MTD vs. A, WAT, ILMN, TECH, CRL, BRKR, BIO, PACB, HBIO, and LIFE
Should you be buying Mettler-Toledo International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Mettler-Toledo International include Agilent Technologies (A), Waters (WAT), Illumina (ILMN), Bio-Techne (TECH), Charles River Laboratories International (CRL), Bruker (BRKR), Bio-Rad Laboratories (BIO), Pacific Biosciences of California (PACB), Harvard Bioscience (HBIO), and aTyr Pharma (LIFE). These companies are all part of the "life sciences tools & services" industry.
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 compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, earnings, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment and dividends.
In the previous week, Agilent Technologies had 34 more articles in the media than Mettler-Toledo International. MarketBeat recorded 43 mentions for Agilent Technologies and 9 mentions for Mettler-Toledo International. Agilent Technologies' average media sentiment score of 1.34 beat Mettler-Toledo International's score of 0.22 indicating that Mettler-Toledo International is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Agilent Technologies presently has a consensus target price of $137.19, suggesting a potential upside of 5.20%. Mettler-Toledo International has a consensus target price of $1,257.14, suggesting a potential downside of 10.47%. Given Mettler-Toledo International's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Agilent Technologies is more favorable than Mettler-Toledo International.
Mettler-Toledo International has a net margin of 20.55% compared to Mettler-Toledo International's net margin of 18.84%. Mettler-Toledo International's return on equity of 26.25% beat Agilent Technologies' return on equity.
95.1% of Mettler-Toledo International shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.9% of Mettler-Toledo International shares are owned 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 488 more outperform votes than Mettler-Toledo International when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.70% of users gave Agilent Technologies an outperform vote while only 57.46% of users gave Mettler-Toledo International an outperform vote.
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.
Agilent Technologies has a beta of 1.13, meaning that its share price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mettler-Toledo International has a beta of 1.16, meaning that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Agilent Technologies and Mettler-Toledo International tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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