EW vs. BSX, SYK, MDT, BDX, IDXX, RMD, DXCM, STE, PODD, and BAX
Should you be buying Edwards Lifesciences stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Edwards Lifesciences include Boston Scientific (BSX), Stryker (SYK), Medtronic (MDT), Becton, Dickinson and Company (BDX), IDEXX Laboratories (IDXX), ResMed (RMD), DexCom (DXCM), STERIS (STE), Insulet (PODD), and Baxter International (BAX). These companies are all part of the "health care equipment" industry.
Edwards Lifesciences vs. Its Competitors
Edwards Lifesciences (NYSE:EW) and Boston Scientific (NYSE:BSX) are both large-cap medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, profitability, dividends and risk.
79.5% of Edwards Lifesciences shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.1% of Boston Scientific shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.3% of Edwards Lifesciences shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Boston Scientific shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Edwards Lifesciences presently has a consensus price target of $80.20, suggesting a potential upside of 5.76%. Boston Scientific has a consensus price target of $116.00, suggesting a potential upside of 17.97%. Given Boston Scientific's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Boston Scientific is more favorable than Edwards Lifesciences.
Edwards Lifesciences has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Boston Scientific. Edwards Lifesciences is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Boston Scientific, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Edwards Lifesciences has a beta of 1.12, suggesting that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Boston Scientific has a beta of 0.68, suggesting that its stock price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Edwards Lifesciences received 271 more outperform votes than Boston Scientific when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.73% of users gave Edwards Lifesciences an outperform vote while only 69.98% of users gave Boston Scientific an outperform vote.
Edwards Lifesciences has a net margin of 72.93% compared to Boston Scientific's net margin of 11.07%. Edwards Lifesciences' return on equity of 19.40% beat Boston Scientific's return on equity.
In the previous week, Boston Scientific had 31 more articles in the media than Edwards Lifesciences. MarketBeat recorded 39 mentions for Boston Scientific and 8 mentions for Edwards Lifesciences. Edwards Lifesciences' average media sentiment score of 1.45 beat Boston Scientific's score of 1.21 indicating that Edwards Lifesciences is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Edwards Lifesciences beats Boston Scientific on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:EW) was last updated on 6/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
