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BSX vs. ALGN, HOLX, HQY, MMSI, AMN, CAH, DVA, ECL, HCA, and MDT

Should you be buying Boston Scientific stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Boston Scientific include Align Technology (ALGN), Hologic (HOLX), HealthEquity (HQY), Merit Medical Systems (MMSI), AMN Healthcare Services (AMN), Cardinal Health (CAH), DaVita (DVA), Ecolab (ECL), HCA Healthcare (HCA), and Medtronic (MDT).

Boston Scientific vs. Its Competitors

Boston Scientific (NYSE:BSX) and Align Technology (NASDAQ:ALGN) are both large-cap medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, earnings and risk.

Boston Scientific currently has a consensus price target of $117.50, indicating a potential upside of 10.78%. Align Technology has a consensus price target of $242.92, indicating a potential upside of 18.17%. Given Align Technology's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Align Technology is more favorable than Boston Scientific.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Boston Scientific
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
21 Buy rating(s)
3 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.04
Align Technology
1 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67

Boston Scientific has a beta of 0.68, meaning that its share price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Align Technology has a beta of 1.63, meaning that its share price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Boston Scientific has higher revenue and earnings than Align Technology. Align Technology is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Boston Scientific, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Boston Scientific$16.75B9.37$1.85B$1.6863.14
Align Technology$4.00B3.73$421.36M$5.4937.44

Boston Scientific has a net margin of 13.55% compared to Align Technology's net margin of 10.29%. Boston Scientific's return on equity of 19.39% beat Align Technology's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Boston Scientific13.55% 19.39% 10.78%
Align Technology 10.29%13.52%8.36%

In the previous week, Boston Scientific had 57 more articles in the media than Align Technology. MarketBeat recorded 78 mentions for Boston Scientific and 21 mentions for Align Technology. Align Technology's average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat Boston Scientific's score of 0.99 indicating that Align Technology is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Boston Scientific
35 Very Positive mention(s)
11 Positive mention(s)
19 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Align Technology
13 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

89.1% of Boston Scientific shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.4% of Align Technology shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Boston Scientific shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Align Technology shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Boston Scientific beats Align Technology on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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BSX vs. The Competition

MetricBoston ScientificMED PRODUCTS IndustryMedical SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$157.13B$10.55B$5.70B$21.11B
Dividend YieldN/A2.00%4.69%3.60%
P/E Ratio63.1417.0728.1028.44
Price / Sales9.3729.18429.1658.71
Price / Cash29.1023.0336.2222.92
Price / Book7.103.698.664.69
Net Income$1.85B$234.77M$3.25B$995.51M
7 Day Performance2.30%6.32%4.22%1.65%
1 Month Performance1.34%7.94%10.51%4.54%
1 Year Performance41.52%-13.57%34.39%9.99%

Boston Scientific Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BSX
Boston Scientific
4.635 of 5 stars
$106.07
-0.1%
$117.50
+10.8%
+42.8%$157.13B$16.75B63.1453,000Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
ALGN
Align Technology
4.6557 of 5 stars
$189.02
-0.9%
$242.92
+28.5%
-9.1%$13.70B$4.00B34.4320,945Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
HOLX
Hologic
4.7313 of 5 stars
$63.69
-0.5%
$77.33
+21.4%
-14.6%$14.19B$4.03B26.877,063Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Revision
HQY
HealthEquity
3.2324 of 5 stars
$97.08
-0.6%
$118.55
+22.1%
+20.4%$8.39B$1.20B70.863,120Positive News
MMSI
Merit Medical Systems
4.1254 of 5 stars
$83.99
+1.2%
$109.11
+29.9%
-0.4%$4.96B$1.36B41.177,400Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
AMN
AMN Healthcare Services
4.2114 of 5 stars
$18.52
-6.6%
$32.08
+73.3%
-68.7%$708.83M$2.98B-4.282,968
CAH
Cardinal Health
4.8427 of 5 stars
$158.66
-0.6%
$158.07
-0.4%
+62.1%$37.87B$222.29B24.7548,900Positive News
Analyst Revision
DVA
DaVita
4.5433 of 5 stars
$139.45
-1.2%
$164.50
+18.0%
+1.8%$10.53B$12.82B13.8276,000Positive News
Insider Trade
ECL
Ecolab
4.7265 of 5 stars
$268.29
-0.2%
$288.33
+7.5%
+11.6%$76.10B$15.74B36.4548,000Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
HCA
HCA Healthcare
4.9751 of 5 stars
$364.47
+0.9%
$399.21
+9.5%
-5.3%$87.68B$71.59B16.21316,000Trending News
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
MDT
Medtronic
4.652 of 5 stars
$89.76
+0.2%
$98.19
+9.4%
+18.5%$115.12B$33.54B24.8095,000Positive News

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