BIO.B vs. MTD, WAT, ILMN, AVTR, RVTY, BRKR, BIO, OLK, TXG, and LAB
Should you be buying Bio-Rad Laboratories stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bio-Rad Laboratories include Mettler-Toledo International (MTD), Waters (WAT), Illumina (ILMN), Avantor (AVTR), Revvity (RVTY), Bruker (BRKR), Bio-Rad Laboratories (BIO), Olink Holding AB (publ) (OLK), 10x Genomics (TXG), and Standard BioTools (LAB). These companies are all part of the "analytical instruments" industry.
Mettler-Toledo International (NYSE:MTD) and Bio-Rad Laboratories (NYSE:BIO.B) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, community ranking and dividends.
Mettler-Toledo International has higher revenue and earnings than Bio-Rad Laboratories. Bio-Rad Laboratories 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.
Mettler-Toledo International has a net margin of 20.55% compared to Mettler-Toledo International's net margin of -12.37%. Mettler-Toledo International's return on equity of 3.59% beat Bio-Rad Laboratories' return on equity.
Mettler-Toledo International has a beta of 1.16, suggesting that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bio-Rad Laboratories has a beta of 0.7, suggesting that its share price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Mettler-Toledo International currently has a consensus price target of $1,257.14, suggesting a potential downside of 10.47%. Given Bio-Rad Laboratories' higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Mettler-Toledo International is more favorable than Bio-Rad Laboratories.
In the previous week, Mettler-Toledo International had 9 more articles in the media than Bio-Rad Laboratories. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Mettler-Toledo International and 0 mentions for Bio-Rad Laboratories. Mettler-Toledo International's average media sentiment score of 1.47 beat Bio-Rad Laboratories' score of 1.34 indicating that Bio-Rad Laboratories is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Mettler-Toledo International received 241 more outperform votes than Bio-Rad Laboratories when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 57.60% of users gave Bio-Rad Laboratories an outperform vote while only 57.46% of users gave Mettler-Toledo International an outperform vote.
95.1% of Mettler-Toledo International shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.0% of Bio-Rad Laboratories shares are held by institutional investors. 1.9% of Mettler-Toledo International shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 28.4% of Bio-Rad Laboratories shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Mettler-Toledo International beats Bio-Rad Laboratories on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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