Stevanato Group (STVN) Competitors

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

Which has more volatility & risk, PHG or STVN?

Koninklijke Philips has a beta of 0.81, meaning that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Stevanato Group has a beta of 0.51, meaning that its share price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of PHG or STVN?

13.7% of Koninklijke Philips shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Stevanato Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts rate PHG or STVN?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Koninklijke Philips	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Stevanato Group	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.86

Is PHG or STVN a better dividend stock?

Koninklijke Philips pays an annual dividend of $0.75 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Stevanato Group pays an annual dividend of €0.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. Koninklijke Philips pays out 174.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Stevanato Group pays out 11.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Stevanato Group has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor PHG or STVN?

Koninklijke Philips received 349 more outperform votes than Stevanato Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.27% of users gave Stevanato Group an outperform vote while only 56.72% of users gave Koninklijke Philips an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Koninklijke Philips	Outperform Votes 380 56.72%	Underperform Votes 290 43.28%
Stevanato Group	Outperform Votes 31 63.27%	Underperform Votes 18 36.73%

Does the media refer more to PHG or STVN?

In the previous week, Koninklijke Philips had 5 more articles in the media than Stevanato Group. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Koninklijke Philips and 7 mentions for Stevanato Group. Stevanato Group's average media sentiment score of 1.14 beat Koninklijke Philips' score of 0.69 indicating that Stevanato Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Koninklijke Philips	7 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Stevanato Group	7 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is PHG or STVN more profitable?

Stevanato Group has a net margin of 10.47% compared to Koninklijke Philips' net margin of -3.88%. Koninklijke Philips' return on equity of 10.85% beat Stevanato Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Koninklijke Philips	-3.88%	10.85%	4.45%
Stevanato Group	10.47%	9.86%	5.79%

Which has better earnings and valuation, PHG or STVN?

Stevanato Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Koninklijke Philips. Stevanato Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Koninklijke Philips, 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	$17.98B	1.25	-$503.27M	$0.43	55.77
Stevanato Group	$1.12B	6.42	$157.62M	$0.51	46.73

Summary

Stevanato Group beats Koninklijke Philips on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.