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A vs. AMAT, ASUR, CYBR, GOOGL, SMTC, AME, ANET, DOCN, PSTG, and TMO

Should you be buying Agilent Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Agilent Technologies include Applied Materials (AMAT), Asure Software (ASUR), CyberArk Software (CYBR), Alphabet (GOOGL), Semtech (SMTC), AMETEK (AME), Arista Networks (ANET), DigitalOcean (DOCN), Pure Storage (PSTG), and Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO).

Agilent Technologies vs. Its Competitors

Applied Materials (NASDAQ:AMAT) and Agilent Technologies (NYSE:A) are related large-cap companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, valuation and dividends.

80.6% of Applied Materials shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Applied Materials shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Applied Materials has a net margin of 24.06% compared to Agilent Technologies' net margin of 17.59%. Applied Materials' return on equity of 40.15% beat Agilent Technologies' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Applied Materials24.06% 40.15% 22.42%
Agilent Technologies 17.59%25.92%13.24%

Applied Materials currently has a consensus target price of $202.65, suggesting a potential upside of 3.72%. Agilent Technologies has a consensus target price of $139.77, suggesting a potential upside of 15.06%. Given Agilent Technologies' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Agilent Technologies is more favorable than Applied Materials.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Applied Materials
0 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
17 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.68
Agilent Technologies
0 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.54

Applied Materials has a beta of 1.69, suggesting that its stock price is 69% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Agilent Technologies has a beta of 1.23, suggesting that its stock price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Applied Materials has higher revenue and earnings than Agilent Technologies. Applied Materials is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Agilent Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Applied Materials$27.18B5.77$7.18B$8.2223.77
Agilent Technologies$6.51B5.30$1.29B$4.0529.99

In the previous week, Applied Materials had 42 more articles in the media than Agilent Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 67 mentions for Applied Materials and 25 mentions for Agilent Technologies. Applied Materials' average media sentiment score of 1.13 beat Agilent Technologies' score of 1.05 indicating that Applied Materials is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Applied Materials
48 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
11 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Agilent Technologies
15 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
7 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Applied Materials pays an annual dividend of $1.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Agilent Technologies pays an annual dividend of $0.99 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Applied Materials pays out 22.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Agilent Technologies pays out 24.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Applied Materials has increased its dividend for 8 consecutive years and Agilent Technologies has increased its dividend for 9 consecutive years. Applied Materials is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

Applied Materials beats Agilent Technologies on 16 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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A vs. The Competition

MetricAgilent TechnologiesMED PRODUCTS IndustryMedical SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$34.37B$10.50B$5.50B$20.51B
Dividend Yield0.82%2.08%5.25%3.73%
P/E Ratio29.9916.4028.0227.90
Price / Sales5.3031.10436.9240.91
Price / Cash19.3622.7937.0622.25
Price / Book5.923.728.124.59
Net Income$1.29B$235.43M$3.16B$982.91M
7 Day Performance0.43%3.19%4.40%0.74%
1 Month Performance4.02%2.98%4.09%3.94%
1 Year Performance-3.15%-10.27%34.53%14.82%

Agilent Technologies Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
A
Agilent Technologies
4.7154 of 5 stars
$121.47
+0.4%
$139.77
+15.1%
-3.9%$34.37B$6.51B29.9917,900Positive News
Analyst Forecast
AMAT
Applied Materials
4.7637 of 5 stars
$190.78
-0.1%
$200.73
+5.2%
-20.8%$153.10B$27.18B23.2135,700Trending News
Analyst Forecast
ASUR
Asure Software
3.3198 of 5 stars
$10.79
-4.9%
$15.00
+39.0%
+32.4%$292.99M$122.99M-20.36500
CYBR
CyberArk Software
1.8319 of 5 stars
$401.46
+0.7%
$416.79
+3.8%
+44.5%$19.84B$1.00B-215.841,205Positive News
GOOGL
Alphabet
4.2341 of 5 stars
$176.79
-1.5%
$199.95
+13.1%
-7.8%$2.15T$350.02B19.71183,323Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
SMTC
Semtech
3.52 of 5 stars
$42.60
-5.0%
$58.58
+37.5%
+33.4%$3.69B$954.24M-20.681,838
AME
AMETEK
4.1943 of 5 stars
$182.30
-1.0%
$197.89
+8.6%
+10.2%$42.09B$6.94B29.8421,500Positive News
ANET
Arista Networks
4.5667 of 5 stars
$101.51
-1.0%
$109.33
+7.7%
+11.6%$127.49B$7.00B42.974,412Analyst Forecast
DOCN
DigitalOcean
2.7346 of 5 stars
$28.94
-0.9%
$39.83
+37.6%
-15.0%$2.63B$806.59M26.071,210
PSTG
Pure Storage
4.4637 of 5 stars
$56.13
-1.4%
$69.95
+24.6%
-12.2%$18.34B$3.17B151.716,000News Coverage
Positive News
Insider Trade
TMO
Thermo Fisher Scientific
4.9939 of 5 stars
$418.76
-2.5%
$604.05
+44.2%
-20.4%$158.08B$42.88B24.56125,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast

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