The Cooper Companies, Inc. (COO) vs West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. (WST)

The Cooper Companies, Inc. and West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. are both Medical Instruments & Supplies companies. West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $27.3B against $12.1B — 2.3× the size. The Cooper Companies, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 21.7× against 43.8×. West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 12.6% against 4.73%. West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. has the higher net margin (18.8% vs 13.5%) and the higher return on invested capital (18.0% vs 3.17%). Across the 22 metrics below, The Cooper Companies, Inc. leads on 12 and West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. on 10.

Valuation

Metric COO WST Medical Instruments & Supplies median
P/E 21.65 43.81 30.28
P/S 2.89 8.14 2.49
P/B 1.47 9.32 2.34
Price to free cash flow 18.06 61.53 23.49
EV/EBITDA 15.77 28.41 14.87
EV/Sales 3.45 8.07 2.75
Earnings yield 4.62% 2.28% 0.00%
Free cash flow yield 5.54% 1.63% 0.59%

Profitability

Metric COO WST Medical Instruments & Supplies median
Gross margin 65.93% 37.59% 53.60%
Operating margin 12.84% 22.97% 1.97%
Net margin 13.46% 18.81% 0.00%
Free cash flow margin 16.00% 13.35% 2.36%
Return on equity 6.84% 21.23% 0.00%
Return on assets 4.55% 15.65% 0.00%
Return on invested capital 3.17% 18.01% 0.13%

Growth

Metric COO WST Medical Instruments & Supplies median
Revenue growth (TTM) 4.73% 12.55% 8.97%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (4.59%) 1.49% 6.51%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 10.98% 7.44% 8.85%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 9.48% 7.36% 0.00%

Health

Metric COO WST Medical Instruments & Supplies median
Debt to equity 0.31 0.07 0.10
Current ratio 1.22 2.82 2.47
Net debt to EBITDA 2.26 (0.78) 0.97

Dividend

Metric COO WST Medical Instruments & Supplies median
Dividend yield — 0.22% 1.02%
Payout ratio — 0.10 0.27

Size

Metric COO WST Medical Instruments & Supplies median
Market cap 12.08b 27.34b 1.71b

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