BDX vs. ZTS, MCK, EW, GILD, DXCM, HCA, GSK, COR, IQV, and TAK
Should you be buying Becton, Dickinson and Company stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Becton, Dickinson and Company include Zoetis (ZTS), McKesson (MCK), Edwards Lifesciences (EW), Gilead Sciences (GILD), DexCom (DXCM), HCA Healthcare (HCA), GSK (GSK), Cencora (COR), IQVIA (IQV), and Takeda Pharmaceutical (TAK). These companies are all part of the "medical" sector.
Becton, Dickinson and Company (NYSE:BDX) and Zoetis (NYSE:ZTS) are both large-cap medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, community ranking, risk, earnings and media sentiment.
Becton, Dickinson and Company pays an annual dividend of $3.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Zoetis pays an annual dividend of $1.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Becton, Dickinson and Company pays out 90.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Zoetis pays out 33.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Becton, Dickinson and Company presently has a consensus target price of $280.00, suggesting a potential upside of 21.49%. Zoetis has a consensus target price of $218.00, suggesting a potential upside of 42.15%. Given Zoetis' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Zoetis is more favorable than Becton, Dickinson and Company.
Becton, Dickinson and Company has a beta of 0.43, indicating that its stock price is 57% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Zoetis has a beta of 0.85, indicating that its stock price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Zoetis had 18 more articles in the media than Becton, Dickinson and Company. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Zoetis and 7 mentions for Becton, Dickinson and Company. Becton, Dickinson and Company's average media sentiment score of 0.79 beat Zoetis' score of 0.69 indicating that Becton, Dickinson and Company is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Zoetis has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Becton, Dickinson and Company. Zoetis 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.
87.0% of Becton, Dickinson and Company shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.8% of Zoetis shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Becton, Dickinson and Company shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Zoetis shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Zoetis has a net margin of 27.43% compared to Becton, Dickinson and Company's net margin of 6.44%. Zoetis' return on equity of 51.25% beat Becton, Dickinson and Company's return on equity.
Zoetis received 308 more outperform votes than Becton, Dickinson and Company when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 77.76% of users gave Zoetis an outperform vote while only 62.25% of users gave Becton, Dickinson and Company an outperform vote.
Summary
Zoetis beats Becton, Dickinson and Company on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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