Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) Competitors

Intuitive Surgical (NASDAQ:ISRG) and Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) are both large-cap medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation and earnings.

Is ISRG or JNJ more profitable?

Intuitive Surgical has a net margin of 28.41% compared to Johnson & Johnson's net margin of 24.42%. Johnson & Johnson's return on equity of 33.46% beat Intuitive Surgical's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Intuitive Surgical	28.41%	14.43%	12.81%
Johnson & Johnson	24.42%	33.46%	13.30%

Do analysts rate ISRG or JNJ?

Intuitive Surgical presently has a consensus price target of $588.95, indicating a potential upside of 8.32%. Johnson & Johnson has a consensus price target of $170.88, indicating a potential upside of 9.61%. Given Johnson & Johnson's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Johnson & Johnson is more favorable than Intuitive Surgical.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Intuitive Surgical	1 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	15 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.70
Johnson & Johnson	0 Sell rating(s)	11 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.55

Does the media refer more to ISRG or JNJ?

In the previous week, Johnson & Johnson had 37 more articles in the media than Intuitive Surgical. MarketBeat recorded 88 mentions for Johnson & Johnson and 51 mentions for Intuitive Surgical. Johnson & Johnson's average media sentiment score of 1.52 beat Intuitive Surgical's score of 1.42 indicating that Johnson & Johnson is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Intuitive Surgical	43 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Johnson & Johnson	82 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Do institutionals and insiders believe in ISRG or JNJ?

83.6% of Intuitive Surgical shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.6% of Johnson & Johnson shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Intuitive Surgical shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Johnson & Johnson shares are owned 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 more risk and volatility, ISRG or JNJ?

Intuitive Surgical has a beta of 1.64, suggesting that its stock price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Johnson & Johnson has a beta of 0.41, suggesting that its stock price is 59% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, ISRG or JNJ?

Johnson & Johnson has higher revenue and earnings than Intuitive Surgical. Johnson & Johnson is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Intuitive Surgical, 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
Intuitive Surgical	$8.35B	23.33	$2.32B	$6.82	79.73
Johnson & Johnson	$88.82B	4.22	$14.07B	$8.99	17.34

Summary

Johnson & Johnson beats Intuitive Surgical on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.