PHG vs. GEHC, ZBH, SOLV, SNN, PEN, STVN, GKOS, BLCO, NARI, and IRTC
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), Solventum (SOLV), Smith & Nephew SNATS (SNN), Penumbra (PEN), Stevanato Group (STVN), Glaukos (GKOS), Bausch + Lomb (BLCO), Inari Medical (NARI), and iRhythm Technologies (IRTC). 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 better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment and dividends.
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.
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 3.4%. GE HealthCare Technologies pays out 2.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Koninklijke Philips pays out 190.7% 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 currently has a consensus target price of $88.55, suggesting a potential upside of 17.86%. Given GE HealthCare Technologies' higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe GE HealthCare Technologies is more favorable than Koninklijke Philips.
GE HealthCare Technologies has a beta of 1.14, suggesting that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Koninklijke Philips has a beta of 0.76, suggesting that its stock price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, GE HealthCare Technologies had 10 more articles in the media than Koninklijke Philips. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for GE HealthCare Technologies and 4 mentions for Koninklijke Philips. GE HealthCare Technologies' average media sentiment score of 1.43 beat Koninklijke Philips' score of 0.46 indicating that GE HealthCare Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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 hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
GE HealthCare Technologies has a net margin of 11.02% compared to Koninklijke Philips' net margin of 2.11%. GE HealthCare Technologies' return on equity of 24.95% beat Koninklijke Philips' return on equity.
Summary
GE HealthCare Technologies beats Koninklijke Philips on 16 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:PHG) was last updated on 7/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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