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 $26.3B against $10.5B — 2.5× the size. The Cooper Companies, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 18.9× against 47.1×. West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 12.4% against 4.73%. West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. has the higher net margin (17.0% vs 13.5%) and the higher return on invested capital (15.4% vs 3.17%). Only West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. pays a dividend (0.14%). Across the 23 metrics below, The Cooper Companies, Inc. leads on 12 and West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. on 11.

Valuation

Metric COO WST Medical Instruments & Supplies median
P/E 18.90 47.07 34.17
P/S 2.52 7.88 2.83
P/B 1.28 8.77 2.82
Price to free cash flow 15.76 60.56 25.69
EV/EBITDA 14.09 30.16 16.08
EV/Sales 3.09 7.81 3.06
Earnings yield 5.29% 2.12% (1.84%)
Free cash flow yield 6.34% 1.65% 0.17%

Profitability

Metric COO WST Medical Instruments & Supplies median
Gross margin 65.93% 36.79% 54.62%
Operating margin 12.84% 20.45% 1.64%
Net margin 13.46% 16.98% 0.00%
Free cash flow margin 16.00% 13.13% 1.61%
Return on equity 6.84% 19.09% 0.00%
Return on assets 4.55% 14.07% 0.00%
Return on invested capital 3.17% 15.42% 0.00%

Growth

Metric COO WST Medical Instruments & Supplies median
Revenue growth (TTM) 4.73% 12.38% 9.20%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (4.59%) 1.49% —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 10.98% 7.44% 9.48%
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 0.08
Current ratio 1.22 2.82 2.49
Net debt to EBITDA 2.26 (0.78) 0.83

Dividend

Metric COO WST Medical Instruments & Supplies median
Dividend yield 0.00% 0.14% 0.99%
Payout ratio 0.01 0.11 0.00

Size

Metric COO WST Medical Instruments & Supplies median
Market cap 10.48b 26.29b 938.39m

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