BIO.B vs. KEYS, FTV, VLTO, TER, RVTY, AVTR, NVMI, VNT, CAMT, and ST
Should you be buying Bio-Rad Laboratories stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bio-Rad Laboratories include Keysight Technologies (KEYS), Fortive (FTV), Veralto (VLTO), Teradyne (TER), Revvity (RVTY), Avantor (AVTR), Nova (NVMI), Vontier (VNT), Camtek (CAMT), and Sensata Technologies (ST). These companies are all part of the "measuring and control equipment" industry.
Bio-Rad Laboratories vs.
Bio-Rad Laboratories (NYSE:BIO.B) and Keysight Technologies (NYSE:KEYS) are both medical companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking and profitability.
0.0% of Bio-Rad Laboratories shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.6% of Keysight Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 28.4% of Bio-Rad Laboratories shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Keysight Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Keysight Technologies has a net margin of 12.32% compared to Bio-Rad Laboratories' net margin of -71.86%. Keysight Technologies' return on equity of 19.22% beat Bio-Rad Laboratories' return on equity.
Keysight Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than Bio-Rad Laboratories. Bio-Rad Laboratories is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Keysight Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Keysight Technologies had 22 more articles in the media than Bio-Rad Laboratories. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Keysight Technologies and 2 mentions for Bio-Rad Laboratories. Keysight Technologies' average media sentiment score of 1.01 beat Bio-Rad Laboratories' score of 0.12 indicating that Keysight Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Keysight Technologies has a consensus target price of $182.22, indicating a potential upside of 3.93%. Given Keysight Technologies' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Keysight Technologies is more favorable than Bio-Rad Laboratories.
Keysight Technologies received 349 more outperform votes than Bio-Rad Laboratories when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.92% of users gave Keysight Technologies an outperform vote while only 57.60% of users gave Bio-Rad Laboratories an outperform vote.
Bio-Rad Laboratories has a beta of 0.73, indicating that its share price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Keysight Technologies has a beta of 1.02, indicating that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Keysight Technologies beats Bio-Rad Laboratories on 17 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:BIO.B) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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