A vs. MTD, WAT, BRKR, SE, AME, CSGP, CRWD, DELL, DDOG, and TTD
Should you be buying Agilent Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Agilent Technologies include Mettler-Toledo International (MTD), Waters (WAT), Bruker (BRKR), SEA (SE), AMETEK (AME), CoStar Group (CSGP), CrowdStrike (CRWD), Dell Technologies (DELL), Datadog (DDOG), and Trade Desk (TTD). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Agilent Technologies vs.
Agilent Technologies (NYSE:A) and Mettler-Toledo International (NYSE:MTD) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends and risk.
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.
91.9% of Mettler-Toledo International shares are held by institutional investors. 2.4% of Mettler-Toledo International shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Agilent Technologies presently has a consensus price target of $151.35, indicating a potential upside of 30.86%. Mettler-Toledo International has a consensus price target of $1,469.50, indicating a potential upside of 14.26%. Given Agilent Technologies' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Agilent Technologies is more favorable than Mettler-Toledo International.
In the previous week, Agilent Technologies had 13 more articles in the media than Mettler-Toledo International. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Agilent Technologies and 1 mentions for Mettler-Toledo International. Mettler-Toledo International's average media sentiment score of 1.14 beat Agilent Technologies' score of 0.99 indicating that Mettler-Toledo International is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Mettler-Toledo International has a net margin of 22.45% compared to Agilent Technologies' net margin of 19.19%. Agilent Technologies' return on equity of 30.11% beat Mettler-Toledo International's return on equity.
Agilent Technologies has a beta of 1.04, indicating that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mettler-Toledo International has a beta of 1.18, indicating that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Agilent Technologies received 484 more outperform votes than Mettler-Toledo International when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.06% of users gave Agilent Technologies an outperform vote while only 58.32% of users gave Mettler-Toledo International an outperform vote.
Summary
Agilent Technologies and Mettler-Toledo International tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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