GRMN vs. MTD, GFS, ZS, KEYS, GLW, HPQ, FTV, WIT, ANSS, and FICO
Should you be buying Garmin stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Garmin include Mettler-Toledo International (MTD), GLOBALFOUNDRIES (GFS), Zscaler (ZS), Keysight Technologies (KEYS), Corning (GLW), HP (HPQ), Fortive (FTV), Wipro (WIT), ANSYS (ANSS), and Fair Isaac (FICO). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Garmin (NYSE:GRMN) and Mettler-Toledo International (NYSE:MTD) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership and community ranking.
Garmin currently has a consensus target price of $142.33, suggesting a potential upside of 0.90%. Mettler-Toledo International has a consensus target price of $1,233.25, suggesting a potential upside of 2.94%. Given Mettler-Toledo International's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Mettler-Toledo International is more favorable than Garmin.
Garmin has a beta of 0.98, indicating that its share price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mettler-Toledo International has a beta of 1.15, indicating that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Garmin has higher revenue and earnings than Mettler-Toledo International. Garmin 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, Garmin had 18 more articles in the media than Mettler-Toledo International. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Garmin and 3 mentions for Mettler-Toledo International. Mettler-Toledo International's average media sentiment score of 1.14 beat Garmin's score of 0.53 indicating that Mettler-Toledo International is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Garmin received 77 more outperform votes than Mettler-Toledo International when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 57.59% of users gave Mettler-Toledo International an outperform vote while only 52.25% of users gave Garmin an outperform vote.
Garmin has a net margin of 24.67% compared to Mettler-Toledo International's net margin of 20.82%. Garmin's return on equity of 16.60% beat Mettler-Toledo International's return on equity.
73.4% of Garmin shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.1% of Mettler-Toledo International shares are held by institutional investors. 19.9% of Garmin shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of Mettler-Toledo International shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Mettler-Toledo International beats Garmin on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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