Contrasting GeneDx (NASDAQ:WGS) & Revvity (NYSE:RVTY)

Revvity (NYSE:RVTY) and GeneDx (NASDAQ:WGS) are both mid-cap medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends and profitability.

Profitability

This table compares Revvity and GeneDx’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Revvity	8.45%	7.92%	4.81%
GeneDx	-4.92%	14.73%	8.67%

Risk & Volatility

Revvity has a beta of 1.1, suggesting that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, GeneDx has a beta of 2.03, suggesting that its stock price is 103% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

86.7% of Revvity shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.7% of GeneDx shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Revvity shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 29.6% of GeneDx shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings for Revvity and GeneDx, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Revvity	1	8	5	0	2.29
GeneDx	1	0	7	1	2.89

Revvity currently has a consensus target price of $113.67, suggesting a potential upside of 32.50%. GeneDx has a consensus target price of $150.71, suggesting a potential upside of 106.46%. Given GeneDx’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe GeneDx is more favorable than Revvity.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Revvity and GeneDx”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Revvity	$2.86 billion	3.36	$241.20 million	$2.08	41.24
GeneDx	$427.54 million	5.00	-$21.02 million	($0.75)	-97.33

Revvity has higher revenue and earnings than GeneDx. GeneDx is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Revvity, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

GeneDx beats Revvity on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Revvity

Revvity, Inc. provides health sciences solutions, technologies, and services in the Americas, Europe, and Asia, and internationally. The Life Sciences segment provides instruments, reagents, informatics, software, subscriptions, detection, imaging technologies, warranties, training, and services. Its Diagnostics segment provides instruments, reagents, assay platforms, and software products for the early detection of genetic disorders, such as pregnancy and early childhood, as well as infectious disease testing in the diagnostics market. Its products are used for testing and screening genetic abnormalities, disorders, and diseases, including down syndrome, hypothyroidism, muscular dystrophy, infertility, and various metabolic conditions. This segment also develops technologies that enable and support genomic workflows using protein coupled receptor and next-generation DNA sequencing for applications in oncology, immunodiagnostics, and drug discovery. It serves pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, laboratories, academic and research institutions, public health authorities, private healthcare organizations, doctors, and government agencies under the AutoDELFIA, BACS-on-Beads, BIOCHIPs, Bioo Scientific,BoBs , chemagic, Chitas, DELFIA, DELFIA Xpress, DOPlify, EONIS, EUROArray, EUROIMMUN, EUROLabWorkstation, EUROLINE, EUROPattern, Evolution Evoya, explorer, Fontus, Genoglyphix, GSP, Haoyuan, IDS, IDS-i10 IDS-i10T, IDS-iSYS, iLab, iQ, JANUS, LabChip, LifeCycle, LimsLink, Migele, MultiPROBE, NEXTFLEX, NextPrep, Pannoramic, Panthera Puncher, PG-Seq, PGFind PKamp, PreNAT II, Prime, Protein Clear, ProteinEXact, QSigh, QuantiVac, RONIA, Sciclone, SimplicityChrom, Specimen Gate,Superflex, Symbio, T-SPOT, Touch, Twister, Vanadis, VariSpec, ViaCord VICTOR 2D, and Zephyr brand name. The company was formerly known as PerkinElmer, Inc. and changed its name to Revvity, Inc. in April 2023. Revvity, Inc. was founded in 1937 and is headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts.

About GeneDx

GeneDx Holdings Corp., through its subsidiaries, provides genomics-related diagnostic and information services. The company offers Centrellis, an AI-driven health intelligence platform that integrates digital tools and artificial intelligence allowing scientists to ingest and synthesize clinical and genomic data to deliver comprehensive health insights. It provides genetic diagnostic tests, screening solutions, and information with a focus on pediatrics, rare diseases for children and adults, and hereditary cancer screening. GeneDx Holdings Corp. was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut.