Owens & Minor (OMI) Competitors

Owens & Minor (NYSE:OMI) and McKesson (NYSE:MCK) are both medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation and risk.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in OMI or MCK?

98.0% of Owens & Minor shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.1% of McKesson shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.7% of Owens & Minor shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of McKesson shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in OMI or MCK?

McKesson received 724 more outperform votes than Owens & Minor when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.26% of users gave McKesson an outperform vote while only 47.95% of users gave Owens & Minor an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Owens & Minor	Outperform Votes 257 47.95%	Underperform Votes 279 52.05%
McKesson	Outperform Votes 981 74.26%	Underperform Votes 340 25.74%

Which has better earnings & valuation, OMI or MCK?

McKesson has higher revenue and earnings than Owens & Minor. Owens & Minor is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than McKesson, 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
Owens & Minor	$10.72B	0.06	-$41.30M	-$4.75	-1.65
McKesson	$359.05B	0.25	$3.00B	$25.83	27.75

Which has more volatility & risk, OMI or MCK?

Owens & Minor has a beta of 1.31, meaning that its stock price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, McKesson has a beta of 0.49, meaning that its stock price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is OMI or MCK more profitable?

McKesson has a net margin of 0.82% compared to Owens & Minor's net margin of -0.46%. Owens & Minor's return on equity of 14.60% beat McKesson's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Owens & Minor	-0.46%	14.60%	2.51%
McKesson	0.82%	-181.26%	5.34%

Does the media prefer OMI or MCK?

In the previous week, McKesson had 17 more articles in the media than Owens & Minor. MarketBeat recorded 39 mentions for McKesson and 22 mentions for Owens & Minor. McKesson's average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat Owens & Minor's score of 0.29 indicating that McKesson is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Owens & Minor	6 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
McKesson	27 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts rate OMI or MCK?

Owens & Minor currently has a consensus price target of $12.33, indicating a potential upside of 57.57%. McKesson has a consensus price target of $694.38, indicating a potential downside of 3.12%. Given Owens & Minor's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Owens & Minor is more favorable than McKesson.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Owens & Minor	2 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
McKesson	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	11 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.87

Summary

McKesson beats Owens & Minor on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.