Cooper Companies (COO) Competitors

Cooper Companies (NYSE:COO) and Bausch + Lomb (NYSE:BLCO) are both medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, valuation, institutional ownership, community ranking, dividends, media sentiment and earnings.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in COO or BLCO?

Cooper Companies received 584 more outperform votes than Bausch + Lomb when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.42% of users gave Cooper Companies an outperform vote while only 37.84% of users gave Bausch + Lomb an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Cooper Companies	Outperform Votes 598 67.42%	Underperform Votes 289 32.58%
Bausch + Lomb	Outperform Votes 14 37.84%	Underperform Votes 23 62.16%

Is COO or BLCO more profitable?

Cooper Companies has a net margin of 8.41% compared to Bausch + Lomb's net margin of -2.73%. Cooper Companies' return on equity of 8.18% beat Bausch + Lomb's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cooper Companies	8.41%	8.18%	5.14%
Bausch + Lomb	-2.73%	4.64%	2.94%

Do analysts recommend COO or BLCO?

Cooper Companies currently has a consensus target price of $393.89, suggesting a potential upside of 10.85%. Bausch + Lomb has a consensus target price of $19.44, suggesting a potential upside of 4.20%. Given Cooper Companies' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Cooper Companies is more favorable than Bausch + Lomb.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Cooper Companies	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.71
Bausch + Lomb	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.44

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in COO or BLCO?

96.8% of Cooper Companies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 12.4% of Bausch + Lomb shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.0% of Cooper Companies shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, COO or BLCO?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Cooper Companies	$3.31 billion	5.30	$385.80 million	$5.80	61.16
Bausch + Lomb	$3.77 billion	1.73	$6 million	-$0.30	-62.20

Does the media favor COO or BLCO?

In the previous week, Cooper Companies had 34 more articles in the media than Bausch + Lomb. MarketBeat recorded 37 mentions for Cooper Companies and 3 mentions for Bausch + Lomb. Bausch + Lomb's average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat Cooper Companies' score of 0.29 indicating that Bausch + Lomb is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Cooper Companies	6 Very Positive mention(s)	7 Positive mention(s)	15 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Bausch + Lomb	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Cooper Companies beats Bausch + Lomb on 15 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.