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Should you be buying Mettler-Toledo International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Mettler-Toledo International include Agilent Technologies (A), Bruker (BRKR), Onsemi (ON), Garmin (GRMN), Veeva Systems (VEEV), Orange (ORAN), Fair Isaac (FICO), Cognizant Technology Solutions (CTSH), HP (HPQ), and GLOBALFOUNDRIES (GFS). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Agilent Technologies (NYSE:A) and Mettler-Toledo International (NYSE:MTD) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, dividends, media sentiment and valuation.
Agilent Technologies received 484 more outperform votes than Mettler-Toledo International when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.91% of users gave Agilent Technologies an outperform vote while only 57.46% of users gave Mettler-Toledo International an outperform vote.
Agilent Technologies has a beta of 1.13, meaning that its share price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mettler-Toledo International has a beta of 1.16, meaning that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Agilent Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than Mettler-Toledo International. Agilent Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Mettler-Toledo International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Mettler-Toledo International has a net margin of 20.55% compared to Mettler-Toledo International's net margin of 18.35%. Mettler-Toledo International's return on equity of 27.09% beat Agilent Technologies' return on equity.
Agilent Technologies currently has a consensus price target of $141.29, suggesting a potential downside of 7.24%. Mettler-Toledo International has a consensus price target of $1,257.14, suggesting a potential downside of 15.62%. Given Mettler-Toledo International's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Agilent Technologies is more favorable than Mettler-Toledo International.
In the previous week, Mettler-Toledo International had 4 more articles in the media than Agilent Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Mettler-Toledo International and 15 mentions for Agilent Technologies. Mettler-Toledo International's average media sentiment score of 0.66 beat Agilent Technologies' score of 0.49 indicating that Agilent Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the media.
95.1% of Mettler-Toledo International shares are held by institutional investors. 1.9% of Mettler-Toledo International shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Agilent Technologies and Mettler-Toledo International tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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