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Should you be buying Baxter International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Baxter International include Becton, Dickinson and Company (BDX), Edwards Lifesciences (EW), DexCom (DXCM), IDEXX Laboratories (IDXX), ResMed (RMD), STERIS (STE), Hologic (HOLX), Insulet (PODD), Teleflex (TFX), and Globus Medical (GMED). These companies are all part of the "health care equipment" industry.
Baxter International (NYSE:BAX) and Becton, Dickinson and Company (NYSE:BDX) are both large-cap medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, profitability, dividends and risk.
Baxter International has a net margin of 17.79% compared to Becton, Dickinson and Company's net margin of 6.76%. Baxter International's return on equity of 18.47% beat Becton, Dickinson and Company's return on equity.
Baxter International pays an annual dividend of $1.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Becton, Dickinson and Company pays an annual dividend of $3.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Baxter International pays out 22.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Becton, Dickinson and Company pays out 83.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Baxter International is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Becton, Dickinson and Company had 13 more articles in the media than Baxter International. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Becton, Dickinson and Company and 7 mentions for Baxter International. Becton, Dickinson and Company's average media sentiment score of 0.78 beat Baxter International's score of 0.56 indicating that Becton, Dickinson and Company is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Baxter International received 136 more outperform votes than Becton, Dickinson and Company when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.97% of users gave Baxter International an outperform vote while only 62.29% of users gave Becton, Dickinson and Company an outperform vote.
Baxter International has a beta of 0.57, suggesting that its stock price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Becton, Dickinson and Company has a beta of 0.42, suggesting that its stock price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Baxter International presently has a consensus price target of $42.67, suggesting a potential upside of 20.15%. Becton, Dickinson and Company has a consensus price target of $280.13, suggesting a potential upside of 18.02%. Given Baxter International's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Baxter International is more favorable than Becton, Dickinson and Company.
90.2% of Baxter International shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.0% of Becton, Dickinson and Company shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Baxter International shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Becton, Dickinson and Company shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Baxter International has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Becton, Dickinson and Company. Baxter International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Becton, Dickinson and Company, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Baxter International beats Becton, Dickinson and Company on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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