A vs. MTD, FTV, KEYS, TER, WAT, ILMN, TECH, CRL, BRKR, and BIO
Should you be buying Agilent Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Agilent Technologies include Mettler-Toledo International (MTD), Fortive (FTV), Keysight Technologies (KEYS), Teradyne (TER), Waters (WAT), Illumina (ILMN), Bio-Techne (TECH), Charles River Laboratories International (CRL), Bruker (BRKR), and Bio-Rad Laboratories (BIO).
Agilent Technologies (NYSE:A) and Mettler-Toledo International (NYSE:MTD) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment and valuation.
Mettler-Toledo International has a net margin of 20.55% compared to Agilent Technologies' net margin of 18.84%. Agilent Technologies' return on equity of 26.25% beat Mettler-Toledo International's return on equity.
Agilent Technologies received 488 more outperform votes than Mettler-Toledo International when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.70% of users gave Agilent Technologies an outperform vote while only 57.46% of users gave Mettler-Toledo International an outperform vote.
Agilent Technologies presently has a consensus price target of $137.19, indicating a potential upside of 5.20%. Mettler-Toledo International has a consensus price target of $1,257.14, indicating a potential downside of 10.47%. Given Agilent Technologies' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Agilent Technologies is more favorable than Mettler-Toledo International.
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 held by institutional investors. 1.9% of Mettler-Toledo International shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Agilent Technologies has a beta of 1.13, meaning that its share price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mettler-Toledo International has a beta of 1.16, meaning that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Agilent Technologies had 34 more articles in the media than Mettler-Toledo International. MarketBeat recorded 43 mentions for Agilent Technologies and 9 mentions for Mettler-Toledo International. Mettler-Toledo International's average media sentiment score of 1.34 beat Agilent Technologies' score of 0.22 indicating that Mettler-Toledo International is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Agilent Technologies and Mettler-Toledo International tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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