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Bausch & Lomb vs Cooper Companies

BLCO and COO side by side, both in measuring, analyzing, and controlling instruments; photographic, medical and optical goods; watches and clocks. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.

How BLCO and COO compare

Cooper Companies is the larger company, worth 1.6 times as much as Bausch & Lomb ($11.3B against $7.1B).

Bausch & Lomb grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (8.9% versus 4.7% for Cooper Companies).

Cooper Companies keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 13.5% compared with −3.2% at Bausch & Lomb.

Cooper Companies scores higher on the StockData Score (15 against 8 for Bausch & Lomb), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.

Key numbers

A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.

MetricBLCOCOO
Size and price
Market cap$7.1B$11.3B
Share price$20.00$59.55
Change, 1 year29.3%−14.4%
Change, 5 years–−43.8%
Beta (5Y)0.780.96
Employees13K500
StockData Score
Total score815 (better)
Valuation score46 (better)
Growth score3 (better)1
Performance score03 (better)
Health score15 (better)
Dividend score00
Valuation
P/E–20.3×
P/S1.3× (better)2.7×
P/B1.1× (better)1.4×
EV/EBITDA16.2×14.8× (better)
P/FCF52.1×16.7× (better)
FCF yield1.9%6.0% (better)
Fair value$27.45$101.80
Margin of safety27.1%41.5% (better)
Growth
Revenue growth (TTM)8.9% (better)4.7%
Revenue growth, 5Y average8.4%11.0% (better)
Net income growth (TTM)–39.8%
EPS growth (TTM)–43.6%
EPS growth, 5Y average–9.2%
Profitability
Gross margin–65.9%
Operating margin6.1%12.8% (better)
Net margin−3.2%13.5% (better)
FCF margin2.6%16.0% (better)
Return on equity−2.7%6.8% (better)
Return on invested capital2.3%5.1% (better)
Financial health
Debt / equity0.800.31 (better)
Net debt / EBITDA6.422.57 (better)
Interest coverage0.8×6.1× (better)
Current ratio1.55 (better)1.22
Altman Z-score1.032.98 (better)
Piotroski F-score35 (better)
Dividends and buybacks
Buyback yield–5.7%
Shareholder yield0.00%5.7% (better)
Ownership
Held by institutions10.7%110%
Held by insiders0.81%0.65%
Insider net buying, 12 months$29.8K$3.2M (better)
Superinvestors holding4 (better)2
Short interest, % of float0.84%4.4%

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