Keysight Technologies (KEYS) Competitors

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

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in KEYS or FTV?

84.6% of Keysight Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.9% of Fortive shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Keysight Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Fortive shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, KEYS or FTV?

Keysight Technologies has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Fortive. Keysight Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Fortive, 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	$5.46B	4.71	$1.06B	$5.45	27.04
Fortive	$6.07B	4.66	$865.80M	$2.44	32.97

Does the media favor KEYS or FTV?

In the previous week, Fortive had 3 more articles in the media than Keysight Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Fortive and 10 mentions for Keysight Technologies. Keysight Technologies' average media sentiment score of 1.50 beat Fortive's score of 0.68 indicating that Keysight Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Keysight Technologies	8 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Fortive	6 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community favor KEYS or FTV?

Keysight Technologies received 73 more outperform votes than Fortive when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.85% of users gave Keysight Technologies an outperform vote while only 59.91% of users gave Fortive an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Keysight Technologies	Outperform Votes 457 65.85%	Underperform Votes 237 34.15%
Fortive	Outperform Votes 384 59.91%	Underperform Votes 257 40.09%

Which has more volatility and risk, KEYS or FTV?

Keysight Technologies has a beta of 1.05, meaning that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fortive has a beta of 1.13, meaning that its stock price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend KEYS or FTV?

Keysight Technologies presently has a consensus target price of $160.63, suggesting a potential upside of 8.99%. Fortive has a consensus target price of $86.54, suggesting a potential upside of 7.94%. Given Keysight Technologies' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Keysight Technologies is more favorable than Fortive.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Keysight Technologies	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Fortive	0 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.46

Is KEYS or FTV more profitable?

Keysight Technologies has a net margin of 18.14% compared to Fortive's net margin of 14.27%. Keysight Technologies' return on equity of 26.84% beat Fortive's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Keysight Technologies	18.14%	26.84%	14.51%
Fortive	14.27%	12.12%	7.61%

Summary

Keysight Technologies beats Fortive on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.