Vontier (VNT) Competitors

Vontier (NYSE:VNT) and Teradyne (NASDAQ:TER) are both business services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, earnings, institutional ownership, risk and profitability.

Do institutionals & insiders believe in VNT or TER?

95.8% of Vontier shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.8% of Teradyne shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Vontier shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Teradyne shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts prefer VNT or TER?

Vontier presently has a consensus price target of $44.83, indicating a potential upside of 26.43%. Teradyne has a consensus price target of $114.67, indicating a potential upside of 38.02%. Given Teradyne's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Teradyne is more favorable than Vontier.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Vontier	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.71
Teradyne	2 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.63

Which has more risk & volatility, VNT or TER?

Vontier has a beta of 1.31, indicating that its share price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Teradyne has a beta of 1.69, indicating that its share price is 69% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer VNT or TER?

In the previous week, Teradyne had 6 more articles in the media than Vontier. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Teradyne and 5 mentions for Vontier. Vontier's average media sentiment score of 1.32 beat Teradyne's score of 1.11 indicating that Vontier is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Vontier	3 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Teradyne	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in VNT or TER?

Teradyne received 39 more outperform votes than Vontier when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 53.93% of users gave Vontier an outperform vote while only 48.07% of users gave Teradyne an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Vontier	Outperform Votes 48 53.93%	Underperform Votes 41 46.07%
Teradyne	Outperform Votes 87 48.07%	Underperform Votes 94 51.93%

Is VNT or TER a better dividend stock?

Vontier pays an annual dividend of $0.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. Teradyne pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Vontier pays out 4.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Teradyne pays out 13.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Teradyne has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Teradyne is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Which has better valuation & earnings, VNT or TER?

Teradyne has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Vontier. Vontier is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Teradyne, 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
Vontier	$2.96B	1.77	$422.20M	$2.46	14.41
Teradyne	$2.91B	4.59	$542.37M	$3.54	23.47

Is VNT or TER more profitable?

Teradyne has a net margin of 19.23% compared to Vontier's net margin of 14.17%. Vontier's return on equity of 43.22% beat Teradyne's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Vontier	14.17%	43.22%	10.38%
Teradyne	19.23%	19.08%	14.47%

Summary

Teradyne beats Vontier on 15 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.