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COO vs. ALC, WST, ALGN, MMSI, ICUI, XRAY, HAE, QDEL, NEOG, and STAA

Should you be buying Cooper Companies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cooper Companies include Alcon (ALC), West Pharmaceutical Services (WST), Align Technology (ALGN), Merit Medical Systems (MMSI), ICU Medical (ICUI), DENTSPLY SIRONA (XRAY), Haemonetics (HAE), QuidelOrtho (QDEL), Neogen (NEOG), and STAAR Surgical (STAA). These companies are all part of the "medical" sector.

Cooper Companies vs. Its Competitors

Alcon (NYSE:ALC) and Cooper Companies (NASDAQ:COO) are both large-cap medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, risk, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings and dividends.

Alcon has a net margin of 10.70% compared to Cooper Companies' net margin of 10.08%. Cooper Companies' return on equity of 9.82% beat Alcon's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Alcon10.70% 6.92% 4.89%
Cooper Companies 10.08%9.82%6.54%

53.9% of Alcon shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 24.4% of Cooper Companies shares are held by institutional investors. 1.5% of Alcon shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Cooper Companies shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Alcon has higher revenue and earnings than Cooper Companies. Alcon is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cooper Companies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Alcon$9.91B3.79$1.02B$2.1535.41
Cooper Companies$3.90B3.75$392.30M$2.0336.21

Alcon has a beta of 0.99, indicating that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cooper Companies has a beta of 1.02, indicating that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Cooper Companies had 11 more articles in the media than Alcon. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Cooper Companies and 14 mentions for Alcon. Cooper Companies' average media sentiment score of 0.65 beat Alcon's score of 0.33 indicating that Cooper Companies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Alcon
2 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
7 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Cooper Companies
7 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
11 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Alcon currently has a consensus target price of $91.50, suggesting a potential upside of 20.19%. Cooper Companies has a consensus target price of $84.77, suggesting a potential upside of 15.32%. Given Alcon's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Alcon is more favorable than Cooper Companies.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Alcon
0 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.61
Cooper Companies
1 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.73

Summary

Cooper Companies beats Alcon on 9 of the 16 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 NASDAQ 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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COO vs. The Competition

MetricCooper CompaniesMED/DENTAL IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$14.61B$18.23B$6.22B$10.81B
Dividend YieldN/A1.64%5.72%4.81%
P/E Ratio36.2118.2531.5030.91
Price / Sales3.752.34594.92133.93
Price / Cash13.1513.3237.2561.86
Price / Book1.823.0312.056.61
Net Income$392.30M$472.95M$3.34B$277.10M
7 Day Performance2.14%2.53%1.93%2.57%
1 Month Performance9.90%-0.63%7.77%3.79%
1 Year Performance-31.82%-10.07%56.40%33.01%

Cooper Companies Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
COO
Cooper Companies
3.3965 of 5 stars
$73.51
-1.4%
$84.77
+15.3%
-31.5%$14.61B$3.90B36.2116,000Analyst Forecast
ALC
Alcon
3.8372 of 5 stars
$75.38
+1.9%
$93.41
+23.9%
-19.3%$36.50B$9.91B35.0625,599Analyst Forecast
WST
West Pharmaceutical Services
4.5958 of 5 stars
$266.96
+1.5%
$321.89
+20.6%
-9.8%$18.91B$2.89B39.9610,600Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
ALGN
Align Technology
4.875 of 5 stars
$129.84
+1.1%
$182.67
+40.7%
-37.5%$9.31B$4.00B21.9020,945Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
MMSI
Merit Medical Systems
4.7286 of 5 stars
$80.81
+0.4%
$106.50
+31.8%
-13.7%$4.77B$1.36B41.027,400Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
ICUI
ICU Medical
4.6984 of 5 stars
$116.49
+0.2%
$181.00
+55.4%
-29.6%$2.87B$2.38B-76.6415,000News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
XRAY
DENTSPLY SIRONA
4.923 of 5 stars
$12.62
-1.4%
$18.00
+42.6%
-46.3%$2.55B$3.79B-2.6614,000Analyst Forecast
HAE
Haemonetics
4.8937 of 5 stars
$49.77
+2.4%
$75.89
+52.5%
-32.4%$2.34B$1.36B15.223,023Analyst Forecast
QDEL
QuidelOrtho
4.2979 of 5 stars
$28.42
+4.1%
$37.80
+33.0%
-21.3%$1.85B$2.78B-4.356,600News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
NEOG
Neogen
3.7337 of 5 stars
$5.93
-0.3%
$8.83
+49.0%
-54.4%$1.29B$894.66M-1.242,110Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
STAA
STAAR Surgical
3.2135 of 5 stars
$24.26
-6.0%
$20.67
-14.8%
-13.4%$1.27B$313.90M-12.571,211Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
High Trading Volume

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This page (NASDAQ:COO) was last updated on 10/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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