BDX vs. ISRG, BSX, SYK, MDT, EW, IDXX, RMD, DXCM, STE, and PODD
Should you be buying Becton, Dickinson and Company stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Becton, Dickinson and Company include Intuitive Surgical (ISRG), Boston Scientific (BSX), Stryker (SYK), Medtronic (MDT), Edwards Lifesciences (EW), IDEXX Laboratories (IDXX), ResMed (RMD), DexCom (DXCM), STERIS (STE), and Insulet (PODD). These companies are all part of the "health care equipment" industry.
Becton, Dickinson and Company vs. Its Competitors
Intuitive Surgical (NASDAQ:ISRG) and Becton, Dickinson and Company (NYSE:BDX) are both large-cap medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, earnings, dividends, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
Intuitive Surgical received 453 more outperform votes than Becton, Dickinson and Company when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.88% of users gave Intuitive Surgical an outperform vote while only 62.07% of users gave Becton, Dickinson and Company an outperform vote.
83.6% of Intuitive Surgical shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.0% of Becton, Dickinson and Company shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Intuitive Surgical shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Becton, Dickinson and Company shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Intuitive Surgical presently has a consensus target price of $588.95, indicating a potential upside of 14.81%. Becton, Dickinson and Company has a consensus target price of $219.22, indicating a potential upside of 25.77%. Given Becton, Dickinson and Company's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Becton, Dickinson and Company is more favorable than Intuitive Surgical.
Intuitive Surgical has a net margin of 27.81% compared to Becton, Dickinson and Company's net margin of 8.47%. Becton, Dickinson and Company's return on equity of 15.74% beat Intuitive Surgical's return on equity.
In the previous week, Intuitive Surgical had 47 more articles in the media than Becton, Dickinson and Company. MarketBeat recorded 68 mentions for Intuitive Surgical and 21 mentions for Becton, Dickinson and Company. Becton, Dickinson and Company's average media sentiment score of 1.27 beat Intuitive Surgical's score of 1.01 indicating that Becton, Dickinson and Company is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Intuitive Surgical has a beta of 1.67, indicating that its stock price is 67% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Becton, Dickinson and Company has a beta of 0.25, indicating that its stock price is 75% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Intuitive Surgical has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Becton, Dickinson and Company. Becton, Dickinson and Company is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Intuitive Surgical, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Intuitive Surgical beats Becton, Dickinson and Company on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:BDX) was last updated on 6/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
