Owens and Minor is a large player in the healthcare market, but it lacks an economic moat.
Owens & Minor is facing a challenging operating environment as increased competition, pressured pricing, and a focus on cost savings by payers weigh on the medical distributor. The loss of the major Kaiser Permanente contract highlights these headwinds and encapsulates the issues facing Owens. Recognizing the obstacles, the firm was able to continue the recalibration of its cost basis and produced impressive operating profit improvement in the second quarter, with operating margins increasin...Owens & Minor is a healthcare solutions company. The company provides products and services to healthcare provider, manufacturers and directly to patients across the continuum of care. The company has two segments: Global Solutions, which provides a portfolio of medical and surgical supplies and service offerings to healthcare providers including supplier management, analytics, inventory management, and clinical supply management; and Global Products, which manufactures and sources medical surgical products through its production and kitting operations as well as provides medical supplies and solutions for the prevention of healthcare-associated infections across the acute and alternate site channels.
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