MTD vs. A, BRKR, GFS, ZS, SPLK, GLW, KEYS, MDB, HPQ, and GRMN
Should you be buying Mettler-Toledo International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Mettler-Toledo International include Agilent Technologies (A), Bruker (BRKR), GLOBALFOUNDRIES (GFS), Zscaler (ZS), Splunk (SPLK), Corning (GLW), Keysight Technologies (KEYS), MongoDB (MDB), HP (HPQ), and Garmin (GRMN). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Mettler-Toledo International (NYSE:MTD) and Agilent Technologies (NYSE:A) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership and dividends.
Mettler-Toledo International currently has a consensus target price of $1,233.25, suggesting a potential downside of 0.17%. Agilent Technologies has a consensus target price of $141.29, suggesting a potential upside of 2.77%. Given Agilent Technologies' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Agilent Technologies is more favorable than Mettler-Toledo International.
Agilent Technologies received 486 more outperform votes than Mettler-Toledo International when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.91% of users gave Agilent Technologies an outperform vote while only 57.50% of users gave Mettler-Toledo International an outperform vote.
Mettler-Toledo International has a net margin of 20.82% compared to Agilent Technologies' net margin of 18.35%. Agilent Technologies' return on equity of 27.09% beat Mettler-Toledo International's return on equity.
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.
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 hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Agilent Technologies had 1 more articles in the media than Mettler-Toledo International. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Agilent Technologies and 7 mentions for Mettler-Toledo International. Agilent Technologies' average media sentiment score of 1.04 beat Mettler-Toledo International's score of 1.00 indicating that Agilent Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Mettler-Toledo International has a beta of 1.15, suggesting that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Agilent Technologies has a beta of 1.11, suggesting that its stock price is 11% 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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