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$1,166.66 -19.34 (-1.63%)
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MTD vs. A, WAT, ILMN, TECH, BIO, CRL, BRKR, PACB, HBIO, and TMO

Should you be buying Mettler-Toledo International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Mettler-Toledo International include Agilent Technologies (A), Waters (WAT), Illumina (ILMN), Bio-Techne (TECH), Bio-Rad Laboratories (BIO), Charles River Laboratories International (CRL), Bruker (BRKR), Pacific Biosciences of California (PACB), Harvard Bioscience (HBIO), and Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO). These companies are all part of the "life sciences tools & services" industry.

Mettler-Toledo International vs.

Agilent Technologies (NYSE:A) and Mettler-Toledo International (NYSE:MTD) are both large-cap medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, media sentiment and valuation.

Agilent Technologies received 494 more outperform votes than Mettler-Toledo International when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.01% of users gave Agilent Technologies an outperform vote while only 56.26% of users gave Mettler-Toledo International an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Agilent TechnologiesOutperform Votes
867
71.01%
Underperform Votes
354
28.99%
Mettler-Toledo InternationalOutperform Votes
373
56.26%
Underperform Votes
290
43.74%

Agilent Technologies has a beta of 1.27, suggesting that its stock price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mettler-Toledo International has a beta of 1.4, suggesting that its stock price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Mettler-Toledo International has a net margin of 22.29% compared to Agilent Technologies' net margin of 19.27%. Agilent Technologies' return on equity of 25.56% beat Mettler-Toledo International's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Agilent Technologies19.27% 25.56% 13.47%
Mettler-Toledo International 22.29%-591.54%26.78%

Agilent Technologies currently has a consensus target price of $143.00, suggesting a potential upside of 26.01%. Mettler-Toledo International has a consensus target price of $1,302.11, suggesting a potential upside of 9.84%. Given Agilent Technologies' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Agilent Technologies is more favorable than Mettler-Toledo International.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Agilent Technologies
0 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.46
Mettler-Toledo International
0 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.40

Agilent Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than Mettler-Toledo International. Agilent Technologies 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Agilent Technologies$6.51B4.97$1.29B$4.3526.09
Mettler-Toledo International$3.83B6.43$863.14M$40.1029.56

95.1% of Mettler-Toledo International shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of Mettler-Toledo International shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Agilent Technologies had 2 more articles in the media than Mettler-Toledo International. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Agilent Technologies and 23 mentions for Mettler-Toledo International. Mettler-Toledo International's average media sentiment score of 1.42 beat Agilent Technologies' score of 1.31 indicating that Mettler-Toledo International is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Agilent Technologies
16 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Mettler-Toledo International
18 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Agilent Technologies and Mettler-Toledo International tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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MTD vs. The Competition

MetricMettler-Toledo InternationalAnalytical instruments IndustryMedical SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$24.09B$4.49B$5.43B$19.70B
Dividend YieldN/A0.57%5.22%3.84%
P/E Ratio29.2527.8026.8335.13
Price / Sales6.433.80392.3534.12
Price / Cash27.2636.2438.2517.51
Price / Book-195.301.596.874.78
Net Income$863.14M-$84.30M$3.22B$1.02B
7 Day Performance5.91%4.40%6.76%1.62%
1 Month Performance22.05%7.92%13.66%13.00%
1 Year Performance-22.12%-23.73%18.27%5.59%

Mettler-Toledo International Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MTD
Mettler-Toledo International
4.1127 of 5 stars
$1,166.66
-1.6%
$1,302.11
+11.6%
-21.9%$24.25B$3.83B28.7918,000News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Upgrade
A
Agilent Technologies
4.8767 of 5 stars
$115.53
+8.0%
$143.00
+23.8%
-26.7%$32.94B$6.51B26.5617,900News Coverage
Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
WAT
Waters
4.0163 of 5 stars
$366.80
+6.6%
$390.19
+6.4%
+2.3%$21.83B$2.98B34.258,200Trending News
ILMN
Illumina
4.8245 of 5 stars
$81.57
+7.7%
$130.95
+60.5%
-22.4%$12.91B$4.37B-10.6211,500Positive News
Analyst Forecast
TECH
Bio-Techne
4.8669 of 5 stars
$53.90
+7.9%
$73.44
+36.3%
-40.0%$8.52B$1.21B54.443,000Positive News
Dividend Announcement
High Trading Volume
BIO
Bio-Rad Laboratories
4.7134 of 5 stars
$254.32
+6.6%
$327.40
+28.7%
-15.5%$7.12B$2.54B-3.918,200Positive News
CRL
Charles River Laboratories International
4.7435 of 5 stars
$143.06
+3.1%
$176.00
+23.0%
-35.7%$7.03B$4.02B953.7121,400Positive News
High Trading Volume
BRKR
Bruker
4.9365 of 5 stars
$40.26
+7.3%
$60.10
+49.3%
-50.1%$6.10B$3.45B52.978,520Dividend Announcement
High Trading Volume
PACB
Pacific Biosciences of California
1.6384 of 5 stars
$1.10
-1.8%
$2.50
+127.3%
-46.9%$330.05M$152.36M-0.67730
HBIO
Harvard Bioscience
3.8729 of 5 stars
$0.35
+11.8%
$4.50
+1,178.0%
-89.7%$15.57M$94.14M-1.07490Gap Up
High Trading Volume
TMO
Thermo Fisher Scientific
4.9962 of 5 stars
$432.16
+7.2%
$607.43
+40.6%
-30.4%$163.14B$42.90B26.14130,000Positive News
Analyst Revision
High Trading Volume

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