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.
Baxter International (NYSE:BAX) and Teleflex (NYSE:TFX) are both medical companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, community ranking and profitability.
Baxter International received 210 more outperform votes than Teleflex when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.57% of users gave Baxter International an outperform vote while only 58.36% of users gave Teleflex an outperform vote.
Baxter International has a beta of 0.61, suggesting that its stock price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Teleflex has a beta of 1.1, suggesting that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Teleflex has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.
Baxter International currently has a consensus target price of $37.25, indicating a potential upside of 18.07%. Teleflex has a consensus target price of $164.63, indicating a potential upside of 31.83%. Given Teleflex's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Teleflex is more favorable than Baxter International.
Baxter International pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Teleflex pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Baxter International pays out -61.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Teleflex pays out 42.9% 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.
90.2% of Baxter International shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.6% of Teleflex shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Baxter International shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Teleflex shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Teleflex has a net margin of 7.85% compared to Baxter International's net margin of -5.05%. Baxter International's return on equity of 16.67% beat Teleflex's return on equity.
In the previous week, Baxter International had 3 more articles in the media than Teleflex. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Baxter International and 5 mentions for Teleflex. Baxter International's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Teleflex's score of 0.79 indicating that Baxter International is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Baxter International and Teleflex tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:TFX) was last updated on 6/11/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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