Owens & Minor (OMI) Competitors

Owens & Minor (NYSE:OMI) and Henry Schein (NASDAQ:HSIC) are both medical companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, risk and media sentiment.

Do analysts prefer OMI or HSIC?

Owens & Minor currently has a consensus target price of $11.60, indicating a potential upside of 27.05%. Henry Schein has a consensus target price of $79.30, indicating a potential upside of 6.21%. Given Owens & Minor's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Owens & Minor is more favorable than Henry Schein.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Owens & Minor	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.20
Henry Schein	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.64

Which has more volatility and risk, OMI or HSIC?

Owens & Minor has a beta of 1.4, meaning that its share price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Henry Schein has a beta of 0.87, meaning that its share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, OMI or HSIC?

Henry Schein has higher revenue and earnings than Owens & Minor. Owens & Minor is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Henry Schein, 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	$10.70B	0.07	-$362.69M	-$4.75	-1.92
Henry Schein	$12.67B	0.72	$390M	$3.20	23.33

Is OMI or HSIC more profitable?

Henry Schein has a net margin of 3.21% compared to Owens & Minor's net margin of -3.41%. Owens & Minor's return on equity of 17.09% beat Henry Schein's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Owens & Minor	-3.41%	17.09%	2.47%
Henry Schein	3.21%	14.87%	5.82%

Does the media prefer OMI or HSIC?

In the previous week, Henry Schein had 6 more articles in the media than Owens & Minor. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Henry Schein and 2 mentions for Owens & Minor. Henry Schein's average media sentiment score of 1.13 beat Owens & Minor's score of 0.55 indicating that Henry Schein is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Owens & Minor	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Henry Schein	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals & insiders believe in OMI or HSIC?

98.0% of Owens & Minor shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.6% of Henry Schein shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.7% of Owens & Minor shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Henry Schein shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Henry Schein beats Owens & Minor on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.