(TMH) (TMH) Competitors

(TMH) (NYSE:TMH) and Laboratory Co. of America (NYSE:LH) are both companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, dividends and institutional ownership.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in TMH or LH?

Laboratory Co. of America received 182 more outperform votes than (TMH) when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 74.01% of users gave (TMH) an outperform vote while only 63.92% of users gave Laboratory Co. of America an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
(TMH)	Outperform Votes 447 74.01%	Underperform Votes 157 25.99%
Laboratory Co. of America	Outperform Votes 629 63.92%	Underperform Votes 355 36.08%

Does the media refer more to TMH or LH?

In the previous week, Laboratory Co. of America had 16 more articles in the media than (TMH). MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Laboratory Co. of America and 0 mentions for (TMH). Laboratory Co. of America's average media sentiment score of 1.09 beat (TMH)'s score of 0.00 indicating that Laboratory Co. of America is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
(TMH)	Neutral
Laboratory Co. of America	Positive

Do analysts rate TMH or LH?

Laboratory Co. of America has a consensus price target of $274.00, indicating a potential upside of 3.81%. Given Laboratory Co. of America's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Laboratory Co. of America is more favorable than (TMH).

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
(TMH)	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Laboratory Co. of America	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.86

Which has better valuation & earnings, TMH or LH?

Laboratory Co. of America has higher revenue and earnings than (TMH).

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
(TMH)	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Laboratory Co. of America	$13.18B	1.68	$746M	$8.65	30.51

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of TMH or LH?

95.9% of Laboratory Co. of America shares are held by institutional investors. 1.3% of (TMH) shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Laboratory Co. of America shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is TMH or LH more profitable?

Laboratory Co. of America has a net margin of 5.73% compared to (TMH)'s net margin of 0.00%. Laboratory Co. of America's return on equity of 15.29% beat (TMH)'s return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
(TMH)	N/A	N/A	N/A
Laboratory Co. of America	5.73%	15.29%	7.01%

Summary

Laboratory Co. of America beats (TMH) on 12 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.