Penumbra (PEN) Competitors

Koninklijke Philips (NYSE:PHG) and Penumbra (NYSE:PEN) are both large-cap medical companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, profitability, community ranking, media sentiment and dividends.

Is PHG or PEN more profitable?

Penumbra has a net margin of 2.97% compared to Koninklijke Philips' net margin of -1.83%. Koninklijke Philips' return on equity of 10.11% beat Penumbra's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Koninklijke Philips	-1.83%	10.11%	4.12%
Penumbra	2.97%	8.99%	6.80%

Do insiders & institutionals believe in PHG or PEN?

13.7% of Koninklijke Philips shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.9% of Penumbra shares are held by institutional investors. 5.0% of Penumbra shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more risk and volatility, PHG or PEN?

Koninklijke Philips has a beta of 0.77, indicating that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Penumbra has a beta of 0.52, indicating that its share price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer PHG or PEN?

Penumbra received 445 more outperform votes than Koninklijke Philips when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 80.31% of users gave Penumbra an outperform vote while only 56.56% of users gave Koninklijke Philips an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Koninklijke Philips	Outperform Votes 375 56.56%	Underperform Votes 288 43.44%
Penumbra	Outperform Votes 820 80.31%	Underperform Votes 201 19.69%

Do analysts rate PHG or PEN?

Penumbra has a consensus price target of $261.36, indicating a potential downside of 2.64%. Given Penumbra's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Penumbra is more favorable than Koninklijke Philips.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Koninklijke Philips	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.20
Penumbra	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	11 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.81

Which has better earnings and valuation, PHG or PEN?

Penumbra has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Koninklijke Philips. Koninklijke Philips is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Penumbra, 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
Koninklijke Philips	$19.66B	1.27	-$503.27M	-$0.42	-63.21
Penumbra	$1.06B	9.73	$90.95M	$0.86	312.15

Does the media refer more to PHG or PEN?

In the previous week, Penumbra had 1 more articles in the media than Koninklijke Philips. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Penumbra and 7 mentions for Koninklijke Philips. Koninklijke Philips' average media sentiment score of 0.63 beat Penumbra's score of 0.43 indicating that Koninklijke Philips is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Koninklijke Philips	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Penumbra	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Penumbra beats Koninklijke Philips on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.