TFX vs. BAX, HOLX, MASI, GMED, ITGR, ATEC, ATRC, IART, OFIX, and SRDX
Should you be buying Teleflex stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Teleflex include Baxter International (BAX), Hologic (HOLX), Masimo (MASI), Globus Medical (GMED), Integer (ITGR), Alphatec (ATEC), AtriCure (ATRC), Integra LifeSciences (IART), Orthofix Medical (OFIX), and Surmodics (SRDX). These companies are all part of the "health care equipment" industry.
Teleflex vs. Its Competitors
Teleflex (NYSE:TFX) and Baxter International (NYSE:BAX) are both medical companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, valuation and analyst recommendations.
95.6% of Teleflex shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.2% of Baxter International shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of Teleflex shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Baxter International shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Teleflex has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Baxter International. Baxter International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Teleflex, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Teleflex had 14 more articles in the media than Baxter International. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Teleflex and 5 mentions for Baxter International. Baxter International's average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat Teleflex's score of 0.36 indicating that Baxter International is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Teleflex has a net margin of 4.96% compared to Baxter International's net margin of -4.71%. Baxter International's return on equity of 17.24% beat Teleflex's return on equity.
Teleflex currently has a consensus target price of $164.63, indicating a potential upside of 35.61%. Baxter International has a consensus target price of $36.14, indicating a potential upside of 16.21%. Given Teleflex's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Teleflex is more favorable than Baxter International.
Teleflex pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Baxter International pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Teleflex pays out 42.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Baxter International pays out -61.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Baxter International is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Teleflex has a beta of 1.08, meaning that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Baxter International has a beta of 0.61, meaning that its stock price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Teleflex beats Baxter International on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (NYSE:TFX) was last updated on 7/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
