Mettler-Toledo International (MTD) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer MTD or A?

Agilent Technologies received 498 more outperform votes than Mettler-Toledo International when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.04% of users gave Agilent Technologies an outperform vote while only 56.26% of users gave Mettler-Toledo International an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Mettler-Toledo International	Outperform Votes 373 56.26%	Underperform Votes 290 43.74%
Agilent Technologies	Outperform Votes 871 71.04%	Underperform Votes 355 28.96%

Do analysts rate MTD or A?

Mettler-Toledo International presently has a consensus price target of $1,302.11, indicating a potential upside of 6.82%. Agilent Technologies has a consensus price target of $140.15, indicating a potential upside of 16.10%. Given Agilent Technologies' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Agilent Technologies is more favorable than Mettler-Toledo International.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Mettler-Toledo International	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40
Agilent Technologies	0 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Which has more volatility & risk, MTD or A?

Mettler-Toledo International has a beta of 1.38, suggesting that its stock price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Agilent Technologies has a beta of 1.23, suggesting that its stock price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, MTD or A?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Mettler-Toledo International	$3.83B	6.61	$863.14M	$40.10	30.40
Agilent Technologies	$6.51B	5.27	$1.29B	$4.05	29.81

Is MTD or A more profitable?

Mettler-Toledo International has a net margin of 22.29% compared to Agilent Technologies' net margin of 17.59%. Agilent Technologies' return on equity of 25.92% beat Mettler-Toledo International's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Mettler-Toledo International	22.29%	-591.54%	26.78%
Agilent Technologies	17.59%	25.92%	13.24%

Does the media favor MTD or A?

In the previous week, Agilent Technologies had 5 more articles in the media than Mettler-Toledo International. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Agilent Technologies and 7 mentions for Mettler-Toledo International. Mettler-Toledo International's average media sentiment score of 1.45 beat Agilent Technologies' score of 1.22 indicating that Mettler-Toledo International is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Mettler-Toledo International	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Agilent Technologies	9 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of MTD or A?

95.1% of Mettler-Toledo International shares are owned by institutional investors. 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 stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

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