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DGX vs. HSIC, MEDP, AMN, LH, DVA, CHE, CRVL, AMED, MD, and CCRN

Should you be buying Quest Diagnostics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Quest Diagnostics include Henry Schein (HSIC), Medpace (MEDP), AMN Healthcare Services (AMN), Labcorp (LH), DaVita (DVA), Chemed (CHE), CorVel (CRVL), Amedisys (AMED), Pediatrix Medical Group (MD), and Cross Country Healthcare (CCRN).

Quest Diagnostics vs. Its Competitors

Henry Schein (NASDAQ:HSIC) and Quest Diagnostics (NYSE:DGX) are both medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, dividends, risk, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

In the previous week, Quest Diagnostics had 7 more articles in the media than Henry Schein. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Quest Diagnostics and 18 mentions for Henry Schein. Quest Diagnostics' average media sentiment score of 1.51 beat Henry Schein's score of 0.93 indicating that Quest Diagnostics is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Henry Schein
9 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Quest Diagnostics
22 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

Quest Diagnostics has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Henry Schein. Quest Diagnostics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Henry Schein, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Henry Schein$12.77B0.65$390M$3.1022.20
Quest Diagnostics$9.87B2.05$871M$8.3521.64

Henry Schein currently has a consensus price target of $76.67, suggesting a potential upside of 11.42%. Quest Diagnostics has a consensus price target of $186.00, suggesting a potential upside of 2.93%. Given Henry Schein's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Henry Schein is more favorable than Quest Diagnostics.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Henry Schein
0 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.42
Quest Diagnostics
0 Sell rating(s)
10 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

96.6% of Henry Schein shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.1% of Quest Diagnostics shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of Henry Schein shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.2% of Quest Diagnostics shares are owned by company 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.

Quest Diagnostics has a net margin of 9.01% compared to Henry Schein's net margin of 3.05%. Quest Diagnostics' return on equity of 15.24% beat Henry Schein's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Henry Schein3.05% 14.36% 5.52%
Quest Diagnostics 9.01%15.24%6.64%

Henry Schein has a beta of 0.86, indicating that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Quest Diagnostics has a beta of 0.54, indicating that its stock price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Quest Diagnostics beats Henry Schein 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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DGX vs. The Competition

MetricQuest DiagnosticsMED IndustryMedical SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$20.21B$4.10B$5.75B$21.50B
Dividend Yield1.75%1.28%5.72%3.49%
P/E Ratio21.6428.7574.9929.84
Price / Sales2.0525.46456.1051.75
Price / Cash13.5426.8725.8118.13
Price / Book2.944.4813.254.65
Net Income$871M$189.47M$3.29B$999.94M
7 Day Performance-1.00%-1.68%0.46%0.79%
1 Month Performance0.58%2.15%4.59%4.54%
1 Year Performance17.05%13.96%73.41%16.76%

Quest Diagnostics Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
DGX
Quest Diagnostics
4.7308 of 5 stars
$180.71
-1.2%
$186.00
+2.9%
+18.4%$20.21B$9.87B21.6456,000Positive News
HSIC
Henry Schein
3.8366 of 5 stars
$67.74
-2.4%
$76.67
+13.2%
-1.9%$8.21B$12.67B21.8525,000Positive News
MEDP
Medpace
4.3185 of 5 stars
$492.09
+1.0%
$412.73
-16.1%
+39.5%$13.82B$2.11B36.595,900Positive News
AMN
AMN Healthcare Services
4.6382 of 5 stars
$20.97
+0.6%
$28.25
+34.7%
-61.3%$803.61M$2.98B-2.702,968Positive News
Short Interest ↓
LH
Labcorp
4.655 of 5 stars
$276.99
-0.6%
$290.33
+4.8%
+25.7%$23.02B$13.01B30.5770,000Positive News
DVA
DaVita
4.6473 of 5 stars
$134.44
-2.5%
$164.00
+22.0%
-18.6%$9.61B$12.82B13.2276,000Analyst Upgrade
CHE
Chemed
4.9986 of 5 stars
$464.58
-0.2%
$592.25
+27.5%
-22.4%$6.77B$2.43B23.8915,695Positive News
Short Interest ↓
CRVL
CorVel
2.0987 of 5 stars
$90.34
+5.7%
N/A-19.0%$4.64B$895.59M46.575,075High Trading Volume
AMED
Amedisys
2.0545 of 5 stars
$101.01
+0.0%
$100.50
-0.5%
+4.2%$3.32B$2.40B39.3020,000
MD
Pediatrix Medical Group
2.1409 of 5 stars
$16.95
-0.7%
$16.79
-1.0%
+52.5%$1.48B$2.01B13.144,305Positive News
Analyst Downgrade
CCRN
Cross Country Healthcare
3.7015 of 5 stars
$14.05
-0.4%
$17.93
+27.6%
-11.4%$460.28M$1.34B-54.048,205Positive News

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