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 contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, community ranking, institutional ownership and dividends.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, 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	1.23	-$503.27M	$0.43	54.93
Stevanato Group	$1.12B	6.67	$157.62M	$0.51	48.57

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 3.2%. Stevanato Group pays an annual dividend of €0.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. 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 raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years.

Do analysts prefer 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

Which has more volatility and risk, PHG or STVN?

Koninklijke Philips has a beta of 0.76, meaning that its share price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Stevanato Group has a beta of 0.53, meaning that its share price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in PHG or STVN?

Koninklijke Philips received 350 more outperform votes than Stevanato Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.27% of users gave Stevanato Group an outperform vote while only 56.70% of users gave Koninklijke Philips an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Koninklijke Philips	Outperform Votes 381 56.70%	Underperform Votes 291 43.30%
Stevanato Group	Outperform Votes 31 63.27%	Underperform Votes 18 36.73%

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

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

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%

Does the media prefer PHG or STVN?

In the previous week, Koninklijke Philips had 1 more articles in the media than Stevanato Group. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Koninklijke Philips and 5 mentions for Stevanato Group. Stevanato Group's average media sentiment score of 1.14 beat Koninklijke Philips' score of 0.37 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	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Stevanato Group	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

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