Azenta (AZTA) Competitors

Azenta (NASDAQ:AZTA) and JBT Marel (NYSE:JBTM) are both medical companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, community ranking and institutional ownership.

Is AZTA or JBTM more profitable?

JBT Marel has a net margin of 10.25% compared to Azenta's net margin of -24.91%. JBT Marel's return on equity of 10.16% beat Azenta's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Azenta	-24.91%	1.25%	1.06%
JBT Marel	10.25%	10.16%	5.68%

Is AZTA or JBTM a better dividend stock?

Azenta pays an annual dividend of $0.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. JBT Marel pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Azenta pays out -3.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. JBT Marel pays out 15.1% 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.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in AZTA or JBTM?

99.1% of Azenta shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.9% of JBT Marel shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.6% of Azenta shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of JBT Marel shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility & risk, AZTA or JBTM?

Azenta has a beta of 1.66, indicating that its share price is 66% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, JBT Marel has a beta of 1.13, indicating that its share price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, AZTA or JBTM?

JBT Marel has higher revenue and earnings than Azenta. Azenta is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than JBT Marel, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Azenta	$662.11M	1.79	-$164.17M	-$2.98	-8.69
JBT Marel	$1.72B	2.92	$582.60M	$2.65	36.36

Do analysts rate AZTA or JBTM?

Azenta presently has a consensus target price of $57.00, suggesting a potential upside of 119.99%. JBT Marel has a consensus target price of $143.00, suggesting a potential upside of 48.40%. Given Azenta's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Azenta is more favorable than JBT Marel.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Azenta	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
JBT Marel	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer AZTA or JBTM?

Azenta received 23 more outperform votes than JBT Marel when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave JBT Marel an outperform vote while only 42.11% of users gave Azenta an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Azenta	Outperform Votes 24 42.11%	Underperform Votes 33 57.89%
JBT Marel	Outperform Votes 1 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes

Does the media favor AZTA or JBTM?

In the previous week, Azenta had 6 more articles in the media than JBT Marel. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Azenta and 1 mentions for JBT Marel. Azenta's average media sentiment score of 1.23 beat JBT Marel's score of 1.00 indicating that Azenta is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Azenta	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
JBT Marel	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

JBT Marel beats Azenta on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.