KEYS vs. ROP, AME, FTV, MKSI, CGNX, ST, MLAB, SENS, HURC, and CLIR
Should you be buying Keysight Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Keysight Technologies include Roper Technologies (ROP), AMETEK (AME), Fortive (FTV), MKS Instruments (MKSI), Cognex (CGNX), Sensata Technologies (ST), Mesa Laboratories (MLAB), Senseonics (SENS), Hurco Companies (HURC), and ClearSign Technologies (CLIR). These companies are all part of the "process control instruments" industry.
Keysight Technologies (NYSE:KEYS) and Roper Technologies (NYSE:ROP) 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 valuation, community ranking, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership and risk.
Roper Technologies received 89 more outperform votes than Keysight Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.85% of users gave Keysight Technologies an outperform vote while only 65.24% of users gave Roper Technologies an outperform vote.
Roper Technologies has a net margin of 23.21% compared to Keysight Technologies' net margin of 15.70%. Keysight Technologies' return on equity of 23.79% beat Roper Technologies' return on equity.
In the previous week, Keysight Technologies had 5 more articles in the media than Roper Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Keysight Technologies and 10 mentions for Roper Technologies. Keysight Technologies' average media sentiment score of 1.25 beat Roper Technologies' score of 1.05 indicating that Keysight Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Keysight Technologies has a beta of 1.06, indicating that its share price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Roper Technologies has a beta of 1, indicating that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.
84.6% of Keysight Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.3% of Roper Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Keysight Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Roper Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Roper Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than Keysight Technologies. Keysight Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Roper Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Keysight Technologies presently has a consensus target price of $166.33, indicating a potential upside of 20.11%. Roper Technologies has a consensus target price of $584.82, indicating a potential upside of 9.77%. Given Keysight Technologies' higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Keysight Technologies is more favorable than Roper Technologies.
Summary
Roper Technologies beats Keysight Technologies on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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