GMED vs. STE, PODD, BAX, HOLX, MASI, TFX, ITGR, ATEC, ATRC, and IART
Should you be buying Globus Medical stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Globus Medical include STERIS (STE), Insulet (PODD), Baxter International (BAX), Hologic (HOLX), Masimo (MASI), Teleflex (TFX), Integer (ITGR), Alphatec (ATEC), AtriCure (ATRC), and Integra LifeSciences (IART). These companies are all part of the "health care equipment" industry.
Globus Medical vs.
STERIS (NYSE:STE) and Globus Medical (NYSE:GMED) are both medical companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, valuation, risk, dividends, media sentiment and earnings.
STERIS has a beta of 0.96, meaning that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Globus Medical has a beta of 1.32, meaning that its share price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500.
STERIS has higher revenue and earnings than Globus Medical. STERIS is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Globus Medical, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
94.7% of STERIS shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.2% of Globus Medical shares are held by institutional investors. 1.1% of STERIS shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 18.5% of Globus Medical shares are held by 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.
STERIS has a net margin of 8.66% compared to Globus Medical's net margin of 4.09%. STERIS's return on equity of 13.91% beat Globus Medical's return on equity.
STERIS currently has a consensus target price of $264.00, indicating a potential upside of 7.19%. Globus Medical has a consensus target price of $94.00, indicating a potential upside of 58.60%. Given Globus Medical's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Globus Medical is more favorable than STERIS.
In the previous week, STERIS had 4 more articles in the media than Globus Medical. MarketBeat recorded 31 mentions for STERIS and 27 mentions for Globus Medical. STERIS's average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat Globus Medical's score of 0.89 indicating that STERIS is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Globus Medical received 232 more outperform votes than STERIS when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.33% of users gave Globus Medical an outperform vote while only 59.34% of users gave STERIS an outperform vote.
Summary
STERIS and Globus Medical tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:GMED) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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