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Avantor (AVTR) Competitors

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$21.21 +0.19 (+0.90%)
(As of 12/20/2024 05:15 PM ET)

AVTR vs. KEYS, FTV, VLTO, TER, RVTY, BIO.B, VNT, NVMI, ST, and MIR

Should you be buying Avantor stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Avantor include Keysight Technologies (KEYS), Fortive (FTV), Veralto (VLTO), Teradyne (TER), Revvity (RVTY), Bio-Rad Laboratories (BIO.B), Vontier (VNT), Nova (NVMI), Sensata Technologies (ST), and Mirion Technologies (MIR). These companies are all part of the "measuring and control equipment" industry.

Avantor vs.

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

Keysight Technologies received 289 more outperform votes than Avantor when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.01% of users gave Keysight Technologies an outperform vote while only 65.36% of users gave Avantor an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Keysight TechnologiesOutperform Votes
472
66.01%
Underperform Votes
243
33.99%
AvantorOutperform Votes
183
65.36%
Underperform Votes
97
34.64%

Keysight Technologies has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Avantor. 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Keysight Technologies$4.98B5.68$614M$3.5046.63
Avantor$6.82B2.12$321.10M$0.4646.11

Keysight Technologies currently has a consensus price target of $180.80, suggesting a potential upside of 10.77%. Avantor has a consensus price target of $27.69, suggesting a potential upside of 30.56%. Given Avantor's stronger consensus rating and higher probable 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)
9 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.80
Avantor
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
11 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.85

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
Keysight Technologies12.32% 19.22% 10.52%
Avantor 4.54%12.24%5.15%

In the previous week, Keysight Technologies had 7 more articles in the media than Avantor. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Keysight Technologies and 13 mentions for Avantor. Avantor's average media sentiment score of 0.99 beat Keysight Technologies' score of 0.97 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
8 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Avantor
6 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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 company insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Avantor shares are owned by company 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.

Keysight Technologies has a beta of 1, suggesting that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, Avantor has a beta of 1.29, suggesting that its stock price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

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

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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AVTR vs. The Competition

MetricAvantorAnalytical instruments IndustryMedical SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$14.31B$5.43B$5.01B$19.19B
Dividend YieldN/A0.42%4.87%3.57%
P/E Ratio46.1125.18135.4341.24
Price / Sales2.124.291,119.5317.58
Price / Cash13.5044.4540.5821.28
Price / Book2.732.204.755.32
Net Income$321.10M$2.05M$118.50M$989.67M
7 Day Performance-5.02%-2.84%-1.83%-3.59%
1 Month Performance5.31%-1.97%12.27%-2.48%
1 Year Performance-6.69%-27.09%31.72%13.87%

Avantor Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AVTR
Avantor
4.9582 of 5 stars
$21.21
+0.9%
$27.69
+30.6%
-6.7%$14.31B$6.82B46.1114,500
KEYS
Keysight Technologies
4.8378 of 5 stars
$171.58
+3.1%
$180.80
+5.4%
+4.2%$29.78B$4.98B47.5714,900Analyst Revision
FTV
Fortive
4.7704 of 5 stars
$76.69
-0.2%
$86.73
+13.1%
+4.0%$26.61B$6.20B30.5518,000Analyst Forecast
VLTO
Veralto
2.6515 of 5 stars
$104.58
+0.3%
$109.50
+4.7%
+29.3%$25.86B$5.02B32.4016,000Dividend Increase
TER
Teradyne
4.8833 of 5 stars
$129.90
+5.4%
$147.25
+13.4%
+21.6%$21.16B$2.68B39.126,500
RVTY
Revvity
3.7553 of 5 stars
$115.75
-0.2%
$132.47
+14.4%
+8.2%$14.09B$2.72B56.0111,500Positive News
BIO.B
Bio-Rad Laboratories
N/A$337.08
flat
N/A+6.6%$9.44B$2.67B-12.338,200
VNT
Vontier
3.2751 of 5 stars
$39.59
0.0%
$44.44
+12.3%
+6.6%$5.95B$3.10B15.178,000
NVMI
Nova
3.0531 of 5 stars
$192.61
+2.3%
$227.80
+18.3%
+47.9%$5.59B$611.85M35.423,606Positive News
ST
Sensata Technologies
4.6721 of 5 stars
$30.31
-0.2%
$41.00
+35.3%
-25.3%$4.53B$4.05B-56.2419,400
MIR
Mirion Technologies
3.3133 of 5 stars
$18.66
+3.5%
$18.33
-1.8%
+76.2%$4.33B$836.90M-54.323,000Analyst Forecast
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Positive News
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This page (NYSE:AVTR) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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