Azenta (AZTA) Competitors

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

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, JBTM or AZTA?

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
JBT Marel	$1.72B	3.89	$582.60M	$2.65	48.54
Azenta	$662.11M	2.64	-$164.17M	-$2.98	-12.83

Does the media refer more to JBTM or AZTA?

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 1.31 beat JBT Marel's score of 0.00 indicating that Azenta is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
JBT Marel	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Azenta	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk and volatility, JBTM or AZTA?

JBT Marel has a beta of 1.21, meaning that its stock price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Azenta has a beta of 1.52, meaning that its stock price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor JBTM or AZTA?

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

Do analysts rate JBTM or AZTA?

JBT Marel presently has a consensus price target of $143.00, suggesting a potential upside of 11.17%. Azenta has a consensus price target of $58.75, suggesting a potential upside of 53.68%. Given Azenta's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Azenta is more favorable than JBT Marel.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
JBT Marel	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Azenta	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of JBTM or AZTA?

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

Is JBTM or AZTA 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
JBT Marel	10.25%	10.16%	5.68%
Azenta	-24.91%	1.25%	1.06%

Is JBTM or AZTA a better dividend stock?

JBT Marel pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. Azenta pays an annual dividend of $0.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. JBT Marel pays out 15.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Azenta pays out -3.4% 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.

Summary

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