Avantor (AVTR) Competitors

Keysight Technologies (NYSE:KEYS) and Avantor (NYSE:AVTR) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking and media sentiment.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor KEYS or AVTR?

Keysight Technologies received 287 more outperform votes than Avantor when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.30% of users gave Keysight Technologies an outperform vote while only 65.23% of users gave Avantor an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Keysight Technologies	Outperform Votes 484 66.30%	Underperform Votes 246 33.70%
Avantor	Outperform Votes 197 65.23%	Underperform Votes 105 34.77%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in KEYS or AVTR?

84.6% of Keysight Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.1% of Avantor shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Keysight Technologies shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Avantor shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts prefer KEYS or AVTR?

Keysight Technologies presently has a consensus target price of $183.00, indicating a potential upside of 11.83%. Avantor has a consensus target price of $18.88, indicating a potential upside of 38.03%. Given Avantor's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Avantor is more favorable than Keysight Technologies.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Keysight Technologies	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.78
Avantor	0 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.46

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, KEYS or AVTR?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Keysight Technologies	$5.11B	5.51	$614M	$4.26	38.41
Avantor	$6.69B	1.39	$711.50M	$1.04	13.15

Which has more risk and volatility, KEYS or AVTR?

Keysight Technologies has a beta of 1.09, meaning that its stock price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Avantor has a beta of 1.04, meaning that its stock price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is KEYS or AVTR more profitable?

Keysight Technologies has a net margin of 12.32% compared to Avantor's net margin of 10.49%. Keysight Technologies' return on equity of 19.22% beat Avantor's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Keysight Technologies	12.32%	19.22%	10.52%
Avantor	10.49%	12.17%	5.38%

Does the media refer more to KEYS or AVTR?

In the previous week, Keysight Technologies had 4 more articles in the media than Avantor. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Keysight Technologies and 5 mentions for Avantor. Avantor's average media sentiment score of 1.34 beat Keysight Technologies' score of 0.67 indicating that Avantor is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Keysight Technologies	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Avantor	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Keysight Technologies beats Avantor on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.