A vs. MTD, ILMN, WAT, AVTR, TER, RVTY, BRKR, AME, TTD, and DDOG
Should you be buying Agilent Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Agilent Technologies include Mettler-Toledo International (MTD), Illumina (ILMN), Waters (WAT), Avantor (AVTR), Teradyne (TER), Revvity (RVTY), Bruker (BRKR), AMETEK (AME), Trade Desk (TTD), and Datadog (DDOG).
Agilent Technologies (NYSE:A) and Mettler-Toledo International (NYSE:MTD) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, profitability, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings and media sentiment.
Agilent Technologies received 486 more outperform votes than Mettler-Toledo International when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.91% of users gave Agilent Technologies an outperform vote while only 57.50% of users gave Mettler-Toledo International an outperform vote.
Agilent Technologies currently has a consensus price target of $141.29, indicating a potential upside of 2.58%. Mettler-Toledo International has a consensus price target of $1,233.25, indicating a potential downside of 0.61%. Given Agilent Technologies' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Agilent Technologies is more favorable than Mettler-Toledo International.
In the previous week, Agilent Technologies had 2 more articles in the media than Mettler-Toledo International. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Agilent Technologies and 6 mentions for Mettler-Toledo International. Mettler-Toledo International's average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat Agilent Technologies' score of 0.83 indicating that Mettler-Toledo International is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Agilent Technologies has a beta of 1.11, meaning that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mettler-Toledo International has a beta of 1.15, meaning that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Mettler-Toledo International has a net margin of 20.82% compared to Agilent Technologies' net margin of 18.35%. Agilent Technologies' return on equity of 27.09% beat Mettler-Toledo International's return on equity.
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.
Summary
Agilent Technologies and Mettler-Toledo International tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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