BIO vs. MTD, ILMN, WAT, TECH, CRL, BRKR, PACB, HBIO, TMO, and A
Should you be buying Bio-Rad Laboratories stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bio-Rad Laboratories include Mettler-Toledo International (MTD), Illumina (ILMN), Waters (WAT), Bio-Techne (TECH), Charles River Laboratories International (CRL), Bruker (BRKR), Pacific Biosciences of California (PACB), Harvard Bioscience (HBIO), Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO), and Agilent Technologies (A). These companies are all part of the "life sciences tools & services" industry.
Bio-Rad Laboratories (NYSE:BIO) and Mettler-Toledo International (NYSE:MTD) are both medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, dividends, profitability, earnings, valuation and media sentiment.
Mettler-Toledo International has a net margin of 20.55% compared to Bio-Rad Laboratories' net margin of -12.37%. Bio-Rad Laboratories' return on equity of 3.59% beat Mettler-Toledo International's return on equity.
Bio-Rad Laboratories has a beta of 0.93, suggesting that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mettler-Toledo International has a beta of 1.17, suggesting that its stock price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500.
65.2% of Bio-Rad Laboratories shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.1% of Mettler-Toledo International shares are owned by institutional investors. 17.1% of Bio-Rad Laboratories shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of Mettler-Toledo International shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Mettler-Toledo International received 3 more outperform votes than Bio-Rad Laboratories when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.77% of users gave Bio-Rad Laboratories an outperform vote while only 57.17% of users gave Mettler-Toledo International an outperform vote.
Mettler-Toledo International has higher revenue and earnings than Bio-Rad Laboratories. Bio-Rad Laboratories 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.
In the previous week, Mettler-Toledo International had 8 more articles in the media than Bio-Rad Laboratories. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Mettler-Toledo International and 8 mentions for Bio-Rad Laboratories. Bio-Rad Laboratories' average media sentiment score of 0.74 beat Mettler-Toledo International's score of 0.18 indicating that Bio-Rad Laboratories is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Bio-Rad Laboratories currently has a consensus target price of $436.67, indicating a potential upside of 36.71%. Mettler-Toledo International has a consensus target price of $1,301.25, indicating a potential downside of 10.16%. Given Bio-Rad Laboratories' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Bio-Rad Laboratories is more favorable than Mettler-Toledo International.
Summary
Mettler-Toledo International beats Bio-Rad Laboratories on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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