FTV vs. KEYS, AME, MKSI, CGNX, ROP, ZS, WIT, MDB, ANSS, and SNAP
Should you be buying Fortive stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Fortive include Keysight Technologies (KEYS), AMETEK (AME), MKS Instruments (MKSI), Cognex (CGNX), Roper Technologies (ROP), Zscaler (ZS), Wipro (WIT), MongoDB (MDB), ANSYS (ANSS), and Snap (SNAP). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Fortive (NYSE:FTV) and Keysight Technologies (NYSE:KEYS) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, valuation, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
94.9% of Fortive shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.6% of Keysight Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Fortive shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Keysight Technologies 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.
In the previous week, Fortive and Fortive both had 9 articles in the media. Fortive's average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat Keysight Technologies' score of 0.76 indicating that Fortive is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Fortive has a beta of 1.15, suggesting that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Keysight Technologies has a beta of 1.06, suggesting that its share price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Keysight Technologies received 71 more outperform votes than Fortive when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.85% of users gave Keysight Technologies an outperform vote while only 59.75% of users gave Fortive an outperform vote.
Keysight Technologies has a net margin of 18.14% compared to Fortive's net margin of 14.68%. Keysight Technologies' return on equity of 26.84% beat Fortive's return on equity.
Keysight Technologies has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Fortive. Keysight Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Fortive, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Fortive presently has a consensus target price of $86.46, suggesting a potential upside of 12.05%. Keysight Technologies has a consensus target price of $160.63, suggesting a potential upside of 2.11%. Given Fortive's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Fortive is more favorable than Keysight Technologies.
Summary
Keysight Technologies beats Fortive on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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