UnitedHealth Group (NYSE:UNH) Vs. JNJ, NVO, PFE, TMO, LLY, ABT, MRK, ABBV, AZN, and NVS
Should you be buying UnitedHealth Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of UnitedHealth Group include Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), Novo Nordisk A/S (NVO), Pfizer (PFE), Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO), Eli Lilly and (LLY), Abbott Laboratories (ABT), Merck & Co., Inc. (MRK), AbbVie (ABBV), AstraZeneca (AZN), and Novartis (NVS). These companies are all part of the "medical" sector.
UnitedHealth Group vs.
Novo Nordisk A/S (NYSE:NVO) and UnitedHealth Group (NYSE:UNH) are both large-cap medical companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, valuation and risk.
In the previous week, UnitedHealth Group had 76 more articles in the media than Novo Nordisk A/S. MarketBeat recorded 88 mentions for UnitedHealth Group and 12 mentions for Novo Nordisk A/S. UnitedHealth Group's average media sentiment score of 0.63 beat Novo Nordisk A/S's score of 0.44 indicating that UnitedHealth Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
UnitedHealth Group received 1218 more outperform votes than Novo Nordisk A/S when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 81.62% of users gave UnitedHealth Group an outperform vote while only 60.27% of users gave Novo Nordisk A/S an outperform vote.
5.6% of Novo Nordisk A/S shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.2% of UnitedHealth Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Novo Nordisk A/S shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of UnitedHealth Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
UnitedHealth Group has a consensus price target of $468.17, indicating a potential upside of 10.32%. Given UnitedHealth Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe UnitedHealth Group is more favorable than Novo Nordisk A/S.
Novo Nordisk A/S has a beta of 0.41, meaning that its stock price is 59% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, UnitedHealth Group has a beta of 0.77, meaning that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Novo Nordisk A/S has a net margin of 34.17% compared to UnitedHealth Group's net margin of 5.33%. Novo Nordisk A/S's return on equity of 72.72% beat UnitedHealth Group's return on equity.
UnitedHealth Group has higher revenue and earnings than Novo Nordisk A/S. UnitedHealth Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Novo Nordisk A/S, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Novo Nordisk A/S pays an annual dividend of $0.77 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. UnitedHealth Group pays an annual dividend of $5.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Novo Nordisk A/S pays out 27.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. UnitedHealth Group pays out 34.4% 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. UnitedHealth Group has increased its dividend for 12 consecutive years. UnitedHealth Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Summary
UnitedHealth Group beats Novo Nordisk A/S on 16 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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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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UnitedHealth Group Competitors List
