Reviewing Solventum (SOLV) & The Competition

Solventum (NYSE:SOLV) is one of 238 publicly-traded companies in the “Surgical & medical instruments” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its rivals? We will compare Solventum to related businesses based on the strength of its institutional ownership, earnings, risk, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations and dividends.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

47.5% of shares of all “Surgical & medical instruments” companies are owned by institutional investors. 15.2% of shares of all “Surgical & medical instruments” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Solventum and its rivals top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Solventum	$8.25 billion	N/A	27.02
Solventum Competitors	$987.97 million	$56.11 million	3.16

Solventum has higher revenue, but lower earnings than its rivals. Solventum is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations for Solventum and its rivals, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Solventum	1	9	1	0	2.00
Solventum Competitors	2076	5195	9451	289	2.47

Solventum presently has a consensus price target of $79.86, suggesting a potential upside of 7.46%. As a group, “Surgical & medical instruments” companies have a potential upside of 31.83%. Given Solventum’s rivals stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Solventum has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Profitability

This table compares Solventum and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Solventum	N/A	N/A	N/A
Solventum Competitors	-546.70%	-173.81%	-26.43%

Summary

Solventum rivals beat Solventum on 6 of the 11 factors compared.

About Solventum

Solventum Corporation, a healthcare company, engages in the developing, manufacturing, and commercializing a portfolio of solutions to address critical customer and patient needs. It operates through four segments: Medsurg, Dental Solutions, Health Information Systems, and Purification and Filtration. The Medsurg segment is a provider of solutions including advanced wound care, I.V. site management, sterilization assurance, temperature management, surgical supplies, stethoscopes, and medical electrodes. The Dental Solutions segment provides a comprehensive suite of dental and orthodontic products including brackets, aligners, restorative cements, and bonding agents. The Health Information Systems provides software solutions including computer-assisted, physician documentation, direct-to-bill and coding automation, classification methodologies, speech, recognition, and data visualization platforms. The Purification and Filtration segment provides purification and filtration technologies including filters, purifiers, cartridges, and membranes. The company was incorporated in 2023 and is based in Saint Paul, Minnesota.