Vontier (VNT) Competitors

Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund (NASDAQ:CSQ) and Vontier (NYSE:VNT) are related companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, valuation and media sentiment.

Do analysts recommend CSQ or VNT?

Vontier has a consensus price target of $46.33, suggesting a potential upside of 20.70%. Given Vontier's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Vontier is more favorable than Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Vontier	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.71

Which has better earnings & valuation, CSQ or VNT?

Vontier has higher revenue and earnings than Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund	$280.21M	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Vontier	$2.98B	1.91	$422.20M	$2.46	15.60

Is CSQ or VNT more profitable?

Vontier has a net margin of 12.59% compared to Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund's net margin of 0.00%. Vontier's return on equity of 41.99% beat Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A
Vontier	12.59%	41.99%	10.37%

Is CSQ or VNT a better dividend stock?

Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund pays an annual dividend of $1.23 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.7%. Vontier pays an annual dividend of $0.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. Vontier pays out 4.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of CSQ or VNT?

95.8% of Vontier shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Vontier shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer CSQ or VNT?

In the previous week, Vontier had 5 more articles in the media than Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Vontier and 0 mentions for Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund. Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.89 beat Vontier's score of 1.68 indicating that Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund	Very Positive
Vontier	Very Positive

Summary

Vontier beats Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund on 10 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.