Veralto (VLTO) Competitors

Veralto (NYSE:VLTO) and Teradyne (NASDAQ:TER) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, valuation, community ranking, dividends, profitability and media sentiment.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer VLTO or TER?

Teradyne received 48 more outperform votes than Veralto when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.11% of users gave Veralto an outperform vote while only 45.38% of users gave Teradyne an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Veralto	Outperform Votes 11 61.11%	Underperform Votes 7 38.89%
Teradyne	Outperform Votes 59 45.38%	Underperform Votes 71 54.62%

Do analysts prefer VLTO or TER?

Veralto presently has a consensus target price of $95.18, suggesting a potential downside of 5.45%. Teradyne has a consensus target price of $122.17, suggesting a potential downside of 15.88%. Given Veralto's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Veralto is more favorable than Teradyne.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Veralto	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.58
Teradyne	1 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.55

Is VLTO or TER a better dividend stock?

Veralto pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Teradyne pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. Teradyne pays out 18.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, VLTO or TER?

Veralto has higher revenue and earnings than Teradyne.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Veralto	$5.02B	4.95	$839M	N/A	N/A
Teradyne	$2.68B	8.47	$448.75M	$2.63	55.22

Is VLTO or TER more profitable?

Teradyne has a net margin of 16.15% compared to Veralto's net margin of 0.00%. Veralto's return on equity of 33.82% beat Teradyne's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Veralto	N/A	33.82%	11.42%
Teradyne	16.15%	18.88%	13.77%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of VLTO or TER?

91.3% of Veralto shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.8% of Teradyne shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Veralto shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Teradyne shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media prefer VLTO or TER?

In the previous week, Teradyne had 2 more articles in the media than Veralto. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Teradyne and 19 mentions for Veralto. Veralto's average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat Teradyne's score of 0.75 indicating that Veralto is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Veralto	9 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Teradyne	7 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Veralto beats Teradyne on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.