Avantor (AVTR) Competitors

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

Which has more risk & volatility, KEYS or AVTR?

Keysight Technologies has a beta of 1.1, meaning that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Avantor has a beta of 1.3, meaning that its share price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is KEYS or AVTR more profitable?

Keysight Technologies has a net margin of 12.32% compared to Avantor's net margin of 10.49%. Keysight Technologies' return on equity of 19.22% beat Avantor's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Keysight Technologies	12.32%	19.22%	10.52%
Avantor	10.49%	12.17%	5.38%

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

84.6% of Keysight Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.1% of Avantor shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Keysight Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Avantor shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media refer more to KEYS or AVTR?

In the previous week, Keysight Technologies had 21 more articles in the media than Avantor. MarketBeat recorded 34 mentions for Keysight Technologies and 13 mentions for Avantor. Avantor's average media sentiment score of 1.70 beat Keysight Technologies' score of 1.05 indicating that Avantor is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Keysight Technologies	23 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Avantor	12 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, KEYS or AVTR?

Avantor has higher revenue and earnings than Keysight Technologies. Avantor is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Keysight Technologies, 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
Keysight Technologies	$5.02B	5.45	$614M	$3.49	45.36
Avantor	$6.78B	1.64	$711.50M	$1.04	15.70

Do analysts prefer KEYS or AVTR?

Keysight Technologies currently has a consensus target price of $184.44, suggesting a potential upside of 16.51%. Avantor has a consensus target price of $25.50, suggesting a potential upside of 56.15%. Given Avantor's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Avantor is more favorable than Keysight Technologies.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Keysight Technologies	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.78
Avantor	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.77

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in KEYS or AVTR?

Keysight Technologies received 289 more outperform votes than Avantor when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.25% of users gave Keysight Technologies an outperform vote while only 65.98% of users gave Avantor an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Keysight Technologies	Outperform Votes 481 66.25%	Underperform Votes 245 33.75%
Avantor	Outperform Votes 192 65.98%	Underperform Votes 99 34.02%

Summary

Keysight Technologies beats Avantor on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.