FTV vs. KEYS, AME, MKSI, CGNX, ROP, ZS, WIT, MDB, ANSS, and SNAP
Should you be buying Fortive stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Fortive include Keysight Technologies (KEYS), AMETEK (AME), MKS Instruments (MKSI), Cognex (CGNX), Roper Technologies (ROP), Zscaler (ZS), Wipro (WIT), MongoDB (MDB), ANSYS (ANSS), and Snap (SNAP). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Fortive (NYSE:FTV) and Keysight Technologies (NYSE:KEYS) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, risk, profitability and community ranking.
In the previous week, Fortive had 1 more articles in the media than Keysight Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Fortive and 8 mentions for Keysight Technologies. Fortive's average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat Keysight Technologies' score of 0.81 indicating that Fortive is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Keysight Technologies received 71 more outperform votes than Fortive when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.85% of users gave Keysight Technologies an outperform vote while only 59.75% of users gave Fortive an outperform vote.
94.9% of Fortive shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.6% of Keysight Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Fortive shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Keysight Technologies shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Keysight Technologies has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Fortive. Keysight Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Fortive, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Fortive has a beta of 1.15, indicating that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Keysight Technologies has a beta of 1.06, indicating that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Fortive currently has a consensus price target of $86.46, indicating a potential upside of 12.05%. Keysight Technologies has a consensus price target of $160.63, indicating a potential upside of 2.11%. Given Fortive's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Fortive is more favorable than Keysight Technologies.
Keysight Technologies has a net margin of 18.14% compared to Fortive's net margin of 14.68%. Keysight Technologies' return on equity of 26.84% beat Fortive's return on equity.
Summary
Fortive and Keysight Technologies tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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