A vs. MTD, FTV, KEYS, TER, ILMN, WAT, TECH, CRL, BRKR, and BIO
Should you be buying Agilent Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Agilent Technologies include Mettler-Toledo International (MTD), Fortive (FTV), Keysight Technologies (KEYS), Teradyne (TER), Illumina (ILMN), Waters (WAT), Bio-Techne (TECH), Charles River Laboratories International (CRL), Bruker (BRKR), and Bio-Rad Laboratories (BIO).
Mettler-Toledo International (NYSE:MTD) and Agilent Technologies (NYSE:A) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations and dividends.
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 hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Mettler-Toledo International presently has a consensus target price of $1,256.25, suggesting a potential downside of 12.67%. Agilent Technologies has a consensus target price of $136.50, suggesting a potential upside of 2.65%. Given Mettler-Toledo International's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Agilent Technologies is more favorable than Mettler-Toledo International.
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.
Agilent Technologies received 488 more outperform votes than Mettler-Toledo International when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.64% of users gave Agilent Technologies an outperform vote while only 57.37% of users gave Mettler-Toledo International an outperform vote.
Mettler-Toledo International has a beta of 1.2, suggesting that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Agilent Technologies has a beta of 1.07, suggesting that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Agilent Technologies had 14 more articles in the media than Mettler-Toledo International. MarketBeat recorded 31 mentions for Agilent Technologies and 17 mentions for Mettler-Toledo International. Agilent Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.70 beat Mettler-Toledo International's score of 0.36 indicating that Mettler-Toledo International is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Mettler-Toledo International has a net margin of 20.55% compared to Mettler-Toledo International's net margin of 18.84%. Mettler-Toledo International's return on equity of 26.25% beat Agilent Technologies' return on equity.
Summary
Mettler-Toledo International and Agilent Technologies tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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