MDT vs. ABT, ISRG, BSX, SYK, BDX, EW, IDXX, RMD, DXCM, and STE
Should you be buying Medtronic stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Medtronic include Abbott Laboratories (ABT), Intuitive Surgical (ISRG), Boston Scientific (BSX), Stryker (SYK), Becton, Dickinson and Company (BDX), Edwards Lifesciences (EW), IDEXX Laboratories (IDXX), ResMed (RMD), DexCom (DXCM), and STERIS (STE). These companies are all part of the "health care equipment" industry.
Medtronic vs.
Medtronic (NYSE:MDT) and Abbott Laboratories (NYSE:ABT) are both large-cap medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, community ranking and earnings.
Abbott Laboratories has higher revenue and earnings than Medtronic. Abbott Laboratories is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Medtronic, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Medtronic received 639 more outperform votes than Abbott Laboratories when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.33% of users gave Medtronic an outperform vote while only 70.00% of users gave Abbott Laboratories an outperform vote.
Abbott Laboratories has a net margin of 31.95% compared to Medtronic's net margin of 12.83%. Abbott Laboratories' return on equity of 20.74% beat Medtronic's return on equity.
Medtronic pays an annual dividend of $2.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Abbott Laboratories pays an annual dividend of $2.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Medtronic pays out 78.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Abbott Laboratories pays out 30.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Medtronic has increased its dividend for 49 consecutive years and Abbott Laboratories has increased its dividend for 54 consecutive years.
In the previous week, Abbott Laboratories had 8 more articles in the media than Medtronic. MarketBeat recorded 43 mentions for Abbott Laboratories and 35 mentions for Medtronic. Abbott Laboratories' average media sentiment score of 1.65 beat Medtronic's score of 1.19 indicating that Abbott Laboratories is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Medtronic currently has a consensus price target of $97.00, indicating a potential upside of 10.32%. Abbott Laboratories has a consensus price target of $142.59, indicating a potential upside of 6.38%. Given Medtronic's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Medtronic is more favorable than Abbott Laboratories.
Medtronic has a beta of 0.79, suggesting that its share price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Abbott Laboratories has a beta of 0.73, suggesting that its share price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500.
82.1% of Medtronic shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.2% of Abbott Laboratories shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Medtronic shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Abbott Laboratories shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Abbott Laboratories beats Medtronic on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:MDT) was last updated on 6/10/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
