD), DexCom (DXCM), STERIS (STE), Insulet (PODD), Hologic (HOLX), Masimo (MASI), and Globus Medical (GMED). These companies are all part of the "medical" sector.

Baxter International vs. Its Competitors

AMN Healthcare Services (NYSE:AMN) and Baxter International (NYSE:BAX) are both medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends and valuation.

Baxter International has a net margin of -1.42% compared to AMN Healthcare Services' net margin of -10.75%. Baxter International's return on equity of 16.96% beat AMN Healthcare Services' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
AMN Healthcare Services-10.75% 11.09% 3.34%
Baxter International -1.42%16.96%5.24%

AMN Healthcare Services has a beta of 0.11, suggesting that its stock price is 89% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Baxter International has a beta of 0.6, suggesting that its stock price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, AMN Healthcare Services had 6 more articles in the media than Baxter International. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for AMN Healthcare Services and 6 mentions for Baxter International. Baxter International's average media sentiment score of 0.71 beat AMN Healthcare Services' score of 0.66 indicating that Baxter International is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
AMN Healthcare Services
5 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Baxter International
2 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

99.2% of AMN Healthcare Services shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.2% of Baxter International shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of AMN Healthcare Services shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Baxter International shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

AMN Healthcare Services has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Baxter International. Baxter International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AMN Healthcare Services, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
AMN Healthcare Services$2.98B0.24-$146.98M-$7.77-2.37
Baxter International$10.64B1.10-$649M-$0.30-76.23

AMN Healthcare Services currently has a consensus price target of $23.25, suggesting a potential upside of 26.40%. Baxter International has a consensus price target of $30.11, suggesting a potential upside of 31.67%. Given Baxter International's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Baxter International is more favorable than AMN Healthcare Services.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
AMN Healthcare Services
1 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.25
Baxter International
1 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.20

Summary

Baxter International beats AMN Healthcare Services on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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BAX vs. The Competition

MetricBaxter InternationalMED PRODUCTS IndustryMedical SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$11.75B$10.48B$5.73B$21.66B
Dividend Yield2.95%1.89%5.61%3.51%
P/E Ratio-76.2320.5976.4230.08
Price / Sales1.1030.96551.0061.19
Price / Cash4.8425.0925.8118.30
Price / Book1.663.4013.624.64
Net Income-$649M$212.47M$3.29B$1.00B
7 Day Performance-4.23%-0.20%1.67%0.99%
1 Month Performance-6.64%-2.71%4.05%2.77%
1 Year Performance-41.36%-9.79%80.70%15.20%

Baxter International Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BAX
Baxter International
4.8011 of 5 stars
$22.87
+0.3%
$30.11
+31.7%
-40.7%$11.75B$10.64B-76.2338,000
AMN
AMN Healthcare Services
4.5369 of 5 stars
$18.21
-0.2%
$23.25
+27.7%
-58.1%$697.62M$2.98B-2.342,968News Coverage
DVA
DaVita
4.7486 of 5 stars
$130.95
-1.7%
$158.00
+20.7%
-20.0%$9.36B$12.82B12.8876,000Positive News
EW
Edwards Lifesciences
4.7382 of 5 stars
$76.10
-1.9%
$86.26
+13.4%
+10.4%$44.68B$5.44B10.9515,800Positive News
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RMD
ResMed
4.6835 of 5 stars
$271.39
+0.5%
$278.36
+2.6%
+12.1%$39.74B$5.15B28.5410,600Positive News
DXCM
DexCom
4.9756 of 5 stars
$75.58
-0.8%
$99.89
+32.2%
-1.3%$29.64B$4.30B52.4910,300Positive News
STE
STERIS
4.8877 of 5 stars
$247.71
-0.9%
$273.50
+10.4%
+5.4%$24.40B$5.46B37.9317,787
PODD
Insulet
4.6062 of 5 stars
$340.29
-0.4%
$335.12
-1.5%
+41.7%$23.95B$2.07B103.433,900
HOLX
Hologic
4.8403 of 5 stars
$63.80
-1.0%
$78.00
+22.3%
-17.3%$14.19B$4.04B26.477,063Analyst Upgrade
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MASI
Masimo
4.6812 of 5 stars
$145.72
-1.2%
$194.60
+33.5%
+17.1%$7.92B$2.15B-17.105,600Analyst Downgrade
GMED
Globus Medical
4.7612 of 5 stars
$58.18
-1.0%
$87.64
+50.6%
-19.5%$7.86B$2.63B22.385,300Positive News

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