WAT vs. PKI, BRKR, MTD, A, FICO, PINS, PAYC, SNAP, ASX, and SWKS
Should you be buying Waters stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Waters include PerkinElmer (PKI), Bruker (BRKR), Mettler-Toledo International (MTD), Agilent Technologies (A), Fair Isaac (FICO), Pinterest (PINS), Paycom Software (PAYC), Snap (SNAP), ASE Technology (ASX), and Skyworks Solutions (SWKS). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Waters vs.
Waters (NYSE:WAT) and PerkinElmer (NYSE:PKI) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, valuation, earnings and risk.
Waters has a net margin of 23.81% compared to PerkinElmer's net margin of 14.69%. Waters' return on equity of 175.08% beat PerkinElmer's return on equity.
Waters presently has a consensus price target of $354.00, indicating a potential upside of 16.19%. PerkinElmer has a consensus price target of $166.30, indicating a potential upside of 26.95%. Given PerkinElmer's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe PerkinElmer is more favorable than Waters.
In the previous week, Waters had 4 more articles in the media than PerkinElmer. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Waters and 5 mentions for PerkinElmer. PerkinElmer's average media sentiment score of 0.60 beat Waters' score of 0.10 indicating that PerkinElmer is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Waters has a beta of 0.86, meaning that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PerkinElmer has a beta of 1.1, meaning that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.
PerkinElmer received 71 more outperform votes than Waters when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.21% of users gave PerkinElmer an outperform vote while only 56.42% of users gave Waters an outperform vote.
88.6% of Waters shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.2% of PerkinElmer shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of Waters shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of PerkinElmer shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Waters has higher earnings, but lower revenue than PerkinElmer. Waters is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than PerkinElmer, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Waters and PerkinElmer tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding WAT and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
