MTD vs. A, ILMN, WAT, TECH, CRL, BRKR, BIO, 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), Illumina (ILMN), Waters (WAT), Bio-Techne (TECH), Charles River Laboratories International (CRL), Bruker (BRKR), Bio-Rad Laboratories (BIO), 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.
Agilent Technologies (NYSE:A) and Mettler-Toledo International (NYSE:MTD) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership and risk.
95.1% of Mettler-Toledo International shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.9% of Mettler-Toledo International shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
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.
Agilent Technologies currently has a consensus target price of $138.06, suggesting a potential upside of 0.54%. Mettler-Toledo International has a consensus target price of $1,301.25, suggesting a potential downside of 10.26%. Given Mettler-Toledo International's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Agilent Technologies is more favorable than Mettler-Toledo International.
Mettler-Toledo International has a net margin of 20.55% compared to Mettler-Toledo International's net margin of 18.84%. Mettler-Toledo International's return on equity of 26.25% beat Agilent Technologies' return on equity.
Agilent Technologies received 488 more outperform votes than Mettler-Toledo International when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.49% of users gave Agilent Technologies an outperform vote while only 57.17% of users gave Mettler-Toledo International an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Agilent Technologies had 2 more articles in the media than Mettler-Toledo International. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Agilent Technologies and 16 mentions for Mettler-Toledo International. Mettler-Toledo International's average media sentiment score of 0.56 beat Agilent Technologies' score of 0.18 indicating that Agilent Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Agilent Technologies has a beta of 1.05, suggesting that its stock price is 5% more 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.
Summary
Agilent Technologies beats Mettler-Toledo International on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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