BSX vs. ABT, ISRG, SYK, MDT, BDX, EW, IDXX, RMD, DXCM, and STE
Should you be buying Boston Scientific stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Boston Scientific include Abbott Laboratories (ABT), Intuitive Surgical (ISRG), Stryker (SYK), Medtronic (MDT), Becton, Dickinson and Company (BDX), Edwards Lifesciences (EW), IDEXX Laboratories (IDXX), ResMed (RMD), DexCom (DXCM), and STERIS (STE). These companies are all part of the "health care equipment" industry.
Boston Scientific vs. Its Competitors
Boston Scientific (NYSE:BSX) and Abbott Laboratories (NYSE:ABT) are both large-cap medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, community ranking, earnings and media sentiment.
Boston Scientific currently has a consensus target price of $116.00, suggesting a potential upside of 16.47%. Abbott Laboratories has a consensus target price of $142.59, suggesting a potential upside of 5.30%. Given Boston Scientific's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Boston Scientific is more favorable than Abbott Laboratories.
89.1% of Boston Scientific shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.2% of Abbott Laboratories shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Boston Scientific shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Abbott Laboratories shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Boston Scientific has a beta of 0.68, meaning that its stock price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Abbott Laboratories has a beta of 0.73, meaning that its stock price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Abbott Laboratories had 26 more articles in the media than Boston Scientific. MarketBeat recorded 65 mentions for Abbott Laboratories and 39 mentions for Boston Scientific. Abbott Laboratories' average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat Boston Scientific's score of 1.10 indicating that Abbott Laboratories is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Abbott Laboratories has a net margin of 31.95% compared to Boston Scientific's net margin of 11.07%. Abbott Laboratories' return on equity of 20.74% beat Boston Scientific's return on equity.
Abbott Laboratories has higher revenue and earnings than Boston Scientific. Abbott Laboratories is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Boston Scientific, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Boston Scientific received 118 more outperform votes than Abbott Laboratories when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.00% of users gave Abbott Laboratories an outperform vote while only 69.98% of users gave Boston Scientific an outperform vote.
Summary
Abbott Laboratories beats Boston Scientific on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:BSX) was last updated on 6/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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