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Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO) Competitors

$572.57
-11.48 (-1.97%)
(As of 05/28/2024 ET)

TMO vs. A, MTD, WAT, ILMN, TECH, CRL, BRKR, BIO, PACB, and HBIO

Should you be buying Thermo Fisher Scientific stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Thermo Fisher Scientific include Agilent Technologies (A), Mettler-Toledo International (MTD), Waters (WAT), Illumina (ILMN), Bio-Techne (TECH), Charles River Laboratories International (CRL), Bruker (BRKR), Bio-Rad Laboratories (BIO), Pacific Biosciences of California (PACB), and Harvard Bioscience (HBIO). These companies are all part of the "life sciences tools & services" industry.

Thermo Fisher Scientific vs.

Thermo Fisher Scientific (NYSE:TMO) and Agilent Technologies (NYSE:A) are both large-cap medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, risk, dividends, profitability and institutional ownership.

In the previous week, Agilent Technologies had 1 more articles in the media than Thermo Fisher Scientific. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Agilent Technologies and 16 mentions for Thermo Fisher Scientific. Thermo Fisher Scientific's average media sentiment score of 1.07 beat Agilent Technologies' score of 0.69 indicating that Thermo Fisher Scientific is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Thermo Fisher Scientific
9 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Agilent Technologies
7 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
7 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

89.2% of Thermo Fisher Scientific shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Thermo Fisher Scientific shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Thermo Fisher Scientific has a beta of 0.8, suggesting that its share price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Agilent Technologies has a beta of 1.13, suggesting that its share price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Thermo Fisher Scientific pays an annual dividend of $1.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. Agilent Technologies pays an annual dividend of $0.94 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Thermo Fisher Scientific pays out 10.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Agilent Technologies pays out 22.4% 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.

Thermo Fisher Scientific currently has a consensus target price of $605.31, suggesting a potential upside of 5.72%. Agilent Technologies has a consensus target price of $141.06, suggesting a potential downside of 4.82%. Given Thermo Fisher Scientific's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Thermo Fisher Scientific is more favorable than Agilent Technologies.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Thermo Fisher Scientific
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
12 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.71
Agilent Technologies
1 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.56

Thermo Fisher Scientific has higher revenue and earnings than Agilent Technologies. Agilent Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Thermo Fisher Scientific, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Thermo Fisher Scientific$42.86B5.10$6.00B$15.5936.73
Agilent Technologies$6.83B6.36$1.24B$4.2035.29

Thermo Fisher Scientific received 203 more outperform votes than Agilent Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 81.12% of users gave Thermo Fisher Scientific an outperform vote while only 71.91% of users gave Agilent Technologies an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Thermo Fisher ScientificOutperform Votes
1053
81.12%
Underperform Votes
245
18.88%
Agilent TechnologiesOutperform Votes
850
71.91%
Underperform Votes
332
28.09%

Agilent Technologies has a net margin of 18.35% compared to Thermo Fisher Scientific's net margin of 14.20%. Agilent Technologies' return on equity of 27.09% beat Thermo Fisher Scientific's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Thermo Fisher Scientific14.20% 18.45% 8.65%
Agilent Technologies 18.35%27.09%14.66%

Summary

Thermo Fisher Scientific beats Agilent Technologies on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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TMO vs. The Competition

MetricThermo Fisher ScientificMeasuring & controlling devices IndustryMedical SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$218.56B$19.76B$5.00B$17.68B
Dividend Yield0.27%3.52%2.74%3.53%
P/E Ratio36.7326.21176.4825.83
Price / Sales5.1020.172,386.6110.26
Price / Cash19.1715.2933.0715.71
Price / Book4.733.804.945.08
Net Income$6.00B$536.75M$104.35M$975.92M
7 Day Performance-2.97%-1.78%-0.63%-1.61%
1 Month Performance-0.18%-3.97%3.85%4.32%
1 Year Performance9.68%24.86%5.47%23.08%

Thermo Fisher Scientific Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
A
Agilent Technologies
3.9729 of 5 stars
$148.21
-1.6%
$141.06
-4.8%
+23.1%$43.43B$6.83B35.2918,100Dividend Announcement
Short Interest ↓
MTD
Mettler-Toledo International
3.5215 of 5 stars
$1,455.25
-1.6%
$1,257.14
-13.6%
+7.9%$31.08B$3.79B40.8117,300Positive News
WAT
Waters
3.7456 of 5 stars
$331.84
-1.4%
$305.78
-7.9%
+27.3%$19.68B$2.96B32.577,900
ILMN
Illumina
4.6687 of 5 stars
$105.03
-1.4%
$164.65
+56.8%
-46.4%$16.73B$4.50B-12.899,300Short Interest ↑
TECH
Bio-Techne
4.0013 of 5 stars
$79.39
-1.7%
$81.00
+2.0%
-4.9%$12.51B$1.15B63.013,050Positive News
CRL
Charles River Laboratories International
4.5657 of 5 stars
$214.51
-1.2%
$255.27
+19.0%
+10.5%$11.05B$4.13B25.2421,800Short Interest ↓
BRKR
Bruker
4.658 of 5 stars
$75.86
-1.8%
$85.00
+12.0%
+5.9%$11.03B$3.00B27.599,707Short Interest ↑
BIO
Bio-Rad Laboratories
4.7864 of 5 stars
$286.09
-0.4%
$461.00
+61.1%
-24.5%$8.16B$2.67B-27.618,030Analyst Upgrade
Short Interest ↓
PACB
Pacific Biosciences of California
2.9551 of 5 stars
$1.88
flat
$6.59
+251.5%
-85.0%$510.68M$200.52M-1.64796Gap Up
HBIO
Harvard Bioscience
1.0873 of 5 stars
$3.18
+0.6%
N/A-45.9%$138.11M$106.79M-15.90391Short Interest ↓

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This page (NYSE:TMO) was last updated on 5/29/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff

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