Head-To-Head Analysis: OSI Systems (OSIS) vs. The Competition

OSI Systems (NASDAQ:OSIS) is one of 377 publicly-traded companies in the “Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components” industry, but how does it contrast to its competitors? We will compare OSI Systems to related companies based on the strength of its analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation and dividends.

Profitability

This table compares OSI Systems and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
OSI Systems	8.79%	21.57%	7.19%
OSI Systems Competitors	-158.11%	-25.88%	-6.86%

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares OSI Systems and its competitors top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
OSI Systems	$1.79 billion	$154.71 million	21.75
OSI Systems Competitors	$4.13 billion	$172.92 million	5.51

OSI Systems’ competitors have higher revenue and earnings than OSI Systems. OSI Systems is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for OSI Systems and its competitors, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
OSI Systems	0	2	5	0	2.71
OSI Systems Competitors	2047	7601	10426	660	2.47

OSI Systems currently has a consensus price target of $276.71, indicating a potential upside of 36.37%. As a group, “Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components” companies have a potential upside of 35.25%. Given OSI Systems’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe OSI Systems is more favorable than its competitors.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

89.2% of OSI Systems shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.3% of shares of all “Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components” companies are held by institutional investors. 4.3% of OSI Systems shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 16.4% of shares of all “Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Risk & Volatility

OSI Systems has a beta of 1.26, meaning that its share price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, OSI Systems’ competitors have a beta of -0.30, meaning that their average share price is 130% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

OSI Systems beats its competitors on 9 of the 13 factors compared.

OSI Systems Company Profile

OSI Systems, Inc. designs and manufactures electronic systems and components. It operates in three segments: Security, Healthcare, and Optoelectronics and Manufacturing. The Security segment offers baggage and parcel inspection, cargo and vehicle inspection, hold baggage and people screening, radiation monitoring, explosive and narcotics trace detection systems, and optical inspection systems under the Rapiscan name. It also provides site design, installation, training, and technical support services; and turnkey security screening solutions under the S2 name. The Healthcare segment offers patient monitoring, cardiology and remote monitoring, and connected care systems and accessories under the Spacelabs name for use in critical care, emergency, and perioperative areas within hospitals, physicians' offices, medical clinics, and ambulatory surgery centers. The Optoelectronics and Manufacturing segment provides optoelectronic devices under the OSI Optoelectronics, OSI LaserDiode, OSI Laserscan, and Advanced Photonix names for the aerospace and defense, avionics, medical imaging and diagnostics, biochemistry analysis, pharmaceutical, nanotechnology, telecommunications, construction, and homeland security markets. It also offers electronics manufacturing services to original equipment manufacturers and end users for medical, automotive, defense, aerospace, industrial, and consumer applications under the OSI Electronics, APlus Products, Altaflex, and PFC Flexible Circuits names; LCD displays for medical, industrial, and consumer electronics applications; and flex circuits for OEM customers. This segment offers laser-based remote sensing devices to detect and classify vehicles in toll and traffic management systems under the OSI Laserscan and Autosense names; and solid-state laser products for aerospace, defense, telecommunication, and medical applications under the OSI LaserDiode name. The company was incorporated in 1987 and is headquartered in Hawthorne, California.