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SYK vs. CSQ, ISRG, BSX, CAH, COR, DVA, MDT, ZBH, ABT, and BDX

Should you be buying Stryker stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Stryker include Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund (CSQ), Intuitive Surgical (ISRG), Boston Scientific (BSX), Cardinal Health (CAH), Cencora (COR), DaVita (DVA), Medtronic (MDT), Zimmer Biomet (ZBH), Abbott Laboratories (ABT), and Becton, Dickinson and Company (BDX).

Stryker vs. Its Competitors

Stryker (NYSE:SYK) and Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund (NASDAQ:CSQ) are related companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends and valuation.

Stryker pays an annual dividend of $3.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund pays an annual dividend of $1.23 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.6%. Stryker pays out 44.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Stryker has raised its dividend for 32 consecutive years.

Stryker presently has a consensus target price of $430.10, indicating a potential upside of 9.34%. Given Stryker's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Stryker is more favorable than Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Stryker
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
15 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.79
Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

77.1% of Stryker shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.2% of Stryker shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Stryker had 34 more articles in the media than Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund. MarketBeat recorded 36 mentions for Stryker and 2 mentions for Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund. Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.77 beat Stryker's score of 1.55 indicating that Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Stryker
33 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

Stryker has a net margin of 12.25% compared to Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund's net margin of 0.00%. Stryker's return on equity of 23.94% beat Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Stryker12.25% 23.94% 11.08%
Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund N/A N/A N/A

Stryker has higher revenue and earnings than Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Stryker$22.60B6.66$2.99B$7.5552.10
Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund$280.21MN/AN/AN/AN/A

Summary

Stryker beats Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund on 11 of the 14 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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SYK vs. The Competition

MetricStrykerMED PRODUCTS IndustryMedical SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$150.39B$10.61B$5.74B$21.27B
Dividend Yield0.86%1.86%4.40%3.53%
P/E Ratio52.1021.2030.8329.22
Price / Sales6.6631.79382.9052.82
Price / Cash25.9224.9137.7223.61
Price / Book7.103.5110.105.36
Net Income$2.99B$210.11M$3.26B$996.59M
7 Day Performance0.35%5.86%3.90%3.11%
1 Month Performance-2.47%11.12%3.73%3.23%
1 Year Performance9.72%-7.57%37.68%11.54%

Stryker Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SYK
Stryker
4.4467 of 5 stars
$393.37
-0.2%
$430.10
+9.3%
+11.4%$150.39B$22.60B52.1053,000Positive News
CSQ
Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund
N/A$18.50
+0.5%
N/A+8.9%$0.00$280.21M0.00N/A
ISRG
Intuitive Surgical
4.8862 of 5 stars
$481.28
+0.2%
$595.95
+23.8%
-1.0%$172.47B$8.35B67.1015,638Positive News
BSX
Boston Scientific
4.7191 of 5 stars
$103.03
-0.1%
$117.50
+14.0%
+33.9%$152.84B$16.75B61.4053,000Positive News
CAH
Cardinal Health
4.9673 of 5 stars
$149.59
0.0%
$163.20
+9.1%
+34.5%$35.72B$222.58B23.1957,700
COR
Cencora
4.5025 of 5 stars
$290.82
-0.7%
$311.25
+7.0%
+23.5%$56.38B$293.96B29.9246,000Positive News
DVA
DaVita
4.377 of 5 stars
$133.46
-1.4%
$164.00
+22.9%
-10.4%$9.54B$12.82B13.1276,000
MDT
Medtronic
4.9658 of 5 stars
$92.61
-0.4%
$98.19
+6.0%
+3.2%$118.70B$33.54B25.5895,000Analyst Forecast
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ZBH
Zimmer Biomet
4.7569 of 5 stars
$102.61
-0.1%
$111.44
+8.6%
-6.1%$20.33B$7.68B24.9717,000Positive News
Dividend Announcement
ABT
Abbott Laboratories
4.9048 of 5 stars
$130.37
-1.1%
$144.47
+10.8%
+16.8%$227.03B$41.95B16.35114,000Positive News
BDX
Becton, Dickinson and Company
4.2479 of 5 stars
$195.26
-0.3%
$211.44
+8.3%
-17.9%$55.97B$20.18B35.1274,000Positive News

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This page (NYSE:SYK) was last updated on 8/27/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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