Avantor (AVTR) Competitors

Avantor (NYSE:AVTR) and Keysight Technologies (NYSE:KEYS) are both large-cap medical companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, profitability, community ranking, dividends, risk and analyst recommendations.

Is AVTR or KEYS more profitable?

Keysight Technologies has a net margin of 12.32% compared to Avantor's net margin of 4.54%. Keysight Technologies' return on equity of 19.22% beat Avantor's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Avantor	4.54%	12.24%	5.15%
Keysight Technologies	12.32%	19.22%	10.52%

Which has more volatility and risk, AVTR or KEYS?

Avantor has a beta of 1.28, indicating that its stock price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Keysight Technologies has a beta of 1.02, indicating that its stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of AVTR or KEYS?

95.1% of Avantor shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.6% of Keysight Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.3% of Avantor shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Keysight Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer AVTR or KEYS?

Keysight Technologies received 290 more outperform votes than Avantor when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.97% of users gave Keysight Technologies an outperform vote while only 65.12% of users gave Avantor an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Avantor	Outperform Votes 183 65.12%	Underperform Votes 98 34.88%
Keysight Technologies	Outperform Votes 473 65.97%	Underperform Votes 244 34.03%

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, AVTR or KEYS?

Keysight Technologies has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Avantor. Keysight Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Avantor, 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
Avantor	$6.97B	2.16	$321.10M	$0.46	48.13
Keysight Technologies	$4.98B	5.76	$614M	$3.50	47.34

Does the media prefer AVTR or KEYS?

In the previous week, Keysight Technologies had 2 more articles in the media than Avantor. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Keysight Technologies and 17 mentions for Avantor. Keysight Technologies' average media sentiment score of 1.07 beat Avantor's score of 0.75 indicating that Keysight Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Avantor	8 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Keysight Technologies	10 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts rate AVTR or KEYS?

Avantor currently has a consensus price target of $27.38, indicating a potential upside of 23.68%. Keysight Technologies has a consensus price target of $180.80, indicating a potential upside of 9.11%. Given Avantor's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Avantor is more favorable than Keysight Technologies.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Avantor	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.77
Keysight Technologies	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80

Summary

Keysight Technologies beats Avantor on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.