Glaukos (GKOS) Competitors

Glaukos (NYSE:GKOS) and Koninklijke Philips (NYSE:PHG) are both medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, dividends, valuation, risk, institutional ownership and community ranking.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, GKOS or PHG?

Glaukos has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Koninklijke Philips. Glaukos is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Koninklijke Philips, 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
Glaukos	$404.52M	13.52	-$134.66M	-$2.37	-40.37
Koninklijke Philips	$17.98B	1.25	-$503.27M	$0.43	55.43

Do institutionals and insiders believe in GKOS or PHG?

99.0% of Glaukos shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.7% of Koninklijke Philips shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.8% of Glaukos shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer GKOS or PHG?

In the previous week, Koninklijke Philips had 4 more articles in the media than Glaukos. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Koninklijke Philips and 4 mentions for Glaukos. Glaukos' average media sentiment score of 0.56 beat Koninklijke Philips' score of 0.31 indicating that Glaukos is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Glaukos	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Koninklijke Philips	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has more volatility and risk, GKOS or PHG?

Glaukos has a beta of 0.8, meaning that its share price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Koninklijke Philips has a beta of 0.76, meaning that its share price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is GKOS or PHG more profitable?

Koninklijke Philips has a net margin of -3.88% compared to Glaukos' net margin of -39.04%. Koninklijke Philips' return on equity of 10.85% beat Glaukos' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Glaukos	-39.04%	-16.53%	-10.61%
Koninklijke Philips	-3.88%	10.85%	4.45%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor GKOS or PHG?

Glaukos received 76 more outperform votes than Koninklijke Philips when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.19% of users gave Glaukos an outperform vote while only 56.70% of users gave Koninklijke Philips an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Glaukos	Outperform Votes 457 65.19%	Underperform Votes 244 34.81%
Koninklijke Philips	Outperform Votes 381 56.70%	Underperform Votes 291 43.30%

Do analysts recommend GKOS or PHG?

Glaukos currently has a consensus price target of $134.67, suggesting a potential upside of 40.75%. Given Glaukos' higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Glaukos is more favorable than Koninklijke Philips.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Glaukos	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75
Koninklijke Philips	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Summary

Glaukos beats Koninklijke Philips on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.