Koninklijke Philips (PHG) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community favor HOLX or PHG?

Hologic received 480 more outperform votes than Koninklijke Philips when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.66% of users gave Hologic an outperform vote while only 56.97% of users gave Koninklijke Philips an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Hologic	Outperform Votes 852 69.66%	Underperform Votes 371 30.34%
Koninklijke Philips	Outperform Votes 372 56.97%	Underperform Votes 281 43.03%

Do analysts recommend HOLX or PHG?

Hologic presently has a consensus price target of $87.00, suggesting a potential upside of 15.85%. Given Koninklijke Philips' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Hologic is more favorable than Koninklijke Philips.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Hologic	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.44
Koninklijke Philips	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Is HOLX or PHG more profitable?

Hologic has a net margin of 12.98% compared to Hologic's net margin of -2.53%. Koninklijke Philips' return on equity of 18.91% beat Hologic's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Hologic	12.98%	18.91%	10.47%
Koninklijke Philips	-2.53%	14.17%	5.83%

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in HOLX or PHG?

94.7% of Hologic shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.7% of Koninklijke Philips shares are held by institutional investors. 1.8% of Hologic shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, HOLX or PHG?

Hologic has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Koninklijke Philips. Koninklijke Philips is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hologic, 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
Hologic	$4.03B	4.37	$456M	$2.11	35.59
Koninklijke Philips	$18.17B	1.02	-$503.27M	-$0.57	-35.05

Which has more volatility and risk, HOLX or PHG?

Hologic has a beta of 1, suggesting that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, Koninklijke Philips has a beta of 0.88, suggesting that its share price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor HOLX or PHG?

In the previous week, Hologic had 13 more articles in the media than Koninklijke Philips. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Hologic and 1 mentions for Koninklijke Philips. Hologic's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Koninklijke Philips' score of 0.51 indicating that Koninklijke Philips is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Summary

Hologic beats Koninklijke Philips on 16 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.