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TMO vs. MEDP, A, AMN, DHR, HAE, MCK, QGEN, WST, MTD, and WAT

Should you be buying Thermo Fisher Scientific stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Thermo Fisher Scientific include Medpace (MEDP), Agilent Technologies (A), AMN Healthcare Services (AMN), Danaher (DHR), Haemonetics (HAE), McKesson (MCK), Qiagen (QGEN), West Pharmaceutical Services (WST), Mettler-Toledo International (MTD), and Waters (WAT). These companies are all part of the "medical" sector.

Thermo Fisher Scientific vs. Its Competitors

Thermo Fisher Scientific (NYSE:TMO) and Medpace (NASDAQ:MEDP) are both medical companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability and dividends.

Thermo Fisher Scientific has a beta of 0.77, suggesting that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Medpace has a beta of 1.47, suggesting that its share price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Thermo Fisher Scientific presently has a consensus price target of $604.05, suggesting a potential upside of 41.05%. Medpace has a consensus price target of $344.82, suggesting a potential upside of 7.25%. Given Thermo Fisher Scientific's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Thermo Fisher Scientific is more favorable than Medpace.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Thermo Fisher Scientific
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
16 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.80
Medpace
0 Sell rating(s)
11 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.21

Medpace has a net margin of 19.31% compared to Thermo Fisher Scientific's net margin of 15.19%. Medpace's return on equity of 54.36% beat Thermo Fisher Scientific's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Thermo Fisher Scientific15.19% 17.15% 8.47%
Medpace 19.31%54.36%20.81%

Thermo Fisher Scientific has higher revenue and earnings than Medpace. Medpace is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Thermo Fisher Scientific, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Thermo Fisher Scientific$42.88B3.77$6.34B$17.0525.12
Medpace$2.11B4.38$404.39M$13.1024.54

89.2% of Thermo Fisher Scientific shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.0% of Medpace shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Thermo Fisher Scientific shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 20.3% of Medpace shares are held by 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.

In the previous week, Thermo Fisher Scientific had 50 more articles in the media than Medpace. MarketBeat recorded 58 mentions for Thermo Fisher Scientific and 8 mentions for Medpace. Thermo Fisher Scientific's average media sentiment score of 1.28 beat Medpace's score of 0.70 indicating that Thermo Fisher Scientific is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Thermo Fisher Scientific
45 Very Positive mention(s)
7 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Medpace
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Thermo Fisher Scientific beats Medpace on 10 of the 16 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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TMO vs. The Competition

MetricThermo Fisher ScientificMED INSTRUMENTS IndustryMedical SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$162.07B$6.86B$5.53B$20.73B
Dividend Yield0.40%1.21%5.24%3.72%
P/E Ratio25.1226.1527.5028.09
Price / Sales3.7799.70421.0238.31
Price / Cash14.3021.0936.8922.53
Price / Book3.314.748.044.58
Net Income$6.34B$173.18M$3.18B$986.06M
7 Day Performance5.05%1.33%2.82%2.79%
1 Month Performance6.09%-0.41%3.70%5.42%
1 Year Performance-20.04%28.42%35.41%14.63%

Thermo Fisher Scientific Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
TMO
Thermo Fisher Scientific
4.994 of 5 stars
$428.25
+0.1%
$604.05
+41.1%
-20.0%$162.07B$42.88B25.12125,000Positive News
MEDP
Medpace
4.454 of 5 stars
$312.45
+0.6%
$344.82
+10.4%
-20.2%$8.98B$2.16B23.855,900
A
Agilent Technologies
4.7368 of 5 stars
$117.92
-1.0%
$140.92
+19.5%
-3.9%$33.50B$6.51B29.1218,100Positive News
Ex-Dividend
Insider Trade
AMN
AMN Healthcare Services
4.3617 of 5 stars
$20.97
+0.4%
$32.08
+53.0%
-55.6%$802.73M$2.98B-4.842,968Analyst Revision
DHR
Danaher
4.9411 of 5 stars
$197.07
-0.9%
$248.61
+26.2%
-15.5%$141.04B$23.82B38.2763,000Positive News
HAE
Haemonetics
4.8734 of 5 stars
$74.92
+1.5%
$96.80
+29.2%
-8.7%$3.60B$1.36B22.633,023
MCK
McKesson
4.3488 of 5 stars
$728.52
+0.4%
$696.42
-4.4%
+23.2%$91.15B$359.05B28.2075,000Trending News
Analyst Revision
QGEN
Qiagen
4.0422 of 5 stars
$47.95
+0.4%
$49.40
+3.0%
+22.5%$10.66B$1.98B120.225,765Dividend Announcement
WST
West Pharmaceutical Services
4.7576 of 5 stars
$217.78
-0.5%
$320.00
+46.9%
-31.0%$15.65B$2.89B34.1910,600
MTD
Mettler-Toledo International
4.2802 of 5 stars
$1,170.88
-1.2%
$1,300.36
+11.1%
-10.7%$24.33B$3.87B29.2018,000Positive News
WAT
Waters
4.4897 of 5 stars
$348.87
-1.0%
$388.00
+11.2%
+21.9%$20.76B$2.96B31.668,200

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