A vs. MTD, TEL, FTNT, SMCI, ADSK, TTD, DASH, TEAM, AME, 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), TE Connectivity (TEL), Fortinet (FTNT), Super Micro Computer (SMCI), Autodesk (ADSK), Trade Desk (TTD), DoorDash (DASH), Atlassian (TEAM), AMETEK (AME), and Datadog (DDOG). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Agilent Technologies (NYSE:A) and Mettler-Toledo International (NYSE:MTD) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation and risk.
Agilent Technologies has a beta of 1.13, suggesting that its share price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mettler-Toledo International has a beta of 1.16, suggesting that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
In the previous week, Mettler-Toledo International had 17 more articles in the media than Agilent Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for Mettler-Toledo International and 12 mentions for Agilent Technologies. Mettler-Toledo International's average media sentiment score of 0.58 beat Agilent Technologies' score of 0.54 indicating that Mettler-Toledo International is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Agilent Technologies presently has a consensus target price of $141.29, indicating a potential downside of 8.39%. Mettler-Toledo International has a consensus target price of $1,257.14, indicating a potential downside of 17.44%. Given Agilent Technologies' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Agilent Technologies is more favorable than Mettler-Toledo International.
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 hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Agilent Technologies received 484 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 57.46% of users gave Mettler-Toledo International an outperform vote.
Mettler-Toledo International has a net margin of 20.55% 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.
Summary
Mettler-Toledo International beats Agilent Technologies on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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