CRL vs. A, MTD, WAT, ILMN, TECH, BRKR, BIO, PACB, HBIO, and LIFE
Should you be buying Charles River Laboratories International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Charles River Laboratories International include Agilent Technologies (A), Mettler-Toledo International (MTD), Waters (WAT), Illumina (ILMN), Bio-Techne (TECH), Bruker (BRKR), Bio-Rad Laboratories (BIO), Pacific Biosciences of California (PACB), Harvard Bioscience (HBIO), and aTyr Pharma (LIFE). These companies are all part of the "life sciences tools & services" industry.
Agilent Technologies (NYSE:A) and Charles River Laboratories International (NYSE:CRL) 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 profitability, dividends, earnings, risk, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
98.9% of Charles River Laboratories International shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.3% of Charles River Laboratories International shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Agilent Technologies currently has a consensus price target of $137.19, indicating a potential upside of 5.20%. Charles River Laboratories International has a consensus price target of $255.27, indicating a potential upside of 22.47%. Given Agilent Technologies' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Charles River Laboratories International is more favorable than Agilent Technologies.
Agilent Technologies received 373 more outperform votes than Charles River Laboratories International when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.70% of users gave Agilent Technologies an outperform vote while only 61.51% of users gave Charles River Laboratories International an outperform vote.
Agilent Technologies has a beta of 1.13, suggesting that its stock price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Charles River Laboratories International has a beta of 1.44, suggesting that its stock price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Agilent Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than Charles River Laboratories International. Charles River Laboratories International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Agilent Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Agilent Technologies had 33 more articles in the media than Charles River Laboratories International. MarketBeat recorded 43 mentions for Agilent Technologies and 10 mentions for Charles River Laboratories International. Agilent Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.62 beat Charles River Laboratories International's score of 0.32 indicating that Charles River Laboratories International is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Agilent Technologies has a net margin of 18.84% compared to Agilent Technologies' net margin of 10.81%. Charles River Laboratories International's return on equity of 26.25% beat Agilent Technologies' return on equity.
Summary
Agilent Technologies beats Charles River Laboratories International on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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