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PHG vs. GEHC, ZBH, SNN, SOLV, PEN, STVN, GKOS, IRTC, BLCO, and TMDX

Should you be buying Koninklijke Philips stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Koninklijke Philips include GE HealthCare Technologies (GEHC), Zimmer Biomet (ZBH), Smith & Nephew SNATS (SNN), Solventum (SOLV), Penumbra (PEN), Stevanato Group (STVN), Glaukos (GKOS), iRhythm Technologies (IRTC), Bausch + Lomb (BLCO), and TransMedics Group (TMDX). These companies are all part of the "medical equipment" industry.

Koninklijke Philips vs. Its Competitors

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

82.1% of GE HealthCare Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.7% of Koninklijke Philips shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of GE HealthCare Technologies shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, GE HealthCare Technologies had 24 more articles in the media than Koninklijke Philips. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for GE HealthCare Technologies and 5 mentions for Koninklijke Philips. GE HealthCare Technologies' average media sentiment score of 1.46 beat Koninklijke Philips' score of 0.31 indicating that GE HealthCare Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
GE HealthCare Technologies
23 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Koninklijke Philips
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

GE HealthCare Technologies has a beta of 1.13, meaning that its share price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Koninklijke Philips has a beta of 0.81, meaning that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.

GE HealthCare Technologies pays an annual dividend of $0.14 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Koninklijke Philips pays an annual dividend of $0.82 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. GE HealthCare Technologies pays out 2.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Koninklijke Philips pays out 431.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. GE HealthCare Technologies has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years.

GE HealthCare Technologies presently has a consensus price target of $88.40, suggesting a potential upside of 15.65%. Given GE HealthCare Technologies' higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe GE HealthCare Technologies is more favorable than Koninklijke Philips.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
GE HealthCare Technologies
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.91
Koninklijke Philips
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

GE HealthCare Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than Koninklijke Philips. GE HealthCare Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Koninklijke Philips, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
GE HealthCare Technologies$19.67B1.77$1.99B$4.8815.66
Koninklijke Philips$19.50B1.39-$758.55M$0.19148.53

GE HealthCare Technologies has a net margin of 11.22% compared to Koninklijke Philips' net margin of 1.00%. GE HealthCare Technologies' return on equity of 23.93% beat Koninklijke Philips' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
GE HealthCare Technologies11.22% 23.93% 6.29%
Koninklijke Philips 1.00%11.95%4.94%

Summary

GE HealthCare Technologies beats Koninklijke Philips on 16 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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PHG vs. The Competition

MetricKoninklijke PhilipsMED PRODUCTS IndustryMedical SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$27.56B$10.83B$5.87B$21.64B
Dividend Yield2.87%1.84%5.68%3.49%
P/E Ratio148.5321.1374.5229.75
Price / Sales1.3930.26516.4368.31
Price / Cash9.2424.8137.5625.00
Price / Book2.043.5212.164.58
Net Income-$758.55M$210.50M$3.28B$1.00B
7 Day Performance1.06%-0.18%0.78%0.65%
1 Month Performance3.38%1.09%4.87%3.07%
1 Year Performance-8.20%-10.96%60.72%14.34%

Koninklijke Philips Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PHG
Koninklijke Philips
3.3489 of 5 stars
$28.22
-1.4%
N/A-8.3%$27.56B$19.50B148.5366,678Short Interest ↓
GEHC
GE HealthCare Technologies
4.3202 of 5 stars
$73.73
+0.0%
$88.55
+20.1%
-12.6%$33.66B$19.67B15.8253,000Positive News
ZBH
Zimmer Biomet
4.7776 of 5 stars
$106.11
+1.0%
$111.44
+5.0%
-1.9%$21.02B$7.68B13.3817,000Positive News
Insider Trade
SNN
Smith & Nephew SNATS
2.6241 of 5 stars
$37.47
+0.7%
$36.00
-3.9%
+20.5%$16.40B$5.81B17.3517,349News Coverage
SOLV
Solventum
2.2921 of 5 stars
$73.15
+0.7%
$85.75
+17.2%
+6.8%$12.67B$8.25B13.0722,000Positive News
Analyst Downgrade
PEN
Penumbra
4.6747 of 5 stars
$272.96
+0.5%
$300.47
+10.1%
+36.8%$10.63B$1.19B77.684,500Positive News
STVN
Stevanato Group
1.9417 of 5 stars
€23.14
-1.4%
N/A+36.9%€7.01B€1.19B42.855,521Gap Up
GKOS
Glaukos
4.7268 of 5 stars
$95.86
-0.7%
$127.42
+32.9%
-34.5%$5.50B$383.48M0.00780News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
IRTC
iRhythm Technologies
1.3378 of 5 stars
$169.98
-0.9%
$163.82
-3.6%
+140.5%$5.46B$591.84M0.002,000News Coverage
Positive News
BLCO
Bausch + Lomb
2.1054 of 5 stars
$14.63
+0.6%
$15.56
+6.3%
-2.8%$5.18B$4.79B34.8313,500News Coverage
Positive News
TMDX
TransMedics Group
2.7088 of 5 stars
$114.96
-1.5%
$123.00
+7.0%
-23.2%$3.92B$441.54M59.56210Positive News

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This page (NYSE:PHG) was last updated on 9/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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