KEYS vs. FTV, AME, MKSI, CGNX, ROP, ZS, SNAP, MTD, SPLK, and GFS
Should you be buying Keysight Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Keysight Technologies include Fortive (FTV), AMETEK (AME), MKS Instruments (MKSI), Cognex (CGNX), Roper Technologies (ROP), Zscaler (ZS), Snap (SNAP), Mettler-Toledo International (MTD), Splunk (SPLK), and GLOBALFOUNDRIES (GFS). 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 analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, community ranking, valuation and media sentiment.
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.
Keysight Technologies has a net margin of 18.14% compared to Keysight Technologies' net margin of 14.68%. Fortive's return on equity of 26.84% beat Keysight Technologies' return on equity.
Fortive has a beta of 1.15, indicating that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Keysight Technologies has a beta of 1.06, indicating that its share price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.
94.9% of Fortive shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.6% of Keysight Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Fortive shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Keysight Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
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 0.72 beat Keysight Technologies' score of 0.57 indicating that Keysight Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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 target price of $86.46, indicating a potential upside of 12.98%. Keysight Technologies has a consensus target price of $160.63, indicating a potential upside of 6.52%. Given Keysight Technologies' higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Fortive is more favorable than Keysight Technologies.
Summary
Keysight Technologies beats Fortive on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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