VLTO vs. TER, ITRI, COHU, TRNS, ALNT, AEHR, INTT, FEIM, DAIO, and FI
Should you be buying Veralto stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Veralto include Teradyne (TER), Itron (ITRI), Cohu (COHU), Transcat (TRNS), Allient (ALNT), Aehr Test Systems (AEHR), inTEST (INTT), Frequency Electronics (FEIM), Data I/O (DAIO), and Fiserv (FI).
Teradyne (NASDAQ:TER) and Veralto (NYSE:VLTO) 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, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, risk, valuation, earnings and dividends.
In the previous week, Teradyne had 4 more articles in the media than Veralto. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Teradyne and 10 mentions for Veralto. Teradyne's average media sentiment score of 1.38 beat Veralto's score of 0.98 indicating that Veralto is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Teradyne presently has a consensus target price of $122.17, suggesting a potential downside of 13.32%. Veralto has a consensus target price of $95.18, suggesting a potential downside of 3.45%. Given Teradyne's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Veralto is more favorable than Teradyne.
99.8% of Teradyne shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.3% of Veralto shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Teradyne shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Veralto shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Teradyne received 48 more outperform votes than Veralto when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.11% of users gave Veralto an outperform vote while only 45.38% of users gave Teradyne an outperform vote.
Veralto has higher revenue and earnings than Teradyne. Veralto is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Teradyne, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Teradyne has a net margin of 16.15% compared to Teradyne's net margin of 0.00%. Teradyne's return on equity of 33.82% beat Veralto's return on equity.
Teradyne pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. Veralto pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Teradyne pays out 18.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Veralto pays out 10.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Teradyne has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Veralto is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Veralto beats Teradyne on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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