Integer (ITGR) Competitors

Baxter International (NYSE:BAX) and Integer (NYSE:ITGR) are both medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and risk.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in BAX or ITGR?

90.2% of Baxter International shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.3% of Integer shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Baxter International shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of Integer shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, BAX or ITGR?

Integer has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Baxter International. Baxter International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Integer, 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
Baxter International	$10.64B	1.49	-$649M	-$1.28	-24.22
Integer	$1.74B	2.51	$90.65M	$2.11	59.37

Do analysts recommend BAX or ITGR?

Baxter International currently has a consensus price target of $38.56, suggesting a potential upside of 24.37%. Integer has a consensus price target of $145.56, suggesting a potential upside of 16.19%. Given Baxter International's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Baxter International is more favorable than Integer.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Baxter International	1 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40
Integer	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.78

Is BAX or ITGR more profitable?

Integer has a net margin of 6.92% compared to Baxter International's net margin of -5.05%. Baxter International's return on equity of 16.67% beat Integer's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Baxter International	-5.05%	16.67%	4.93%
Integer	6.92%	11.65%	5.89%

Does the media prefer BAX or ITGR?

In the previous week, Integer had 20 more articles in the media than Baxter International. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for Integer and 9 mentions for Baxter International. Integer's average media sentiment score of 0.61 beat Baxter International's score of 0.53 indicating that Integer is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Baxter International	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Integer	9 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	13 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer BAX or ITGR?

Baxter International received 342 more outperform votes than Integer when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.69% of users gave Baxter International an outperform vote while only 64.02% of users gave Integer an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Baxter International	Outperform Votes 737 65.69%	Underperform Votes 385 34.31%
Integer	Outperform Votes 395 64.02%	Underperform Votes 222 35.98%

Which has more volatility and risk, BAX or ITGR?

Baxter International has a beta of 0.64, meaning that its stock price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Integer has a beta of 1.09, meaning that its stock price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Integer beats Baxter International on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.