Contrasting Abbott Laboratories (NYSE:ABT) & DiaSorin (OTCMKTS:DSRLF)

Abbott Laboratories (NYSE:ABT) and DiaSorin (OTCMKTS:DSRLF) are both medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership and earnings.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

75.2% of Abbott Laboratories shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Abbott Laboratories shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and recommmendations for Abbott Laboratories and DiaSorin, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Abbott Laboratories	0	3	16	2	2.95
DiaSorin	0	0	2	0	3.00

Abbott Laboratories currently has a consensus price target of $146.22, suggesting a potential upside of 33.90%. Given Abbott Laboratories’ higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Abbott Laboratories is more favorable than DiaSorin.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Abbott Laboratories and DiaSorin”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Abbott Laboratories	$41.95 billion	4.53	$13.40 billion	$7.98	13.68
DiaSorin	$1.28 billion	N/A	$203.55 million	N/A	N/A

Abbott Laboratories has higher revenue and earnings than DiaSorin.

Risk & Volatility

Abbott Laboratories has a beta of 0.72, meaning that its share price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DiaSorin has a beta of 0.1, meaning that its share price is 90% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Abbott Laboratories and DiaSorin’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Abbott Laboratories	31.88%	17.60%	10.58%
DiaSorin	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

Abbott Laboratories beats DiaSorin on 11 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Abbott Laboratories

Abbott Laboratories, together with its subsidiaries, discovers, develops, manufactures, and sells health care products worldwide. It operates in four segments: Established Pharmaceutical Products, Diagnostic Products, Nutritional Products, and Medical Devices. The company provides generic pharmaceuticals for the treatment of pancreatic exocrine insufficiency, irritable bowel syndrome or biliary spasm, intrahepatic cholestasis or depressive symptoms, gynecological disorder, hormone replacement therapy, dyslipidemia, hypertension, hypothyroidism, Ménière’s disease and vestibular vertigo, pain, fever, inflammation, and migraine, as well as provides anti-infective clarithromycin, influenza vaccine, and products to regulate physiological rhythm of the colon. It also offers laboratory and transfusion medicine systems in the areas of immunoassay, clinical chemistry, hematology, and transfusion; molecular diagnostics polymerase chain reaction instrument systems that automate the extraction, purification, and preparation of DNA and RNA from patient samples, and detect and measure infectious agents; point of care systems; cartridges for testing blood gas, chemistry, electrolytes, coagulation, and immunoassay; rapid diagnostics lateral flow testing products; molecular point-of-care testing for HIV, SARS-CoV-2, influenza A and B, RSV, and strep A; cardiometabolic test systems; drug and alcohol test, and remote patient monitoring and consumer self-test systems; and informatics and automation solutions for laboratories. In addition, the company provides pediatric and adult nutritional products; rhythm management, electrophysiology, heart failure, vascular, and structural heart devices for the treatment of cardiovascular diseases; diabetes care products, such as glucose and blood glucose monitoring systems; and neuromodulation devices for the management of chronic pain and movement disorders. Abbott Laboratories was founded in 1888 and is based in North Chicago, Illinois.

About DiaSorin

DiaSorin S.p.A. engages in development, manufacture, and distribution of immunodiagnostics and molecular diagnostics testing kits in Europe, Africa, North America, Central and South America, the Asia Pacific, and China. The company provides various immunodiagnostic LIAISON platforms, including LIAISON XS, LIASON IQ, LIAISON XL, LIAISON XXL, and LIAISON XL LAS. It also offers molecular diagnostics platforms comprising of LIAISON NES, a new molecular platform to address the growing diagnostic decentralization trend; the ARIES and ARIES M1 systems; LIAISON MDX, a thermocycler with two consumable disc options; LIAISON MDX Plus; MAGPIX System; Luminex 100/200 System; VERIGENE System; and the LIAISON PLEX System. It has partnership agreements with QIAGEN for diagnostic solution for Latent Tuberculosis detection; TTP for the development of molecular Point-of-Care solution; and MeMed for the launch of a test differentiating between viral and bacterial infections. The company was founded in 1968 and is headquartered in Saluggia, Italy.