MTD vs. A, BRKR, ON, GRMN, VEEV, ORAN, FICO, CTSH, HPQ, and GFS
Should you be buying Mettler-Toledo International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Mettler-Toledo International include Agilent Technologies (A), Bruker (BRKR), Onsemi (ON), Garmin (GRMN), Veeva Systems (VEEV), Orange (ORAN), Fair Isaac (FICO), Cognizant Technology Solutions (CTSH), HP (HPQ), and GLOBALFOUNDRIES (GFS). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Mettler-Toledo International (NYSE:MTD) and Agilent Technologies (NYSE:A) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, valuation, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
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.
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 is poised for long-term growth.
Mettler-Toledo International has a beta of 1.16, suggesting that its share price is 16% more 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.
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 currently has a consensus target price of $1,257.14, suggesting a potential downside of 17.44%. Agilent Technologies has a consensus target price of $141.29, suggesting a potential downside of 8.39%. Given Agilent Technologies' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Agilent Technologies is more favorable than Mettler-Toledo International.
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 30 mentions for Mettler-Toledo International and 13 mentions for Agilent Technologies. Mettler-Toledo International's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Agilent Technologies' score of 0.47 indicating that Mettler-Toledo International is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Mettler-Toledo International beats Agilent Technologies on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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