FTV vs. KEYS, AME, MKSI, CGNX, ROP, SPLK, MDB, MTD, GFS, and ZS
Should you be buying Fortive stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Fortive include Keysight Technologies (KEYS), AMETEK (AME), MKS Instruments (MKSI), Cognex (CGNX), Roper Technologies (ROP), Splunk (SPLK), MongoDB (MDB), Mettler-Toledo International (MTD), GLOBALFOUNDRIES (GFS), and Zscaler (ZS). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Fortive (NYSE:FTV) and Keysight Technologies (NYSE:KEYS) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations and valuation.
In the previous week, Keysight Technologies had 3 more articles in the media than Fortive. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Keysight Technologies and 7 mentions for Fortive. Fortive's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Keysight Technologies' score of 0.71 indicating that Fortive is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Keysight Technologies has a net margin of 18.14% compared to Fortive's net margin of 14.68%. Keysight Technologies' return on equity of 26.84% beat Fortive's return on equity.
Keysight Technologies has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Fortive. Keysight Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Fortive, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Fortive presently has a consensus price target of $86.46, indicating a potential upside of 11.64%. Keysight Technologies has a consensus price target of $160.63, indicating a potential upside of 6.37%. Given Fortive's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Fortive is more favorable than Keysight Technologies.
Keysight Technologies received 72 more outperform votes than Fortive when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.85% of users gave Keysight Technologies an outperform vote while only 59.69% of users gave Fortive an outperform vote.
94.9% of Fortive shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.6% of Keysight Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Fortive shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Keysight Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Fortive has a beta of 1.15, suggesting that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Keysight Technologies has a beta of 1.06, suggesting that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Keysight Technologies beats Fortive on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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