Avantor (AVTR) Competitors

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

Do analysts recommend AVTR or KEYS?

Avantor presently has a consensus target price of $25.08, suggesting a potential upside of 62.70%. Keysight Technologies has a consensus target price of $184.44, suggesting a potential upside of 34.69%. Given Avantor's higher possible upside, analysts clearly 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)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.78

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. 1.5% 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 is poised for long-term growth.

Is AVTR or KEYS 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
Avantor	10.49%	12.17%	5.38%
Keysight Technologies	12.32%	19.22%	10.52%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer AVTR or KEYS?

Keysight Technologies received 288 more outperform votes than Avantor when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.25% of users gave Keysight Technologies an outperform vote while only 66.10% of users gave Avantor an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Avantor	Outperform Votes 193 66.10%	Underperform Votes 99 33.90%
Keysight Technologies	Outperform Votes 481 66.25%	Underperform Votes 245 33.75%

Does the media favor AVTR or KEYS?

In the previous week, Keysight Technologies had 4 more articles in the media than Avantor. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Keysight Technologies and 20 mentions for Avantor. Avantor's average media sentiment score of 1.28 beat Keysight Technologies' score of 1.14 indicating that Avantor is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Avantor	16 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Keysight Technologies	19 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has better valuation & earnings, AVTR or KEYS?

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
Avantor	$6.78B	1.55	$711.50M	$1.04	14.82
Keysight Technologies	$5.02B	4.72	$614M	$3.49	39.24

Which has more risk & volatility, AVTR or KEYS?

Avantor has a beta of 1.24, meaning that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Keysight Technologies has a beta of 1.12, meaning that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

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