AME vs. ROP, FTV, KEYS, DDOG, MSCI, BIDU, SE, STM, TTD, and CSGP
Should you be buying AMETEK stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of AMETEK include Roper Technologies (ROP), Fortive (FTV), Keysight Technologies (KEYS), Datadog (DDOG), MSCI (MSCI), Baidu (BIDU), SEA (SE), STMicroelectronics (STM), Trade Desk (TTD), and CoStar Group (CSGP). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
AMETEK (NYSE:AME) and Roper Technologies (NYSE:ROP) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, community ranking, earnings and media sentiment.
AMETEK currently has a consensus target price of $179.80, suggesting a potential upside of 7.79%. Roper Technologies has a consensus target price of $584.82, suggesting a potential upside of 7.92%. Given Roper Technologies' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Roper Technologies is more favorable than AMETEK.
87.4% of AMETEK shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.3% of Roper Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of AMETEK shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Roper Technologies shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
AMETEK has a beta of 1.21, meaning that its share price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Roper Technologies has a beta of 1, meaning that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.
In the previous week, AMETEK had 13 more articles in the media than Roper Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for AMETEK and 9 mentions for Roper Technologies. Roper Technologies' average media sentiment score of 1.56 beat AMETEK's score of 0.91 indicating that Roper Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Roper Technologies has a net margin of 23.21% compared to AMETEK's net margin of 19.57%. AMETEK's return on equity of 17.74% beat Roper Technologies' return on equity.
Roper Technologies has lower revenue, but higher earnings than AMETEK. AMETEK is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Roper Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
AMETEK received 41 more outperform votes than Roper Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.18% of users gave AMETEK an outperform vote while only 65.24% of users gave Roper Technologies an outperform vote.
AMETEK pays an annual dividend of $1.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Roper Technologies pays an annual dividend of $3.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. AMETEK pays out 19.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Roper Technologies pays out 21.8% 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. AMETEK is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Roper Technologies beats AMETEK on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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