BLCO vs. ZBH, SOLV, SNN, PEN, STVN, GKOS, INSP, NARI, PRCT, and IRTC
Should you be buying Bausch + Lomb stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bausch + Lomb include Zimmer Biomet (ZBH), Solventum (SOLV), Smith & Nephew (SNN), Penumbra (PEN), Stevanato Group (STVN), Glaukos (GKOS), Inspire Medical Systems (INSP), Inari Medical (NARI), PROCEPT BioRobotics (PRCT), and iRhythm Technologies (IRTC). These companies are all part of the "medical equipment" industry.
Bausch + Lomb vs.
Bausch + Lomb (NYSE:BLCO) and Zimmer Biomet (NYSE:ZBH) are both medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, community ranking, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, dividends and risk.
In the previous week, Zimmer Biomet had 21 more articles in the media than Bausch + Lomb. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Zimmer Biomet and 4 mentions for Bausch + Lomb. Zimmer Biomet's average media sentiment score of 1.36 beat Bausch + Lomb's score of 0.55 indicating that Zimmer Biomet is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Zimmer Biomet has a net margin of 11.77% compared to Bausch + Lomb's net margin of -6.62%. Zimmer Biomet's return on equity of 12.99% beat Bausch + Lomb's return on equity.
Bausch + Lomb presently has a consensus target price of $20.00, indicating a potential upside of 27.59%. Zimmer Biomet has a consensus target price of $124.15, indicating a potential upside of 12.26%. Given Bausch + Lomb's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Bausch + Lomb is more favorable than Zimmer Biomet.
Bausch + Lomb has a beta of 0.49, indicating that its stock price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Zimmer Biomet has a beta of 1.04, indicating that its stock price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.
11.1% of Bausch + Lomb shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.9% of Zimmer Biomet shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Bausch + Lomb shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Zimmer Biomet shares are owned by 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.
Zimmer Biomet has higher revenue and earnings than Bausch + Lomb. Bausch + Lomb is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Zimmer Biomet, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Zimmer Biomet received 866 more outperform votes than Bausch + Lomb when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.06% of users gave Zimmer Biomet an outperform vote while only 42.22% of users gave Bausch + Lomb an outperform vote.
Summary
Zimmer Biomet beats Bausch + Lomb on 16 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:BLCO) was last updated on 3/27/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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