CONMED (NYSE:CNMD) and Sonova (OTCMKTS:SONVY) Head-To-Head Review

CONMED (NYSE:CNMD) and Sonova (OTCMKTS:SONVY) are both medical companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation, earnings, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares CONMED and Sonova’s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
CONMED	$1.28 billion	1.64	$64.46 million	$2.61	26.04
Sonova	$3.80 billion	5.34	$629.66 million	N/A	N/A

Sonova has higher revenue and earnings than CONMED.

Profitability

This table compares CONMED and Sonova’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CONMED	7.73%	14.12%	5.06%
Sonova	N/A	N/A	N/A

Insider and Institutional Ownership

0.0% of Sonova shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.8% of CONMED shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Sonova shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Dividends

CONMED pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Sonova pays an annual dividend of $0.57 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. CONMED pays out 30.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Volatility and Risk

CONMED has a beta of 1.42, suggesting that its stock price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sonova has a beta of 1.26, suggesting that its stock price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings for CONMED and Sonova, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CONMED	0	1	4	0	2.80
Sonova	0	1	0	0	2.00

CONMED presently has a consensus price target of $79.80, suggesting a potential upside of 17.40%. Given CONMED’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe CONMED is more favorable than Sonova.

Summary

CONMED beats Sonova on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About CONMED

CONMED Corporation, a medical technology company, develops, manufactures, and sells surgical devices and related equipment for surgical procedures worldwide. The company offers orthopedic surgery products, including BioBrace, TruShot with Y-Knot All-In-One Soft Tissue Fixation System, Y-knot All-Suture Anchors, and Agro Knotless Suture Anchors, which provide clinical solutions to orthopedic surgeons for the augmentation and repair of soft tissue injuries, as well as provides supporting products that enable surgeons to perform minimally invasive sports medicine surgeries. It markets orthopedic surgery products under the Hall, CONMED Linvatec, Concept, and Shutt brands. The company also provides battery-powered and autoclavable bone power tool systems for use in orthopedic, arthroscopic, oral/maxillofacial, podiatric, spinal, and cardiothoracic surgeries under Hall surgical brand name. In addition, it offers general surgery products, including clinical insufflation systems under AirSeal brand; smoke removal devices under Buffalo Filter brand; endomechanical products, such as tissue retrieval bags, trocars, suction irrigation devices, graspers, scissors, and dissectors used in minimally invasive surgeries; and electrosurgical solution comprising monopolar and bipolar generators, argon beam coagulation generators, handpieces, smoke management systems and other accessories. Further, the company provides endoscopic technologies, including therapeutic and diagnostic products for use in gastroenterology procedures, and products for the treatment of diseases of the dilatation, hemostasis, biliary, structure management, and infection prevention and patient monitoring, including ECG and EEG electrodes, and cardiac defibrillation pads. It markets its products directly to hospitals, surgery centers, and other healthcare institutions, as well as through medical specialty distributors. CONMED Corporation was incorporated in 1970 and is headquartered in Largo, Florida.

About Sonova

Sonova Holding AG manufactures and sells hearing care solutions for adults and children in the United States, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific. It operates through two segments, Hearing Instruments and Cochlear Implants segments. The Hearing Instruments segments engages in the design, development, manufacture, distribution, and service of hearing instruments and related products, as well as wireless headsets, speech-enhanced hearables, and audiophile headphones under the Phonak, Unitron, Hansaton, and Sennheiser brand names; and audiological care services under the AudioNova, Audium, Audition Santé, Boots Hearingcare, Connect Hearing, Geers, Hansaton, Lapperre, Schoonenberg, and Triton Hearing brands. The Cochlear Implants segment is involved in the design, development, manufacture, distribution, and service of hearing implants and related products under the Advanced Bionics brand. The company sells its products through independent distributors; and provides hearing care services through a network of stores and clinics. The company was formerly known as Phonak Holding AG and changed its name to Sonova Holding AG in August 2007. Sonova Holding AG was founded in 1947 and is headquartered in Stäfa, Switzerland.