HTG Molecular Diagnostics (NASDAQ:HTGM) and Mettler-Toledo International (NYSE:MTD) are both medical companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, dividends, valuation and earnings.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of recent ratings for HTG Molecular Diagnostics and Mettler-Toledo International, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score |
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HTG Molecular Diagnostics | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3.00 |
Mettler-Toledo International | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1.78 |
HTG Molecular Diagnostics presently has a consensus target price of $1.1667, suggesting a potential downside of 76.48%. Mettler-Toledo International has a consensus target price of $971.3750, suggesting a potential downside of 20.54%. Given Mettler-Toledo International's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Mettler-Toledo International is more favorable than HTG Molecular Diagnostics.
Insider and Institutional Ownership
93.2% of Mettler-Toledo International shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.6% of HTG Molecular Diagnostics shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.2% of Mettler-Toledo International shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Profitability
This table compares HTG Molecular Diagnostics and Mettler-Toledo International's net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets |
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HTG Molecular Diagnostics | -194.78% | -101.81% | -50.43% |
Mettler-Toledo International | 19.36% | 144.89% | 21.11% |
Volatility & Risk
HTG Molecular Diagnostics has a beta of 1.63, suggesting that its share price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mettler-Toledo International has a beta of 1.04, suggesting that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Earnings & Valuation
This table compares HTG Molecular Diagnostics and Mettler-Toledo International's gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio |
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HTG Molecular Diagnostics | $19.20 million | 1.61 | $-19,300,000.00 | ($7.65) | -0.65 |
Mettler-Toledo International | $3.01 billion | 9.48 | $561.11 million | $22.77 | 53.69 |
Mettler-Toledo International has higher revenue and earnings than HTG Molecular Diagnostics. HTG Molecular Diagnostics 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.
Summary
Mettler-Toledo International beats HTG Molecular Diagnostics on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.