Danaher (NYSE:DHR – Get Free Report) and iSpecimen (NASDAQ:ISPC – Get Free Report) are both medical companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, profitability and institutional ownership.
Insider and Institutional Ownership
79.1% of Danaher shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.6% of iSpecimen shares are held by institutional investors. 11.2% of Danaher shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 12.2% of iSpecimen shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares Danaher and iSpecimen”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Danaher | $23.88 billion | 6.99 | $3.90 billion | $4.85 | 48.70 |
| iSpecimen | $9.29 million | 0.35 | -$12.50 million | ($7.89) | -0.04 |
Danaher has higher revenue and earnings than iSpecimen. iSpecimen is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Danaher, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Risk and Volatility
Danaher has a beta of 0.89, indicating that its stock price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, iSpecimen has a beta of 1.83, indicating that its stock price is 83% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Profitability
This table compares Danaher and iSpecimen’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Danaher | 14.44% | 10.92% | 6.99% |
| iSpecimen | -343.86% | -531.78% | -147.74% |
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of current recommendations for Danaher and iSpecimen, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Danaher | 0 | 5 | 20 | 0 | 2.80 |
| iSpecimen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
Danaher currently has a consensus price target of $252.09, indicating a potential upside of 6.74%. Given Danaher’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Danaher is more favorable than iSpecimen.
Summary
Danaher beats iSpecimen on 12 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Danaher
Danaher Corporation designs, manufactures, and markets professional, medical, industrial, and commercial products and services worldwide. The Biotechnology segments offers bioprocess technologies, consumables, and services that advance, accelerate, and integrate the development and manufacture of therapeutics; cell line and cell culture media development services; cell culture media, process liquids and buffers for manufacturing, chromatography resins, filtration technologies, aseptic fill finish; single-use hardware and consumables and services, such as the design and installation of full manufacturing suites; lab filtration, separation, and purification; lab-scale protein purification and analytical tools; reagents, membranes, and services; and healthcare filtration solutions. The Life Sciences segment provides mass spectrometers; flow cytometry, genomics, lab automation, centrifugation, liquid handling automation instruments, antibodies and reagents, and particle counting and characterization; microscopes; protein consumables; industrial filtration products; and genomic medicines, such as custom nucleic acid products, plasmid DNA, RNA, and proteins under the ABCAM, ALDEVRON, BECKMAN COULTER, IDT, LEICA MICROSYSTEMS, MOLECULAR DEVICES, PALL, PHENOMENEX and SCIEX brands. The Diagnostics segment offers chemistry, immunoassay, microbiology, and automation systems; and molecular, acute care, and pathology diagnostics products. This segment also provides clinical instruments, reagents, consumables, software, and services for hospitals, physicians' offices, reference laboratories, and other critical care settings. The company was formerly known as Diversified Mortgage Investors, Inc. and changed its name to Danaher Corporation in 1984. Danaher Corporation was founded in 1969 and is based in Washington, the District of Columbia.
About iSpecimen
iSpecimen Inc. provides technology that connects life science researchers who need human biofluids, tissues, and living cells for their research with biospecimens available in healthcare provider organizations worldwide. Its cloud-based technology enables scientists to search for specimens and patients across a network of hospitals, clinics, private practice groups, laboratories, blood centers, biobanks, clinical research sites, and cadaveric donation centers. The company develops and operates iSpecimen Marketplace, a proprietary online marketplace platform that connects medical researchers who need access to subjects, samples, and data with hospitals, laboratories, and other organizations who have access to them. It serves biopharmaceutical companies, in vitro diagnostic companies, and government/academic institutions. iSpecimen Inc. was incorporated in 2009 and is headquartered in Lexington, Massachusetts.
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